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| - I'm only rating Ebi Sushi based on take out... particularly their chirashi take out (aka Signature Chirashi), which is my measuring stick for how I judge my sushi restaurants because that's my favourite thing to order. So yeah, if you care about chirashi, read on. But if you are looking for a holistic view of the restaurant, of all the food and the dine-in experience, this review won't help you.
The chirashi has a good assortment of fish, including a decent amount of red tuna, shrimp and roe. Also nice presentation with the fish rolled up and some garnishes of lemon and parsley. There was also fried egg in there which is different and it was alright tasting. There's a decent amount of sashimi on the bed of rice, but it could also be the same amount as other places but just thinly sliced -- because it was all thinly sliced. So for every two pieces, it probably equaled to one regular piece of sashimi. It tasted fresh though so can't complain about that. The rice was also a nice consistency but it was simple white rice, while some places spiff up their chirashi rice with some seaweed and whatnot.
The Signature Chirashi meal costs $16.95, which for dinner prices, is on par or cheaper. I can't seem to find a lunch portioned and priced chirashi on the menu on the website but maybe there is one. However, most places (i.e. all) I go to for the chirashi, they always come with miso soup and a salad. Here, at Ebi Sushi, it doesn't come with either. Which is a bit weird to me. Fancier sushi places like Sushi Moto uptown to cheaper places like Big Sushi in the Annex have always included the soup and the salad. And when you're paying about $20 with tax, I'd think that it wouldn't require adding it on as extra. I thought because I was using a third-party delivery service that somehow my order just was missing these two things but then I went on the menu, and sure enough, it doesn't look like it's included. It's not the end of the world and it's not like my life is dependent on the miso soup and salad that comes with a chirashi meal, but it's a bit of a bummer.
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