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It was a beautiful evening, so we had a hard time deciding on whether to sit indoors (with the vents blasting in your face) or outside (a little windy and the subway grates are not far). We eventually chose to sit on their patio out front. We were drawn outdoors by a perfect table against the wall that seemed to be available. We got in trouble as soon as we touched the chairs at this table - apparently it was reserved. Instead we squished ourselves around a small round table in the middle of the patio, with servers and diners brushing past you constantly. Then, there it was: the perfect table. A small group of people got up from the corner table and we quickly stole it. The staff hated us by this point because we had now been at 4 different tables.
What to eat?
The menu is long and boring. I was too hungry to take the time to read the entire menu, so I chose my default - the bento box. This included miso soup and japanese salad, rice, chicken teriyaki, tempura, maki rolls and gyoza (dumplings). I hate when the lettuce for my salad is just one gigantic piece, which was the case here. The gyoza, rice and teriyaki were fine. The tempura was much too big. Am I really expected to eat a deep-fried piece of broccoli the size of my head in a ladylike manner? Good thing my friends no longer expect me to eat politely. The maki rolls were the worst. The rolls are usually my favourite part, but these were not fresh, not rolled tightly and quite boring for ingredients.
It was a great price for the quantity of food I received, but even so, not worth it.
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