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| - So I decided to give this place another shot. It has since changed the name, but the menu and concept are the same. This time I had a much better experience. We were in a group of people, so we got to try different dishes. All the dishes were all tasty, if not very big. The standard menus is not very extensive, but there were many daily specials on offer. Here's the rundown:
Yakoyaki - Deep Fried Octopus Balls
Price: $5.50
Rate: 3/5.
Crunchy on the outside and nice and soft inside. But flavor was not big enough.
Karaage - Deep Fried Soy Sauce Marinated Chicken
Price: $8.30
Rate: 5/5
Gorgeous nuggets of deep fried chicken goodness. Perfectly cooked, nice and moist inside. Rivals any Korean fried chicken.
Ebimayo - Deep Fried Prawns with Spicy Mayo
Price: $8.90
Rate: 3/5
Nice dish, but somewhat standard. The spicy mayo is the best part of the dish.
Saba - Grilled Mackerel
Price: $9:50
Rate: 4/5
Very tasty and flavorful.
From the specials menu:
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Oyster Agedashi - $7.80
Rate: 3/5
Deef fried oysters, tofu and eggplant. Not bad.
Seaweed roll of beef carpaccio with uni
Rate: 5/5
There were only two pieces, but those were two perfect bites of deliciousness. Outstanding dish, the best of the entire meal.
Taco Carpaccio - $9.50
Rate: 5/5
Outstanding dish of thinly sliced octopus with nice and smoky flavor. Delish. My second favorite dish.
Miso Katso - $9.80
Rate: 5/5
Beautifully deep fried pork cutlet. Excellent dish.
Risotto with Porcini Mushrooms
Rate: 4/5
Very rich and tasty risotto. Who know you could get a nice risotto in an izakaya?
Pumpkin Pie
Rate: 3/5
The pie itself was alright, but not the best pumpkin pie I had. It also lacked some sweetness. But, the coconut ice-cream on top was delish!
We shared the above between 4 people, and payed $27 per-person, after taxes and tip. It wasn't a lot of food to completely satiate us, but the price was reasonable.
For drinks we had a sake. They do have a house sake ($6.5 for 150mL or $10 for 300mL), but we opted for the Izumi draft sake (from Toronto's Distillery District) at $20 for 300mL. It was served cold and was pretty tasty. There are other selections of higher-end sake as well.
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