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| - I don't know if you noticed, but I was born an Asian - specifically Korean - which has a lot of similarities to Japanese culture, and one of them, is our love of raw seafood.
I have had a good share of seafood - live and dead - in various places and I am quick to promote really great spots. Why?because they are hard to find (And there are so many now) and they really deserve praise (because I'm a very picky food lover).
I am even quicker to spread the word about the bad spots (because there are so many and nobody is so rich that they throw away hard earned $ for crap, when just down the street you can get wonderful noms for around the same price).
This spot was the first one my friend and I spotted - and we were so eager to sit and catch up, that we didn't give it much thought that there was only a handful of Asian people inside(a quick lesson: if you're at an Asian food place and there is no Asian beside the waitstaff - that's not where you should eat. ALWAYS eat where there is Asian guests in it, we know our food).
I walked in and I was pleasantly surprised that its pretty nice inside, though grungy outside - said to myself, "this is gonna be awesome."
The service was good - i thought in the beginning. She brought us drinks, and the food was rather quick to come. Of course, there was much food left over - and my friend and I had to take a breather. I SWEAR TO EVERYTHING HOLY, in span of 1 minute all 5 waitstaff on duty asked us if they can clear the table. They didn't once check if everything was good during the meal(which was fine), it started to feel like they were not particularly interested in anything but about turning the table (meaning, get people in , serve and out they go so they can serve more people). If she offered to pack my food to go, I think I would have said yes. Of course, this could be a sign of service excellence -everyone is concerned about making your experience great - but they should maybe have approached it with some time lapse and different manner.
Now the food.
I think I may be biased - but this is not fresh fish they service here - I know this, because I've had sashimi in Japan and in Toronto as well - for not much more than I paid here ($20); but moreover, because at times it felt like I was biting to a thawed meat. You know that feeling, when you bite in - it's mushy outside but inside is crunched up ice? THAT one - it was not quite thaw.
Another sign that it's not really fresh - your tummy feels sick. As I mentioned, not only am I born Asian, but in a culture where eating raw fish is not - weird. Our body is more accepting to it - and the fact that it's sitting in my tummy and causing it to ache (and really makes me want to gag) after 5+ hours is not a good sign to me. For what I got, it's way too expensive. I DON'T DO PAIN FROM FOOD.
So.
If you want big sizes for cheap - here you go - Asian version of Mcdonald's; It's just one of many sushi places that just doesn't appreciate the art, but is capitalizing on the trend. If you want at least a decent plate of fish, Aji Sai is just down the street - it even has an all your can eat menu , and its filled with Asians. All the time.
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