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This place is an omakase-only restaurant, standing room only. This place serves high quality sushi--right up there with Yasu. Today's menu consisted of Hotate, Kanpachi, Ishinagi, Kinmedai, Akami, Chutoro, Otoro, Katsuo, Ebi, Tako, Anago, and a Negitoro Temaki.
As in all omakase style restaurants, the chef introduced what the fish was and where it came from. He told us that wasabi and sauce are applied on the sushi already (much like yasu), and that we could (or should) use our hands to pick up the piece to eat (although chopsticks are provided too). Both the chefs who served us were very nice.
Normally, I'm all about awesome Otoro. The Otoro was indeed awesome (as expected), but I was pleasantly surprised by the Ebi and Anago sushi. The ebi had amazing texture, and the anago had a great melt-in-your-mouth softness. Both the ebi and the anago might be the best I've ever had.
In a brief chat with the chef, he mentioned that the menu changes from time to time, but it usually stays the same for the week. He mentioned there was Uni last week or the week before. Arg, too bad... I definitely need to come back when there's Uni (Otoro and Uni are my two must-haves).
This is the first restaurant I know in Toronto to refuse tip, citing "Japanese style" because tipping is not a custom in Japan. Their machine was not even set up to let you tip. So the total cost is only $45+tax. My round of seating only had 2 people, including me. Total meal time: less than 15 minutes. It was probably even faster than normal considering they only had to serve two people. I gotta say this is the best omakase experience for the price. It felt like Yasu omakase quality for half the price.
There's a little counter/shelf at knee level for people to just place their coats, purses, backpacks, etc.
If this place were any closer to work, I'd be coming here all the time and become broke. The surrounding restaurants look like they're worth a try too. Some people might be turned off by the "rushed" feeling, but I honestly love it. I highly recommend this place, and it is arguably my new favorite place. I can't wait to come back to try it again.
By the way, I just found that this place is opened by Jackie Lin, the sous-chef of the old Scarborough Zen and the current head chef of Shoushin.
Quality: 9.5/10. Service: 9/10. Value: 9.25/10. Overall: 9.5/10 (Not an Average).
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