Toronto. We probably should have thought twice when we saw a tv playing Korean music in a Japanese restaurant. But, no one seemed to care. Then some of the menu items were listed with both Japanese and Korean names . Though this restaurant has a Japanese name I think the restaurant category should have been "Japanese, Korean". I LOVE Korean food, but I wasn't expecting to find it in a Japanese restaurant.
There was no Kirin beer, though it was on the menu. I was disappointed. Everyone had to individually ask for water. I began to wonder if I was going to be charged for my tap water that I finally had to ask for. Our server was polite and she brought another shrimp tempura when one fell from the plate to the table as the dish was being served.
We ordered the yosenabe, which did not have much flavor (lots of fish cake, not much quality seafood in it). We also ordered the chirashi, but other than the salmon, the other fish didn't have a lot of flavor. As for the tempura, the shrimp was somewhat soft, probably frozen. There was a good selection of vegetables, though. The sauces were too sweet for what we were used to. There was no grated daikon (radish) in the tempura sauce. As for our side order of ikura nigiri sushi, the ikura was shriveled, not fresh, and the nori was tough. Stay away from the teriyaki vegetable stir fry-- lots of bell peppers and onions.
Had the food been really good, the infusion of Korean elements would not have mattered to us.