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| - You know you're hooked on Yelp when you make a date with a friend just to earn a badge. But that's exactly what I did with a fellow Yelper as we set out on a quest to earn the Sushi Sensei badge!
Not only did we want to earn the badge, but we also wanted to be able to compare the restaurants like for like. We decided that an order of California rolls would be our staple in every restaurant and we would supplement that with an order of the restaurant's feature rolls. Now, you're probably thinking "that's a LOT of mayonnaise and fake crab". Well reader, read on, because although we risked OD-ing on mayonnaise and getting mercury poisoning, we came out with some great tips for anyone seeking sushi in Calgary's downtown area!
Sushi Stop #2: Sushi Tokyo
Our second stop on the sushi crawl was Sushi Tokyo. As it turns out, we arrived during an all you can eat night. I've never actually done all you can eat sushi, but it sounds like something that would require a stretcher to get me out!
We stuck to our plan and ordered an order of California rolls and an order of their baked scallop rolls.
As I've mentioned before, it is hard to get creative with a California roll, but the ones at Sushi Tokyo weren't quite as good as the ones we had at Sakana Grill. It was like there was extra mayonnaise in these ones. And although you don't eat the presentation of the rolls on the plate, the presentation was a little *cough* ... boring.
As for the baked scallop roll, now this was interesting. These were recommended to us by our server as one of their most popular items, so we decided to give them a go. The scallops were baked in a cream sauce and served on top of a mushroom slice on the top of the roll. It was certainly a unique flavour, and one I noticed changed considerably depending on whether you dipped it into the soya sauce. I am only a moderate scallop eater, so if this sounds like your type of flavour, I definitely recommend giving this a try. I probably wouldn't order it again, but I am happy we tried them out.
The ambiance in this restaurant was a lot more casual. It is located inside the Dragon City Mall, but the restaurant feels cool and a touch outdated. The service was average.
Overall... I wish I could give a + rating, because I think in fairness these guys deserve a 2.5 rating. Unfortunately, these guys fell lowest on the totem pole of all the sushi restaurants we visited on our quest for sushi sensei, so it has earned a 2 from me. So even if our experience at Sushi Tokyo was skewed by our experiences at other sushi restaurants that evening, looking back I don't plan on a repeat visit.
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Sushi Stop #1 was Sakana Grill - read my review here:
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/sakana-grill-calgary#hrid:LJusrjLfGGSYo3xN-sN0XQ
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