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| - This place deserves all the rave reviews it gets, and my friends love this place, and I do too, but not really for their curry but for their service. I have my own favourite spot for curry, but the food here is nevertheless decent and won't disappoint.
I hate the location of this place. It's situated in the basement of Aura which barely gets any foot traffic and makes the entire place just seem downright depressing. I feel awful for the business owners who likely invested a lot of money into these properties and are now stuck with it. I know this is not Kaiju's fault but I do sympathize with these people, but it's more the reason for me to come to hopefully bring some life into this plaza. Maybe a Chatime or something can open up to attract more customers.
Anyway, the guy who always works here (at least the times I've been) is super friendly and is really caring. It's a food court and yet the man brings the food to you even though he's not even expected to!! He's always making conversation with his regular customers and I really appreciate that (even though I don't get to come here often enough). I am a big fan of people who value good service.
The prices are good - for under $10 you can get a breaded Katsu curry that should be large enough for lunch, or a light dinner. For me, the curry has an odd hint of a sweet fruity taste, which sort of puts me off a bit. Not inedible by any means, but that slight hint of taste doesn't match my palette. With that said though, the Katsu here is excellent, probably the best I've had in the GTA. It is not overly oily yet crisp and juicy - I would rather come here for their chicken Katsu over Hot Star down the street.
The food court is usually dead for a food court but I do see that most people are ordering from Kaiju - it's scary to think how empty the place would be if they didn't exist. I hope that businesses in the Aura basement will eventually thrive with more people and businesses moving to the downtown core. It would be a travesty for Kaiju to close - keep supporting them!
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