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I had made my first visit to Le Cafe Michi for birthday dinner this past week. It's hidden away in a tiny plaza off of Sheppard and Pharmacy.
The place has limited seating but cute. Luckily we had made reservations.
The front area has a display case of the cakes. Out of place there were also some extra goodies like handmade goods and jewellery being sold. The decor of the place tries to capture a "cafe" environment you'd find in Japan along with exposed brick areas that divide seating and the cake display case. In the back room was a private area that looked like a sushi bar. Along the hallway windows lined across the wall of the back room to appear as if you were peering into a cafe along a street.
When we had been seated and settled in, we ordered 3 "dinner meals" to share. Each came with choice of cake and either tea or coffee ; Uni Don, Chyo Chin bento, and a Chirashi. In addition we ordered another sashimi set in case there wasn't enough to go around for our family of four.
Food service was a bit slow but the patience paid off when our food arrived. The presentation of the dishes were delightful. The Chyo chin bento came in a round egg like bowl with could be separate into 3 sections (top layer was fried chicken, middle was sashimi sampler and bottom layer was Unagi don)... kind of how dim-sum bamboo steamers are stackable. The chicken was crisp and flavourful and the spicy mayo was the perfect balance for it; it was quite popular among my family. The Unagi-don was quite good also; both the rice and the Unagi contributed equally to lfavours.
The other 3 dishes (Uni don, Chirashi and Sashimi set) probably impressed me the most. In terms of presentation the sashimi sat on a very thin layer of Tamago and definitely packed with a lot of sashimi unlike a lot fo places I've been to.
Both the Chirashi and Sashimi set came with a wide variety of fish and seafood; the ones that stood out the most was the inclusion of Uni, Mentaiko (spicy marinated Pollock Roe), Abalone(I think that's what it was?), and real crab Kani. My parents loved the Yellowtail so much they ordered a second serving of it.
Uni is my favourite item on a sushi menu, and I was thrilled to try the Uni don. The uni don came with rice, but it was also drizzled with this green mixture. I wasn't clear what it was but it seemed to have a little bit of spice to it (I think it was probably something pickled) and it added that little bit of acidity to the dish that made it great.
Finally after all our main dishes were done, we ordered 3 cakes: Chocolate Sake cake, Hazelnut cake and the Tofu cheesecake. My sister was a fan of the hazelnut cake, but I was more enticed by the Tofu cheesecake and Sake cake. I did not know what to expect for the Tofu cheesecake, but it offered a light yet still rich texture which melted in your mouth.
The flavour for the Sake chocolate cake was much more bolder in flavour than the other two cakes. It was very chocolatey and moist but small hints of Sake in it. Most definitely a cake best eaten with some coffee.
I would definitely return in the future with some friends. The quality of food impressed me, and the pricing was fair. Most notably I'd come to eat Chirashi and the Uni-don again, if not to just visit this quirky little cafe.
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