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| - Izakaya Ju was just alright. I came here with high expectations and I left a tad disappointed. While there were a few highlights to my meal here, overall the food is just okay and in some cases forgettable. We ordered the horse meat tartare, seared tuna sashimi, uni sushi, takowasa, osaka cha-han, mixed mushroom robata, osaka omelette, karaage, assorted yakitori set and the custard pudding for dessert.
The horse tartare was one of my favourites. I'd never had horse meat before, and I must admit, was a little alarmed when it came to our table due to how red the meat was (although it is raw, lean meat, so I suppose that was to be expected). It's a fairly simple dish, but so full of flavour. I would order it again.
The tuna sashimi was forgettable. Way over-cooked, tasted like unseasoned canned tuna. It was supposed to come with ponzu sauce but I think they totally forgot because it was bone-dry and flavourless.
The uni sushi was quite good. They had uni from Japan and uni from BC on the specials menu; unfortunately the Japanese uni was sold out, so I settled for the Canadian option. So creamy with that unique bitter flavour. I really enjoyed the one morsel I had. (It was $4 for one piece.)
Takowasa was meh. I've definitely had better tako wasabi elsewhere, say Kingyo's for example.
Osaka cha-han hit the spot but was still disappointing. Fried rice with some scrambled egg, hardly any octopus at all and topped with the traditional mayo, okonomi sauce, aonori and bonito. It was good but not worth the price seeing as there was hardly any seafood to be found in the dish.
Mixed mushroom robata was your typical cooked-in-foil-with-butter dish. It was incredibly salty and even with a huge bias for mushroom dishes, I remained unmoved by it.
The osaka omelette was also disappointing. It was mostly egg and sauce with little filling to be had, and the same toppings as the cha-han. Again, felt like a waste.
The karaage here features some cartilage maintained with the meat, which I personally don't like too much (I've never been able to get over the texture of it) but felt it gave huge flavour to the dish.
The assorted yakitori set is chef's choice. Ours came with chicken leg which was pretty undercooked, almost alarmingly so. It also included balls, wings, hearts and sternum. I'm always willing to try off-cut pieces of meat, but none of it was really memorable. The sternum was interesting and had good flavour, but again, that cartilage texture.
Lastly, the custard pudding was quite good (although we actually asked for the matcha flavoured custard pudding and were given the regular flavour). It has a custard consistency on the top layer and is similar to a flan at the bottom. It was nice but not really enough to save the meal in its entirety.
Service here is very good, our teas were constantly being topped up and the servers are extremely polite and friendly. Unfortunately, the food falls short. For the cost, I probably won't go out of my way to come back.
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