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We have heard that Montreal, a foodie's haven, isn't known for their sushi scene, or any other Asian food for that matter. But we thought to give it a try at this sushi joint on Mt. Royal. For starters we picked shrimp tempura and ebi shumai (yes, we love shrimp that much.) The tempura came out right away, tasted fresh and crunchy as they should. The ebi shumai was so so, a little too sticky for my taste, but okay.
Then came the sushi: hamachi, saba, sake --the wild sockeye variety that is, and a roll. This is where everything goes downhill, real fast. The hamachi was warm and tasteless. The saba wasn't bad as it was the only one with flavor, it certainly held the rest of the spread together. But the sockeye salmon was not acceptable. We were expecting a slice of nature's best: deep orange color, rich buttery texture, and taste like wild salmon should. But what we got was a previously frozen soggy mesh served as sushi grade sockeye salmon. It was flavorless and the texture reminded me of a waterlogged sponge. We're still trying to get the memory out of our head. As for the roll, well ... at least this one didn't give us a nightmare, as it was the least memorable of them all.
Will we come back? May be, but not for the sushi. They may be stocking themselves with servers who look like models, but I doubt that will fix their sushi quality.
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