Friday is usually sushi night! There's about 10 Japanese/Korean places in Markham/Richmond Hill area that we like to rotate. We called around yesterday - Sushi Aoi, Oyaji were both full, Inaho was closed on vacation, and Mi-Ne and Haru were two that we have been recently so I decided with Akane. Also, we didn't want all you can eat places since I was craving for higher quality sashimi and going to Yutaka/Yuzu/Japango was a little too far from home.
We have always enjoyed the bento boxes at Akane which are really good value. But it was never a place that stood out for me. It was always just ok since we always selected the boxes. But after reading the Yelp reviews, there were lots of compliments on the Love Boat B (63 pieces) for only $62.99 so we order this. This was a really good combo which had lots of sashimi, sushi and 3 specialty rolls. I'm sure that there were more than 63 pieces! The salmon sashimi and the rolls were delicious. I really liked the shrimp and scallop sashimi which were really sweet! There were a few sashimi pieces which I think was hamachi was a little fishy which we didn't like. But overall, other than that, everything else on the boat was delicious. It also included 3 Uni sushi(Sea urchin) but I asked them to substitute the 2 Uni for salmon instead. Both my husband and daughter are not big fans of Uni. I'm not crazy about it either but I'll keep eating it because I think that I'll appreciate it one day!
The Love Boat dish definitely won me over and we'll likely be back if we want just sushi!