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| - Sushi Kiku, you guys brought me out of hibernation.
I am truly disappointed, where did it all go wrong?! I am a regular take-out patron of yours and what I brought home today was abysmal. It really hurts me to write this, but management needs to get their hands out of their pockets. What I found suspect was that SushiKiku.com has omitted the North York location from the website. Intentional? or technical error? Is every restaurant individually owned? My gut feel is that this restaurant either changed ownership or changed the cook staff in the past few weeks and the quality of the food reflects the change.
Here's my review on the food. The miso soup was like drinking warm water with seaweed floating around, flavorless. The salad dressing is regular French dressing, I believe the grated ginger with French is no more. The sushi rice recipe must have been altered, as the rice was crumbling into my soy sauce and had a dull taste, like it was missing sweet Mirin. The sushi was packed and presented nicely, so it wasn't loosely packed rice. Lastly, I always look forward to this dish for every take out, the tempura box. The box just closes with two long pieces of hot golden crispy shrimp, on a bed of coaster sized yams, zucchini, eggplant, with a large floret of broccoli. The absolute perfect pairing to the meal (see the pictures by others and you will know what I mean!). But what I got was literally half the size. Each and every item was one bite size, not the normal three bite size and it wasn't even the typical crunchy tempura I've always ate.
Please new owners and new cooks, go back to the way it used to be! You guys had the best and biggest bento boxes...now you're just comparable. Why should I drive all the way to you for comparable sushi? I will come back in a few weeks to order the same items and follow up with another review.
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