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| - Oh finally, I thought, a great price at $9.99 all-you-can-eat (ayce) Japanese/Thai lunch. I was quick to tell my fellow foodie hubby and the following week the family was there, and got caught up in the first earthquake we ever experienced in Canada in the process. Came back twice since then. Nostalgic (heck, how could it not be eh). And, yeah, we liked their food.
On our first visit, we were greeted by a vibrant waitress clearly contrasting her all black uniform. The seating capacity was filled up though not crowded nor was there a line up. Its cool that the customers were not predominantly Asian as you would usually see in the nearby areas especially Hwy 7. A pleasant multi-cultural mix, as well as, age group makes it an interesting place to dine in. Despite the seemingly loud group of tweener boys with their friendly noise over sushi and maki, the adults, seniors, yuppies, lovers, and family groups with small children were still enjoying their meals since the ambiance can be quite comforting, or its probably the food. ;D
To our simple delight we found ourselves enjoying every piece of maki, sushi, and fried or bbq'd appetizers. To our dismay, however, the sashimi and shrimp tempura were excluded from lunch ayce and available only for dinner ayce which can go up to $12.99 per person before tax. Heck, I would probably go there for dinner too.
Appetizers like Octopus Balls are fairly new to me and this breaded and fried round nuggets with squid meat inside can be quite a treat. Feeling like a vegan, the tofu in mirin sauce may just lift your appetite a tad more. The pork cutlets, chicken bbq on skewers, and beef slices are so teriyaki. Good but nothing too amazing except for the meat being superbly & tenderly moist.
The rolls are quite good! Double thumbs up. Delectably fresh and the filling melts in your mouth like truffles with an explosion of sweet seafood and juicy fruit/vegie. We've tried most of their rolls and are quite satisfied. I could shut the noise from the outside world almost instantly. But wait a sec. I'm not yet at the point of saying their sushi and makis are superior. I'm probably looking for some consistency.
Akabane needs to work on the sushi since, to me, it didn't taste like anything. Its kinda verging to tasting like paper and there's probably something with the preps that knocked out the seafood flavor of the salmon and white tuna. And the rice was too plain tasting. Japanese sushi rice is usually mixed with some mirin, vinegar, some salt and sometimes sesame seeds. There just wasn't any flavor there. I would also guess from my palettes that these slices of fish meat were thawed from a frozen pack because there's a hint of, you know, that fridge taste.
Another thing I noticed was their serving of tea. I was expecting a teapot to be sitting on our table since it felt like a Chinese place with all its staff. However, I remembered oh this is a Japanese and they simply do it differently much like in others we've been to. My theory is that because they serve a much better tasting and freshly steeped or brewed tea (I could only guess) that it costs more. So asking for refills can be more manageable since its served free of charge. Logical in a business sense. Or similar to how coffee in diners is refilled than served in one pot filled.
Anyway, my kids enjoyed our meals. And what I mean by "enjoyed" is that they ate more and with gusto. Even the raw fish didn't bother them. I know my hubby and I did, no doubt 'bout that. The serving staff was very friendly, polite, and chilled. And the portions were generous enough to fill me up for the day. Man, did I have a hard time chugging it down for my run early that evening.
You may have noticed that I have no mention of their Thai food. Well, that's for our next visit to explore. Then I'll feed you with my review as well on my next post.
See my full story in: http://metrocottage.weebly.com/food-groove-in-rh.html
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