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| - I've come here before years ago, this place was around when sushi restos weren't everywhere yet... not much has changed here.
Anyhow, it's still one of a hand full of restos owned and operated by japanese people in mtl. The menu here hasn't changed much since then, it veers more traditional japanese cuisine, so no you will not have the montreal roll or some funky new spicy mayo fufu roll.
It's quite a full fledged menu, sashimi, nigiri, and some makis, nothing fancy. Appetizers include agedashi tofu, tori karaage (still not up to my liking, still in search of good tori karaage in mtl!!!). They have teriyaki, grilled yakitori and jap style chicken curry. One more staple of traditional japanese cuisine, chawanmushi, which is an egg steamed in broth with mushroom and seafood, the flavors are subtle and an acquired taste. They also have ramen !!!
The standout dish here is the grilled black cod, it is juicy and buttery, nicely done. The sushi is fresh, and stands up nicely, sometimes it's nice to go back to basics and just eat some fish and rice, no mayo, no spicy, no tempura.
Agedashi tofu, bland and the tofu texture was bit soggy and dry inside, it wasn't silky soft inside so for me it's a fail. Tori karaage, fried chicken which wasn't too crispy and it was bland not salt at all... chawanmushi was also bland, prok belly skewer was dry and bland. Ramen and chicken curry were average.
It's a nice quiet resto, and we lingered a while and had a very long conversation, it's a nice ambiance to sit and chill.
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