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| - On a quest to get healthier I have begun eating lots of vegan and vegetarian meals, this is how I came across this gem of a resto.
HISTORY/ABOUT: Joe Yee is a vegetarian, MSG free restaurant in Richmond Hill specializing in sushi, mock meat and vegetarian food.
DÉCOR/AMBIENCE: JY has the decor of a med-hi class Asian restaurant. Nice tables, chairs, sushi bar and clean overall. Even the tea kettles are a step up, and so is the green tea (I find most Asian restaurants have teas that lacks kick, body and punch - JY's green tea tastes like it should. It tastes like it's doing your body good.
MENU DESIGN/READABILITY: Killer. There is a regular menu, a specials menu and then a huge album filled with pictures of dishes. The best part about that album is that the dishes in there look exactly like the ones that are prepared for you.
FOOD QUALITY: Delicious. Everything tastes fresh and is well executed. I highly recommend starting off with the Hot & Sour Thai soup. I've had Thai soups all over Toronto and this one is up there among the best, no BS. It is so well perfumed with lemongrass, ginger, stacked with soft tofu and citrus notes explode all over your palette. The regular is enough for 3 people so keep that in mind.
For the main try any of the sushi rolls and I personally never leave without having the Volcano Hand Roll from their brown rice hand roll list. You will be shocked that what you are eating is not meat, but analogue meat with 0 traces of any meat whatsoever. It looks like the real thing, and any one would be fooled. I typically always go for lunch so I am privy to the lunch specials. The sweet and sour pork bento box is impressive, the sweet and tangy red sauce we are accustomed to is there filled with onion, peppers, zucchini and pineapple, but most importantly the mock pork is strikingly similar in both taste and texture to the real thing. It is truly impressive,
even the mock crab tastes like the real thing. The wok-seared tofu in black pepper sauce is also solid, the tofu is cut smaller (flatter) than I would like but tastes great nonetheless. You really wouldn't be missing out on much by being vegetarian if you had this restaurant in your arsenal.
BOOZE: No Booze! There is even a sign warning you about sneaking it in! (TY Jennifer K.)
PRICE POINT: Fantastic. You can walk out full and satisfied for $15.
SERVICE: Great, everyone is courteous and even the Chef behind the sushi bar will softly bow.
BATHROOMS: Haven't yet used but I would anticipate them to be clean.
FINAL THOUGHTS: Now on my list of go-to restaurants, especially when I am uptown. I desperately want to try the stuffed baby pumpkin, go look it up in the album ;)
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