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| - Catering more to individuals that enjoy some asian flavours but do not want to eat lots of raw fish is August8 sitting just a bit north of Spadina and Dundas. The menu and ordering system are on tablets which is definitely ideal to see a picture, ingredients and serving size of what is being ordered. Selections are good but limited (e.g shrimp dumplings, Japanese sushi pizza and torched rolls rather than rice rolls, salmon pinwheel rolls, glutenous rice ball desserts and japanese desserts). The food came out fast in small dishes or steamer baskets a few mins after ordering. Portion sizes are just right so that you get a few bites rather than overly full from 1 or 2 noodles or rice bowls.
Recommendations:
- torched rolls, dumplings (each are a small bite, good flavour and wrapping is a good thiness), desserts, fried squid, beef ribs
Pass on:
- sushi pizza (batter was fried solid unless you like extra crunchy), noodle and some rice bowls (common flavours no special creations) and ice cream
Overall, ambiance was great and seating was comfortable, staff was attentive and food was good and very fresh. An improvement I can suggest is to make sure food comes out pipping hot. Ours came slightly over warm except for the custard sponge cake dessert which was so hot it was steaming! Also, perhaps it was because I went with a friend on a week night instead of Friday or weekend but we sat for almost 1.5 hrs and was not rushed at all until the end when we started ordering desserts. We were going to order more than one item but staff already quickly cleared the table of utensils and dishes. If it was with another group of friends (who enjoy going back and forth from mains and desserts, this rush would not have been received well).
Would I go back? Maybe but if selection increases and food temp was improved. For $28.99 M-T dinner, it was a bit pricy.
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