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| - This restaurant was a formerly Japanese restaurant but now changed into AYCE style. Quality of food was very high indeed for all you can eat place. Probably the Best I have tasted. If you know your food, you'll taste the materials they used.
Grand opened on Fri July 3rd. Friendly staffs, ipad orders; very cozy, clean and zen environment. This place is not too big, I called in for reservations just precautionary.
LOVE how all portions of the food come in small amounts so I get to taste more variety without being stuffed. Ordered lobster bisque- and it was just amazing. I had to re-order again because it was sooo good. Better than some "self claimed" seafood restaurants.
Ordered coq au vin which is originally a French dish- chicken braised with wine, lardons, mushrooms and garlic. They had some alternations, used carrots, onions and some peameal bacon or pork belly. The chicken thigh (see pic) was very tender, comes off the bone and the sauce was alright. Can't complain for an AYCE place tbh. Quite tasty.
Sashimi was fresh, fresh and very fresh for mine. Ordered a couple pieces a time to save food and looked like plating was more detailed. Sashimi was all thick cuts, I ordered salmon, BC tuna, beef tataki, and tai. (See pic) The salmon was fresh, and the freshness flavor of the fish oil lingered in my mouth for after taste. Quality for salmon I had was not from an ordinary AYCE restaurant.
Had an baked oyster and a baked mussel. Both same mayo sauce with tobiko and chopped shrimp. You can request to your server if you have any allergies. My partner was allergic to shrimp, so they made baked oysters with no shrimp for him. (I thought that was quite thoughtful and detailed minded to cater to your customers' needs)
Ordered some skewers- conch, lamb, ox tongue (thick cut), okra, oyster mushroom and chicken nankotsu (cartilage). All similar spice used, taste alright. Ox tongue was really good imo since it wasn't dry and it was thick cut. Okra was a bit over done for mine, it became a bit soft and soggy-ish.
Sushi- they have oshizushi which is sushi made by pressing into a box mold to create a perfect rectangles of sushi and add toppings or sometimes they have toppings in the middle of the sushi also. I'm not sure if they prepared using a traditional wooden box called "oshibako" though. But keep in mind, AYCE restaurant, it is a pretty good quality already. I ordered torched salmon and a tuna but tuna never came and I didn't bother to reorder. It was okay, I'm not a huge fan of oshizushi, but it's not bad at all. With pricing keeping in mind, it is a good deal to try here than some Japanese owned restaurants in downtown, Toronto.
Also ordered some special rolls- beef tataki roll (with torched beef sashmi on top, avocado and asparagus inside) and honey mustard shrimp roll (torched salmon on top, tempura shrimp, kani, tobiko and avocado inside) - I liked the honey mustard shrimp roll, very unique and tasty. Honey mustard created a kick to the torched salmon. Wasn't over powering with the mustard taste either. The tempura shrimp inside the sushi was very fresh.
Torched sushi: I tried all kinds they had. Very good quality for AYCE. The pricing is definitely worth coming. No complains. All very delicious, plating wasn't bad and very unique. The torched beef tataki sushi reminded me of the ones I had at Genki in Hong Kong. Very tender, sauce wasn't over powering the entire sushi taste. The beef was juicy. For all sushi I had, I did not use soy sauce or wasabi here because it's torched & I trusted the chef should be knowledgeable enough to present their art work the way they wanted me to taste.
Lastly UDON and ramen was the BEST I had at any given Chinese owned Japanese restaurant. And for AYCE? I couldn't believe it. What I taste, the quality compared to the price I paid seemed too good. Udon was Q (chewy) and the soup based was a clear broth, clean and delicious. ONE THING i need to mentioned is, they don't use frozen vegetables. IDK about you, but I hate frozen vegetables because they're hard and tasteless, dull and just horrible. The udon I ordered here used corn from a can (I supposed) because it was crunchy, and tasted like those peaches and cream corn. The ramen, I wouldn't complain, still very good. However, I guessed it was precooked and added soup into the bowl when customers ordered because my ramen was a bit hard (after it gets cold) so it became one pile. I'd prefer udon over ramen here if you still got some space in your tummy to try it!
Dessert- not something ordinary you see at an AYCE restaurant. I ordered earl grey mill ganache square and I can taste the earl grey and strong coco taste. I also ordered a lavender chocolate mousse, it was creamy like chocolate pudding and the hint of lavender in it. I love the couple pieces of chocolate rice krispies on top cause it changed the texture of the mushy yet smooth pudding . Something different.
WORTH A TRY.
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