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| - I went here on a recommendation by my hotel concierge during a business trip to Toronto. As for location, it was great considering I was staying near the airport. I also liked that they have a free small parking lot for the restaurant. The sushi was mediocre, however.
The sushi tasted not bad, but not great, either. The spicy tuna was not spicy at all. In fact, it was actually kind of sweet. It's not what one would expect when ordering SPICY tuna. I like to order spicy tuna when judging a sushi joint because it's such a staple - and then I figure if they can't do that right, don't bother with the rest. (Kinda like ordering pad thai at Thai restaurants). But I had ordered spicy tuna and eel rolls together for my dinner. Unfortunately, the eel wasn't so great either. Eel *is* typically sweet because of the sauce, so that wasn't so weird, but it was cold. I'm used to eating eel warm.
Luckily, I had also ordered noodles as an appetizer with my sushi.
The chop chae noodles are some of the best I've had - I love that Sushi-Ya's wasn't too greasy, and it was extremely flavorful. Before Sushi-Ya, my favorite place for Chop Chae was a Korean BBQ joint in Los Angeles called HK barbecue in Little Tokyo. I have to say, Sushi-Ya's was better. I was also served a tasting of some soba noodles with fish broth - both the noodles and the broth were very tasty and not too heavy.
Overall, the noodles here are great, but the sushi is just okay.
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