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| - $1 oysters. That's all you need to know. Certainly not the first to do it in Toronto though, Biff's Bistro on Front also does this - but everyday after 5pm. Good luck getting a table though as it's downtown. There's also a restaurant in Mississauga that does as well.
(BTW, for oysters connoisseurs; all of the restaurants that does the $1 oysters all serve Malpeque, straight out of PEI where they are farmed year round. Safe, fresh, cheap to "manufacture", averages $2-$3 each at most supermarkets. Though I'm sure restos get it for cheaper as they buy wholesale..)
At Nome, the eye candy are certainly fantastic as the oysters. The ladies working looks like they came straight from Moxies/Earls/Joey restaurants, matching "uniforms" too to boot!
A bro friend and I arrived on a early Wednesday evening for dinner. We were promptly seated by the cheery hostess/waitress at the front. The place was pretty busy for a weeknight, every table had an order or two of the $1 oysters that we were all here to enjoy. There are TVs abound to catch your favourite sporting event, for tonight it was the Raptors versus the Trail Blazers. (We won btw, first time against them in 4 years!!!)
We ordered 2 dozen oysters at $1 each, baked oysters (kakimayo), kalbi ribs, burger sliders. All your usual sauces for your raw oysters were there: cocktail, horseradish, mignonette, and I think the dark brown one was vinegar soy sauce the same kind you get at sushi restaurants. Tabasco sauce in the bottle on request as well.
Oh, did I forget to mention they also serve sashimi and sushi rolls? Score! Not sure how fresh the sashimi is/was as we did not order it this time.
All our orders were great to taste, though we could have done without the baked oysters, it was watery, bland, undercooked. Guu does it a whole lot better and for the same price too! (Guu as an izakaya though exists in its own class.)
Kalbi ribs was fantastic, very tasty and tender. The sliders were also very good, at 3 small burgers per order. (Why only 3? All restaurants that serve sliders do this.)
Oysters came quick, compliments of their speedy shucker though I must feel bad for him/her who has to shuck oysters non-stop during their Tue-Wed specials night. Our other orders came promptly too. Service was OK, it was hard to flag down a waitress sometimes as it was a busy night with most tables filled.
There was a generous menu of sake and Japanese brewed beer, bit pricy but nevertheless, a big selection of both.
The place is definitely spacious, nice low lit ambience and you would have never guessed this gem existed in the Yonge/Sheppard area. It's a great place to hang out over drinks and tapas food with a friend or friends to waste the night away, do some people watching (eye candy both working there and patrons abound) or take in the game or fight. I recall them advertising UFC nights when there is a big bout on the line.
I will definitely be back to try the other items on the menu. Pro tip: park on the side streets, where it's free. The paid parking lot directly behind is $1.50 for half hour.
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