I bought the 50% off Groupon for this restaurant. I had seen their ads in the KLIP magazine, so I was happy to get some discount on a restaurant that I was wanting to check out.

It was full house. I had tried making a reservation the previous Friday on that day, but I was told it was full, so I phoned the following Thursday for a reservation for Friday evening at 7pm.
The main goal of this trip was to try out the Cute Temari Sushi, which I guess is their signature dish. 10 round nigiri for $12. Very cute, but a bit difficult to eat unless you have a big mouth lol. The fish were fresh and tasty.

Cute Temari Sushi $12

Itadakimasu roll $9.50

 Agedashi Tofu done in 3 ways $5.50

We also had the Agedashi Tofu done in 3 ways $5.50. The one with dashi sauce one was interesting. Subtle flavour. I think I liked the teriyaki sauce the best. Not much fan of the sweet chili sauce. It was just hot…that’s it.

We also had the Itadakimasu roll $9.50 which had unagi (eel) and avocado, tamago, tobiko, cucumber, and fried onions. It was crisply and very tasty, although I find that these ‘special’ rolls everywhere try to put a lot of things in it, and they all get mixed up. Other than the eel, it’s hard to know what’s inside, let alone taste anything with the BBQ eel sauce poured onto it. It’s definitely not the true Japanese dish where the focus should be on one flavour and not mixing a whole bunch of everything into one thing – which seems to be popular thing in North America. Despite that thought, the roll was still pretty good.

The restaurant was quite loud and busy, but the staff were very friendly and service was prompt. However, when we were done our meal, they started repairing the tables for some reason when it was still open for business and customers were still coming in. That was a bit disruptive – and so unJapanese like – especially when all the staff were Japanese.

Other than that, it was a pleasant dinner. The voucher process went smoothly, and would likely return sometime again the future.

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