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| - The chef and owner of Solo Sushi Ya in Newmarket decided to expand and opened up a second restaurant in downtown Toronto in the summer of 2009. As expected, the offerings don't disappoint.
I've had the omakase twice, and sampled the a la carte fare a number of times, and the quality of the preparation is on the whole excellent, and the fish always fresh.
The few times where the food has faltered has been with the nigiri, where the rice is a little too loosely packed, or the sashimi slices not quite uniform. Mind you, this only happens when it's one of the assistant chefs who's doing the preparation. Jyo, the owner and head chef is only present on Mondays and Tuesdays, so the best service will be had on those days.
Overall, this is one of the best sushi restaurants in terms of value in the downtown area. The variety of fish will not be as esoteric as what you could get, say at Kaji Sushi or Take Sushi, but it is always very fresh. The owner reasons that he can't yet afford to offer the more interesting and therefore more expensive fishes because he's not sure how they'll be received. That being said, there's always great salmon, tuna, hamachi and amaebi to be had here. And what seems to be real wasabi is always offered.
Give the 'bekkan'* a try; hopefully they'll be successful and we'll have a fine sushi restaurant in a part of town that otherwise is populated by mediocre offerings.
* I believe this means, "the other restaurant" in reference to the original one in Newmarket
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