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| - I know a lot of people back home are going to think I'm nut for saying this, but it's true...There is better sushi in and around Calgary than there is in Vancouver! This is where you'll find it.
It's not cheap, but you pay for what you get and this is better than I've had back in BC. We weren't sure about trying it but a few of the yelp Elite had posted good reviews, nevermind the history of reviews encouraging a positive experience, so we gave it a shot.
D had a miso soup which I might try next time - it wasn't too salty even after adding a little soysauce and had just the right balance of green onion and creamy tofu.
We shared a prawn tempura, the batter light and crispy, well seasoned, wrapped around perfect fresh prawns. On the side was a lemon wedge with some kind of powder on it (looked like wasabi powder but we're not entirely sure what it was) and some fluffy ginger. We squeezed the lemon with weird powder into the tempura sauce and added some of the white fluffy ginger, and wow was that ever the best tempura sauce we've ever had!
On a whim I ordered my usual Chicken Karaage, which came out as lollypop style with a spicy mayo dip. Normally you see those and think "That is going to be dry or undercooked" but you would be wrong - they were juicy, perfectly cooked, and light. The batter around them was seasoned well enough you didn't need the dip, but you would use the dip anyway because it had flavour that just popped with the chicken.
We also tried one Ebi Special roll each which was super spicy and fresh, a Smoked Sake Nigiri each that was very fresh but had a very very light smoke flavour, and he tried the Unagi Nigiri which supposedly was better than Benkey in Aldergrove - hard to believe since even I would eat that one!
I tried the Negitoro roll, very fresh and light, I've gotten used to the chunky green onion most places use so the light strands were a surprise. We each got a Philadelphia roll because there's no sharing that one! Chilled cream cheese with fresh salmon, avocado, and leftover spicy mayo to dip it in? The best!
The last roll that we took our time on was the Salmon Isobe roll. We weren't sure what to expect with this one so when it came out we didn't recognize it at first. Spicy sauce on the plate with the rolls neatly laid out. The rolls themselves were salmon wrapped in the seeweed and a super light tempura-like batter. It was obvious that the rolls had been dipped in a frier just long enough to crisp the batter and sear the fish without loosing any of the freshness - that takes some serious skills! To get that timing right, kudos to the cook!
We love this place and will be going back for sure!! You can tell the staff are doing what they love when you walk into this restaurant.
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