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Itadaki-masu!
I was there last Friday and what a treat it was! First let's get the bad out of the way and trust me this is a bit of an afterthought since the real show stopper in this tiny Japanese eatery is the consistent Homerun that is the food!
Yes, this place is tiny, 10 tables, plus seating at the sushi bar, however walking in here feels as if you have strolled into Guu's smaller brother of a restaurant but without the decor. Background music is some sort of soft/romantic jazz which is definitely out of place here, however not overly intrusive.
On my visit the waitress was a little lost and one of the (two) brothers who own the place had to take reigns of our order but that was forgiven.
The positive? The delicious food! The sushi is amazing. You can taste the love in each piece. Obviously made with skill and concern, each dish is brought to you wonderfully (yet simply) presented.
Along with some plum wine, our Salmon Teriyaki dinner was tasty and obviously low in fat. Which in some places you can see the lower quality of the salmon by the cheer amount of fat that has leeched onto your plate. Not the case here.
The Calapilla Maki and Rainbow Rolls tasted as if a touch of heaven and raw fish decided to have wonderful and tasty roe together! :P The flavour was full, balanced and satisfying! Not to mention the staff at the locale seems to not only be friendly but willing to bend over backwards for you... You simply cannot fake that sort of commitment to attention!
Now, another thing to be warned it that each dish, although illustriously made, is quite small portioned, specially, if you are used to the dirt cheap proto-options like Sushi On Bloor.
Then again, Wow and SOB are in completely different leagues. While the latter is a cheap simile of sushi, Wow tries to go the true path and as such you will pay for it, both in serving size and in price.
While you can have a filling, albeit non-authentic meal at SOB or New Generation for about $10, expect a more realistic $20 -30 per head at WOW. As some of their diner dishes pass the $22+ mark.
For example, for the three dishes mentioned above plus a glass of wine and plum wine, it came down to about $60. Where we stuffed? No.
Were we happy and satisfied. Yes.
So is it authentic? Well, the place is run by two brothers and the vibe is definitely closer to places like Guu than any of the other dozen or so-called Japanese Sushi places in the Annex. Definitely the best sushi in the area by boats, sushi boats! ;-)
I will definitely be back!
Wow indeed!
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