I'm looking for a good sushi place in the downtown core... preferably one of those fusion types with Chinese buffet style as well.
Suggestions?
Suggestions?
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Sushi- downtown core
- Thread starter Ridgeman08
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I'm looking for a good sushi place in the downtown core... preferably one of those fusion types with Chinese buffet style as well.
Suggestions?
Only Chinese buffet that also has decent sushi that I can think of is Wasabi, but that's in Markham / Richmond Hill. I went to a solid Japanese place called Yuzonohana near Adelaide and Duncan about a year ago. Haven't been there since, but I'm sure someone has an opinion.
There are many good places but very few, if any, in the DT core. Most places are set up for tourists and you'll find the better in Markham or Richmond Hill.
If there was one to recommend, then maybe try Hiro Sushi on King:
http://www.hirosushi.ca/
If there was one to recommend, then maybe try Hiro Sushi on King:
http://www.hirosushi.ca/
You won't get fresh fish in land locked Toronto unless it's out of Lake Ontario. Transport time rapidly deteriorates quality. I stick to eateries in San Francisco or Vancouver for the real deal. Even then we ask how many hours it's been from ship to shore to table. If more than a few I pass. Sushi in Toronto??? Good luck with that....the art of disguising old seafood is what you'll get
Yes, you are talking distribution for the landlocked masses. The joints I go to, the chef/owner buys fresh right off small private fish boats, caught that morning or afternoon as opposed to commercial fleets, Chilled but not frozen. It's certainly a more high end niche market, pricier, but exactly why I stay away from inland sushi, and franchised sushi restaurants. If the owner can't guarantee where and when he bought it himself, it's not the real deal as far as I'm concerned. Same goes for cod, scallops, shrimp in Newfoundland. The owners are out daily scouring about the fishing boats looking for the best catch. That's why in high end places the menus can change daily, depending on what the chef sources that daySushi in Vancouver is better, I agree. However, all Sushi these days are from rapidly frozen fish, often on the ships which catch them. This is for sanitary/health reasons of course. At finer Toronto restaurants, the fish is acquired frozen, from the same sources that you find sushi in BC. The preparation may be different, but the fish quality is virtually identical.
