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| - The boyfriend and I were craving for some AYCE sushi after we survived our 1st week of Insanity workout, LOL! We usually make the trip all the way to Echo Sushi, south of Yonge & Eg, to get our AYCE fix, but our legs were still sore so we wanted to stay in downtown. After a quick search on Yelp, we decided to give Sakura a try. We often passed by this establishment but never gave it a second glance. Until last night...
We've decided that this will be our go-to AYCE sushi place from now on! :)
THE DEETS
Price: $20.99 for AYCE dinner (not bad, I've seen some places charge for $24.99).
Service: quick and attentive. Our food were flowing in at a good pace as soon as we placed our order. Our cold water was refilled frequently. Empty plates were cleaned up pretty quickly as well.
Food: Here's a list of what we had:
- Miso soup: I know, I know. Why did I order a miso soup at an AYCE place? I like to wash down my palate after a few bites. At most AYCE places, miso soup is served at room temperature, which is always a let-down for me. Not at Sakura. The soup was hot! ME LIKEY :)
- Salmon & Butterfish sashimi: pretty thick cut, well presented, served nice and cold. I'm not a sashimi eater, but my boyfriend is and he approved. I did try a piece of the butterfish and it was good!
- Spicy butterfish rolls: YUMMERS! These were a good change from our usual order of Spicy Tuna or Salmon rolls. Crunchy, spicy, YUMMMAAAYYY!!!
- Salmon Tartar: An interesting dish. We think it's a hybrid of sushi and maki roll. They basically chop a piece of salmon sashimi until it becomes a tartar consistency, then place it on top of a round-shaped sushi rice, then drizzle some spicy mayo on top of it all. It looked pretty and tasted quite good :)
- Pepper Beef Tataki: basically an asian take on beef carpaccio. 1 order = 6 slices, but they were VERY SMALL and THIN slices. Tasted pretty good, so I'm not complaining :)
- Beef Yakitori: YUM! Well seasoned!
- Beef Ribs: OMG THE BEST! We kept ordering this dish throughout the night :p
- Deep fried milk: I was curious about this, so we ordered 2. It's basically a deep-fried evaporated milk stick. Does that make any sense? The outer was savoury and crunchy but the inside was soft and sweet. I regretted ordering 2 pieces, though, because I felt sick after eating just one. Not a fan, but it's not a bad dish.
- Baked Mussels: 1 order = 2 mussels. Drenched in spicy mayo. Too much sauce for my liking, but it tasted pretty good.
- Veggie Yaki Udon: not bad. A bit too salty. The udon was cooked to perfection (read: chewy!)
- Butter yaki mushroom: I had high hopes for this dish. I love mushrooms and I was expecting to see a plate of different types of mushrooms (enoki, oyster, cremini, etc). BUT NO. Just white button mushrooms. Meh... :(
- Deep fried cheese wontons: The wonton itself tasted great, but they poured too much sweet and sour sauce over the wontons, so it kinda altered the taste. I would like to see the sauce on the side instead.
- Shrimp Tempura: lightly battered and crunchy, but tasted like any other tempuras at any other Japanese places.
- Desserts: Your typical asian flavoured ice creams - green tea, mango, red bean. I had the mango pudding as well and it tasted very artificial. DO NOT GET THAT.
I would definitely go back to this place and try the other dishes. The menu was extensive and pretty impressive :)
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