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| - Grand opening: 40% off? Sign me up! Grandpa and I actually took the subway up. It was surprisingly easy, given that this place is like a 3 minute's walk from Eglinton Station.
I'd been to Kanda once during their soft opening, and had given the owners some feedback. They're actually really responsive in that regard. When I came back for the grand opening, they'd fixed some of the issues! While there were a number of service issues on Grand Opening day, I get it. Nothing drastic happened. No one dropped food in my lap, no one yelled at me, and I didn't find anything gross in my food. It just took a little longer than I would have expected. From the comments everyone else seems to have gotten on their reviews, it looks like Kanda is going to be fixing up those issues anyways.
Grandpa and I ordered more food than we could eat. I mean, 40% off? EAT ALL THE FOOD. I had wanted to sit at a 4 person table with better lighting so I could take pretty pictures and have all the food on the table, but given how busy they were soon after we started ordering, I can see why they refused.
Maguro tataki, which even at regular price, is a pretty good portion. 7 pieces for $8.99. The pieces aren't like thinly sliced beef tataki either. They're thick enough to have some chew. Next time, I'm going to try the beef or the salmon tataki. Tuna is pretty, but I get bored easily, and I've had their tuna twice now. I very seldom order anything twice consecutively at restaurants, especially if they have a large menu.
Rainbow oshizushi - shrimp, tuna, salmon? It was supposed to be 8 pieces, but I think they cut it wrong, so I had 6 slightly awkwardly large pieces. I let them know about the error, received an additional 10% off on top of my 40%, and saw that they had fixed it by dinner service (stalking Instagram foodies to the max!) This was Grandpa's favorite dish of the day, and he usually doesn't like to eat sushi with rice (sashimi kinda guy). I like how there's a smokey flavor to their oshizushi. I also like how they incorporated the avocado in your typical rainbow roll into it not by placing the avocado on the top and then torching it, but putting it in one of the rice layers. I'm not at all a fan of cooked avocado, so this works really well for me.
Spicy salmon and avocado donburi - I believe this was $9.99 regular price on their lunch menu. It was not spicy and the portion was on the smaller side, but still good for the discounted price. I really like the container they used to plate it as well. It was one of those round sushi trays. I can see the presentation being gorgeous if they work it well.
Unagi roll + Sushi pizza - This one's a lunch special combo. You can pick two of a number of sushi options including rolls, sushi pizza, or torched sushi, and the two plus soup and salad, if I recall correctly, will cost $9.99. It's a good deal at $9.99. It's a great deal with that discount (but what isn't?) The two dishes came separately, and there was some space between the two coming, but I was taking a bunch of pictures, so it's not like my table was ever without food. The unagi roll had avocado in it, which is a plus in my books! The sushi pizza had chopped salmon and tobiko on it, and it was rather pretty. There was also a decent ratio between the fish on top and the rice on the bottom. I know sushi pizza isn't traditional, but I really like it. A sushi pizza like this costs like $9-$11 at other places, and I got that and an unagi roll for $5 during grand opening. Talk about a cheap eat...
Black garlic shoyu ramen - Yet another thing I had during visit 1 that I ordered again visit 2. I have yet to figure out what's shoyu about this, but it takes like black garlic tonkotsu to me. Given that tonkotsu is their base broth, if I'm not mistaken, this makes sense. There's a definite garlic aroma coming off these noodles. Egg was softboiled. There were two very large slices of cha shu and they were tender and delicious. Grandpa's second favorite dish right here. I really like it because it's not as salty as ramen places. I can actually drink the soup here.
In hindsight, I regret not ordering more food. I should have gotten a ton of sashimi (botan ebi, anyone? scallops? uni?) Their mackerel was amazing my first visit. I also regret not ordering their okonomiyaki, and their black swan roll was unavailable during lunch, so I guess I'm going to be making a return visit soon!
Bonus for those who have read this far: Spider hand roll (softshell crab) is $3.99 regular menu. Good amount of crab. I'd ask for it without Cajun seasoning though.
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