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| - One visit for takeout and I'm hooked. This rating may change in future. Still, awesome.
They're having their grand reopening this week. Diners who dine in get 50% off everything. I wanted takeout, but hey, I got good tips this week and I can splurge.
They have Korean and Japanese food. Both menus are fairly extensive. In my experience restaurants who try to do both are jacks of all trades and masters of none, but fortunately that doesn't seem to be the case here.
The prices seem high. The least expensive sashimi or sushi combo for one is around $13. If you're really hungry, for $24 you can get an adorable wooden boat full of sushi brought to your table. I didn't want salad and soup, so I didn't care about a combo, and I ordered two of their big special rolls: a Rainbow Roll and a Las Vegas Roll.
While I waited they gave me some tea, and I sat and watched the sushi chefs. Considering how crowded the place was, I still got my food before my tea had cooled off. The menu didn't mention it but my rolls came with a cup of soup and other goodies, which I assumed would be the ubiquitous iceberg-lettuce-and-carrot-dressing, but turned out to be edamame, kimchi, chapchae noodles, and little strips of fried pancake. Now there's the Korean influence. :)
The atmosphere is nice, dark and colourful and a bit cramped with sugary pop music playing. The patio seating area is not much smaller than the inside seating area. You can get in without a step up but I wouldn't call it accessible just because of the narrowness of the space between tables, and the washrooms are in the basement too.
The food turned out to be fantastic. Huge rolls stuffed with stuff, topped with piles of tobiko. I was a bit overfull after the two rolls and snackies. Perfect. It's a $20 meal but well worth it, and I'll definitely go back.
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