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| - Ever since it opened in Toronto, there was a lot of hype about Miku so I finally went here for Winterlicious Dinner. A very nice authentic Japanese restaurant, I've heard raving reviews and nothing but good things about Miku. When we arrived, we noticed the beautiful décor and interior decorated very nicely and it comes with that upscale feeling of dining at a fine dining restaurant. The regular looks quite extensive with so many unique and interesting dishes. We of course opted for the Winterlicious menu which was $48 for a 3 course meal. I ordered the Miku Signature Aburi Sushi Selection which has the Salmon Oshi Sushi, Ebi Oshi Sushi, Coal Harbour Roll, Red Wave Roll and Aburi Nigiri. The selection was quite nice, delicious and the flavours of each one were mind blowing to say the least. Normally, when you dine at these authentic Japanese restaurants, you can expect that they don't give soy sauce and wasabi. This has got to be one of the best sushi appetizers I've had at a Japanese restaurant so it speaks volume of the quality of the food here. For the entre, I decided to try something different than my usual meat protein dish. I ordered the Kyoto Saikyo Miso Baked Sable Fish & Yuzu Butter Poached Half Atlantic Lobster Tail with tuscan kale and root vegetables, cauliflower fritter, eggplant purée, quinoa, wasabi chimichuri and tomato chutney. The sablefish was cooked perfectly with great seasoning and very flavourful. The lobster was good and it was good they separated the meat from the tail already on the dish. For the dessert, I ordered the Chocolate Croissant Bread Pudding with miso salted caramel sauce, Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream and candied sesame pecan. It was quite delicious and not too sweet so a good choice to end such a great meal. Overall, I was impressed on the dining experience and the flavours of the sushi prepared by the chef. Definitely a great experience and I must come back to try their regular menu!! Highly recommend it.
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