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| - This restaurant on Baldwin street is not the easiest to find as the sign is discreet. Upon entering, you feel the hip and relaxed vibe. Service was attentive, the warm sake recommended by our server was quite delicious and much needed on a cold winter evening, and overall, the food was good.
Although we were very impressed with their kitchen menu, the temaki, which we had high hopes for, was a let down. We found the rice in the temaki to be slightly dry, which was a big a disappointment. We tried the red sea bream, tamago and octopus temakis. Overall, the combination of ingredients in each temaki and flavours were good, but the drier rice didn't leave us wanting more.
From the kitchen menu, we tried the following dishes:
- Yu Choy ($7) - A common way to cook yu choy, a Chinese leafy green vegetable, is to blanch it quickly and serve it with oyster sauce. This is a much fancier version, with the yu choy served on top of a light dashi broth, complimented with a cashew miso butter. We didn't find this dish special as the cashew miso butter didn't have much flavour, although the presentation was nice.
- Croquette ($9) - The fried butternut squash and creamy oka cheese had a nice melt in your texture. Although we enjoyed the dish, we didn't really taste the nori in the aioli, which we felt would have added that nice umami punch if the flavour was stronger.
- Sunomono ($11) - The vinaigrette in this dish was very refreshing and we really liked the ingredient combination. The octopus was tender, and the cucumber and zucchini added some texture to the dish.
- HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Chicken Liver Pate ($12) - The addition of the orange blossom honey to the chicken liver pate was very creative and it really elevated the flavours with the sweet and tangy notes. This was one of our favourite dishes.
- MUST ORDER: Pork Belly ($14) - This was definitely our favourite dish for the evening. The skin on the pork belly was crispy, yet the pork belly itself literally melted in our mouths. The dish was also balanced in flavour and the sunchokes added a nice earthy and nutty taste.
- Beef Cheek ($16) - The beef cheeks were really tender and the persimmon added a nice sweetness.
Overall, we really enjoyed the kitchen menu, especially the hot food. There is a lot of potential here, but as mentioned above, the slightly dryer rice in the temakis was a huge disappointment as we were expecting these to be more of the highlight for our meal.
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