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| - I understand the need to cater to North American customers, but the yakitori here tastes too "clean". Nowhere near smoky enough, not enough fat in chicken, definitely not enough sauce. It needs more of burnt chicken/pork fat goodness with much more charcoal smokiness. My question to the people working here is, would you eat your yakitori if you were in Japan? Wouldn't you think it tastes too bland? This isn't sushi fish that's difficult to import, we're talking about chicken, pork and beef. There is grilling culture here in the N. America, people will definitely notice the taste difference if you can make it right! Please don't be satisfied with offering "good enough for Canada" food to us Torontonians.
Also, this place is a bit inconsistent with drink mix and food temperature. I ordered same non alcoholic drink at different times, but second time was much less sweet. Some of yakitori came hot, but others were lukewarm.
Also, I did not like the salad here. I had seafood salad. Nice presentation on odd plate, did not taste great.
Overall, "style over substance" was my impression here.
I agree that the mega pint is a plus.
With new kintori opening, let's see who does it better.
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