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It's no Guu.
Not like I expected it to be so, but it tries really hard to do it. The attempt to get the staff to cheer when people enter/leave, the similar restaurant layout, etc. But there are a few reasons why they cannot compete:
- The space is WAY bigger than Guu, so you'll never have the same intimacy of atmosphere
- The food menu is much more extensive -- too big, in my opinion
- The staff's heart is just not in it
But moving onto the food itself, we ordered:
1) Tokyo dog: pork sausage in a hot dog bun topped with kimchi and other pickled veg. It tasted okay, but nothing special. Wish the kim chi was hotter, but being slightly cold it didn't go too well with the sausage. The yellow hot dog bun was clearly from the Toronto hot dog street vendors.
2) F-what f-what pork: (can someone explain the name choice??) It was pork belly along with ginger, green onion, hoisin sauce on a steamed bun (man tou). This was pretty tasty but the bun was again, pre-made and from those big bags you buy in Chinese grocery stores.
3) Black sesame-crusted croquettes: this was my favourite, and I loved how odd they looked as 3 black chunks sitting on the plate. The inside was a creamy mix of potato and cod, and had wonderful flavour. Would order a few plates of this next time!
Overall, it was alright. The service was pretty bad, and we probably had 3-4 different people "serve" us because we just had to flag down a new person every time. Ah well. Maybe they just need some more time.
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