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| - I've decided to take the plunge and write my first Yelp review. What better place to start than my favourite downtown restaurant, Solo Sushi Bekkan? I always have a fantastic experience here, but I will outline what happened during my most recent visit, which was yesterday.
I went for lunch with two friends who had never been here before, at 1:00. This is a hit-or-miss time since the restaurant is small with only a few tables, and it could be full. Luckily a table of 4 was leaving just as we got there, because there was only a table for 2 available.
We ordered water, which ended up being served in frosty glasses straight from the freezer, pre-lemonized and delicious. As for food, I got the lunch special ($8.95, must pay cash) with inari sushi instead of shrimp. One of my friends got the vegetable sushi set ($14.00 and seemed to go over well, especially the inari) and the other got the pork belly (so delicious that when it was done, she ordered a bowl of rice so she could pour the remaining sauce on it), and negima yaki.
The fish is fresh and succulent and the rice is warm.
The sushi set and the lunch special came with salad and miso soup. The salad is not your typical sushi combo salad; it has fresh sliced fruit (I think it is apple) and a homemade dressing.
Both the soy sauce and wasabi are made from scratch, and the sushi chef adjusts the strength of the wasabi to what you order.
A couple of other things to note: you can only use cash or debit, they have had live fish delivered during the day (my boyfriend and I were there during one such delivery, and the fish was flapping against the sides of the styrofoam!), be prepared to spend a little more than the other sushi places in the area if you're going a la carte.
The only reason I wouldn't give Solo Sushi Bekkan 5 stars is because I do not want there to be a lineup every time I come. Enjoy this hidden treasure of a restaurant!
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