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We ordered about 100 oysters on a Tuesday night because of the special (MALPEQUE Oysters are the only ones that are 1 for a $1). Also note that on the Oyster special days (Tues/Wed) you have a 2 hour sitting time I think. It was my first time eating raw oysters ever so my say on the taste has to be that some of them were fishy while you ate it, some had a fishy after taste, but all of them were salty, but ocean salty, which I liked. My favourite sauce has to be the garlic and lemon one because I loved how it brought out the subtle sweetness of the oysters.
The food was okay because we were really here for the oysters; the only memorable things were the Korean Raw Beef and the Abure Salmon Donburi. I've never had beef tartare before so maybe it was just bias for me that 'its one of their best dishes'. I really like the Salmon donburi because of the flavour (but its probably like kewpie mayonaise with garlic or smt/garlic aoili ontopof tthe raw salmon).
The rainbow-yuuke is their "Salmon Natte Yuuke" that is served at kinka; was a complete miss. Their natto wa super duper slimy and their salmon chunks were way too big so however you mixed it, little or alot, it all felt like boogers with occasionally once in a while the crisps appears for that little crunch. That dish really lacked texture and the taste was overpowered by the natto and huge salmon chunks, couldn't really taste anything else that was in there (the pickles).
The black cod was marinated sweetly which I liked but would've pereferred it tasted more savoury than sweet. The texture was somewhere in between a melt in your mouth feel and dry and flaky which was kind of just meh for me. After having black cod at Kinka I think that's why I'm being biased because I liked their buttery and savoury texture more.
The baked oysters were pretty good and buttery, but weren't great. I really think I should've just stuck to the raw oysters here as they were the real star of the show.
We also ordered Ginger Salmon, Takoyaki, and Spicy Ribs but I didn't get to try any of them so I can't really say but a friend told me the the Takoyaki was "pretty good", apparently the other two were just meh.
So save the best for last (kinda?), David is probably the best waiter who can wait your table so if you have a handsome korean guy serving you, you're in luck! He was literally the ONLY one who came to check up on our table and we all really appreciated it as it made our dining experience alot better. Especially near the end he asked out of the blue "who's birthday it was" (or maybe it was the homemade cheesecake a friend made for me was being eaten on the table that gave it away), and after leaving, he came back with a NY style cheesecake with a sparkler in it! That's what really saved this place from only having 2 stars or less tbh. Thank you so much for the birthday wishes!
Overall, avoid the ratchet and unfriendly 5'4 asian girl before she ruins your night, like seriously if you're not a server why are you on the dining floor, wear a badge or something so I shouldn't always have to try and flag down a server to want something and please don't be so rude about it. You're eyes were screaming "please stfu and go away". She was the bad aftertaste in our mouth that we ended talking about after at the Mcdonalds down the block lmao.
Don't think I'll ever come back unless i just want beer and raw oysters ;/
Edit: Uh i just realised they charged us an extra 42 dollars for idk what the fuck it was for??? Gratiuty????? Included tip???????? Maybe that's why that one girl was so stuck up cause she was going to earn her $$$ anyways lmao pics included someone please tell me Im imagining like kinka's got better quality and service and doesnt do this kinda shit.
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