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| - We love this place. It is a "must" for us when we visit Toronto.
They have other Japanese fare, but you really want to come here for the okonomiyaki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomiyaki). You can watch the cook expertly prepare these delicious treats, which are served covered with tonkatsu sauce and a dollop of mayo in the middle. Fillings can be beef, pork, bacon, vegetable, shrimp, scallop, or squid. We've tried the shrimp, scallop and bacon and they are all generous in the filling.
Paying 0.50 to be presented with communal containers of bonito flakes and dried seaweed is a little odd, but whatever!
The waitresses are very friendly. I suppose you can make a game of trying to get the cook to crack a smile as he stoically prepares food on the grill. We couldn't. Service was good when we came in (the place was about 3/4 full at 8 PM on Boxing Day) ... it took a little effort to get someone's attention when we wanted to order another pancake.
Don't come here for ambiance ... it's a crowded hole-in-the-wall ... you navigate around cases of beer and wine to get to the restrooms. They don't take reservations and it looks like their capacity is to seat about 28 in twos and fours. The sound system occasionally gets louder all by itself, which is a bit weird.
Come for the okonomiyaki.
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