Menami is conveniently located at the corner of Holmes and Yonge with plenty of street parking around. I've been wanting to try it for the longest time after seeing so many good reviews about it on Instagram and Yelp.
It's quite confusing when you get there because there are a lot of doors. The doors to get in are not glass and the biggest set. When you get inside you can see it's not the biggest space around but relatively comfortable with trendy decor. We went for lunch and there were some people there but it was fairly empty. I imagine there would be many more at night as Menami is a bar.
We ordered the corn kaki-age (because that seems to be the thing to get). I got a salmon cream udon and my brother got the oven baked udon.
The corn kaki-age ($5) was good but not as mind blowing as people made it seem. What was really good was the honey butter mayo! It was light and sweet and overall delicous.. and probably deceptively fattening because it really does feel that light!
I thought the salmon cream udon was delicious ($13). It's not too heavy tasting but it is quite filling as udon is also a heavier noodle. There wasn't too much salmon but after eating a Shiso Tree Cafe where they gave literal slivers of salmon this seemed much better. It was soft and flavorful. There is some tomato oil in there but it's only slightly noticeable. I only finished half! I only had a few bites of the oven baked udon ($15), but it was very cheesy and creamy with some seafood and bacon in there as well. Definitely a heavy dish and heavier than the salmon cream udon - I wouldn't have been able to finish it, but my brother did.
Service was courteous throughout and in the end the total came to about 40 dollars. It's on the pricier side but for what was an overall good experience I felt that it was worth it! I would definitely come back.