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| - This place deserves a updated review! I recently came here with a girlfriend of mine because we're late night snackers and a big bonus of this place is that they're open until 1am 6 out of the 7 days a week! We initially came for ramen and while I've had their ramen before, it unfortunately didn't leave a huge impression for me, but I was definitely willing to give it another try and see maybe I was having an off day.
We were greeted and promptly seated, as we came pretty late on a weekday night. As it was my girlfriend's first time, the server was great in explaining the story behind Shokunin and gave us each a warm towel to freshen up. We got some green tea (that was brought in from Japan) to start and it was perfectly brewed. The owner and chef, Darren, came out and introduced himself and welcomed us to his restaurant. He was incredibly friendly and gave us some personal recommendations from the menu. You can see he was incredibly knowledgable in Japanese cuisine and definitely makes an effort to connect with each of his guests. We decided on getting some of the recommendations which included the sashimi platter (which included fresh fish flown from Japan the previous day), squid tempura, scallop isoyaki, ruri nasu (eggplant) and several different types yakotori. Let me just say, we. we're. blown. away.
All the recommendations that Darren gave to us were INCREDIBLE. The eggplant caught me off guard and I HIGHLY suggest that you get it, even if you don't like eggplant, this is a good dish to introduce yourself to it. You can taste the freshness of the fish from the sashimi and the use of real wasabi (not the horseradish + green food colouring) just makes a world of a difference. The yakotoki were also delicious and full of flavour. My personal favourites were the beef tongue, thigh and mushroom. The dipping sauce that comes with it perfectly complemented the smokiness of the skewers.
The scallops come out cooking over in their own shells on top of their Japanese imported coal that they use, which was super cool! The squid tempura is also so good, especially with that spicy mayo, you can never go wrong with spicy mayo.
I love the atmosphere of this place. It combines two of my favourite things, old school rap with Japanese food. It's slightly on the pricer side, but for the quality of the service and food, it was worth it.
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