Showing posts with label sushi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sushi. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Top Gun J&C Restaurant

Restaurant: Top Gun J&C Restaurant

Cuisine: Chinese/Asian/Dim Sum

Last visited: February 11, 2010
Area: Richmond, BC

Unit 2020 Excel Centre, 8766 McKim Way (2nd floor)
Range: $20-30


1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very good 5: Excellent 6: Tres Excellent!!


Food: 4.5

Service: 4

Ambiance: 5

Overall: 4.5

Additional comments:

  • Part of Top Gun Group
  • Considered a high end dim sum restaurant
  • Traditional and creative dim sum dishes (mostly traditional)
  • Japanese sushi and sashimi available
  • Cantonese cuisine
  • Discount if you arrive before 11am
  • Ordering form service
  • Busy, but plenty of seating
  • Fancy set up
  • Private room available
  • Breakfast/Lunch 9:30am-3pm
  • Dinner 5:30pm-10pm
  • Closed Wednesday
  • Reservations recommended
  • Some parking available

**Recommendation: Steamed Diced Pork & Shrimp Dumpling, Baked BBQ Pork Bun, Deep Fried Fish Ball w/Clam Sauce, Steamed Beef Ball, Fried Vermicelli in Homemade Style, Pan-fried Stuffed Tofu


Top Gun J&C Restaurant is part of the Top Gun Group so it is considered a higher end dim sum restaurant. It competes at the level of Kirin Restaurant and Rainflower Chinese Restaurant.


Besides owning Chinese restaurants, The Top Gun Group also owns Japanese restaurants, one being the infamous Richmond Sushi. Maybe this is why they decided to include Japanese food at their Chinese restaurants? Top Gun J&C Restaurant doesn’t only serve traditional Cantonese dim sum, but they also serve a significant amount of Japanese dishes such as sushi, some cones and sashimi. Personally, I rarely order Japanese food here because I think it’s over priced. I actually did on this occasion and based on one of their most popular roll, it was very mediocre. I would rather go to a Japanese restaurant and it would be better and more affordable.


I’ve been coming to Top Gun for years now and it’s one of my family’s go-to dim sum places. The food is excellent, they accept reservations, service is great and atmosphere is nice…what more could I ask for? I also like the fact that I can choose my own tea, it is extra ($1.20/person), but it’s worth it. For this occasion I was here for my 1st pre-Chinese New Year brunch.


The dessert portion of this post: Top Gun J&C Restaurant - Desserts..


My Chamomile Tea - individual servings $1.20/person.

Top Gun's XO Chili Sauce.


On the table:



**Steamed Diced Pork & Shrimp Dumpling 5/6

  • $4.75
  • This is a nice change from the classic shrimp dumplings or “har gow”
  • These are stuffed with celery, minced pork, ham, mushrooms, parsley, carrots, shrimp and maybe some water chestnuts. There are no nuts in them…the ones with nuts are another kind of dumpling.
  • I liked the ones at Dragon’s View better, but that’s another kind.
  • These are good, but the skin was a little dry although nice and thin. There was lots of stuffing and it was crunchy, juicy and nicely prepared.
  • The flavour of the stuffing was a very dominant parsley flavour that was overpowering though. It’s also expensive for only 3.


**Baked BBQ Pork Bun 6/6

  • The picture shows them cut, but they’re served uncut $4.75
  • This is one of my favourite dim sum items. I LOVE these buns. You may already know from my posts about it at Rainflower Restaurant.
  • These are better than Rainflower’s. They’re pretty famous here.
  • The topping is a sugar and butter topping. It’s baked so it’s nice and crispy and crumbly and tastes like streusel. The bun part is good here as well and it’s nice and soft with lots of salty and sweet barbeque pork stuffing. The barbque pork was nice and lean too.

**Deep Fried Fish Ball w/Clam Sauce 4/6

  • Deep fried fish ball wrapped in tofu skin with clam sauce $5.25
  • This was my 1st time seeing and trying this dish. I liked it!
  • The clam sauce is definitely exotic. It’s very potent and it’s preserved so it has that strong salty flavour. It’s slimy and not meat because the clams are small. It has a strong seafood flavour and it was so unique.
  • I wasn’t a fan of the fish ball because they put orange peel into the mixture so it had that slightly bitter flavour that I didn’t like.
  • I like the fish ball with the clam sauce and I loved the crispy tofu skin wrapped too.

Steamed Chicken Bun 2/6

  • $4.50
  • There was too much bun, and not enough meat and stuffing. The stuffing was chicken, mushrooms, ginger and I think some ham.
  • I like steamed chicken bun, but I did not like these because the ginger taste was very strong. They had pretty big pieces of ginger in them too and I think they should have minced it up more. They were big enough to bite into and even pull out of the meat.

**Steamed Beef Ball 6/6

  • Steamed beef ball with tofu skin. Served with Worcestershire sauce $4.75
  • I rarely eat these because usually they put orange peel in them as well and I hate that. These ones don’t have any, so I liked them!
  • They did not look good (relative to other places they didn't). They looked really hard and they shouldn't, but they actually surprised everyone! They were really tender! It was very soft and juicy and I thoroughly enjoyed them.

Steamed Rice Roll with Shrimp & Chives 5.5/6

  • Served with Hoisin and peanut sesame sauce $5.95
  • You may know already, but this is one of my favourite dim sum dishes. I still like the one at Ocean King Congee & Noodle best.
  • The rice rolls are excellent! Made in house, great texture and very thin, fresh and delicious, however I wasn’t a fan of the massive dried shrimps. A lot of people may LOVE this because they’re more expensive, but I found them distracting. It took away from the rice roll and made it not as delicate.

Pan-fried Stuffed Tofu 5/6

  • Pan-fried stuffed tofu with black bean sauce $4.95
  • This was deep-fried, not pan-fried.
  • The tofu was nice and crispy although some thicker parts dried out in the frying process. I loved the texture of the crispy outside and soft tofu on the inside.
  • It was “stuffed” with shrimp on top that was cooked perfectly.
  • There was lots of flavour because the sauce was a black bean and onion sauce. It help onto the tofu very well.

Pan Fried Shredded White Turnip 4/6

  • Pan fried shredded white turnip with fish cake $9.25
  • I’ve never had this dish so it was interesting to try. It’s one of their in house dim sum dishes.
  • The fish cakes were rough in texture and I wasn’t really a fan of them.
  • You have to like turnips and celery to like this dish. There’s a very strong celery flavour and they use the delicate parts of the celery stalk to make it.
  • The sauce tastes like a soy based sauce infused with celery and turnip flavours.
  • There’s also slice of juicy mushrooms in it, but I wish there were more.

Steamed Spare Ribs 3.5/6

  • Steamed spare ribs in black bean sauce $4.25
  • The ribs were quite tender and juicy, but they were also very oily and so was the sauce they were sitting in.
  • The flavour was great with lots of garlic, but it just very oily. They could have used more black bean sauce too – it tasted like garlic sauce.

Sticky Rice with Diced Pork 4/6

  • $4.95
  • This came with 2 larger sticky rice rolls except for the standard 3.
  • It was stuffed with ground pork, mushrooms and maybe ham…and there was no egg – which I missed.
  • It was saucy, not dry, and very flavourful.


Pan Fried Vegetable (Yue Choy) 3/6

  • Your choice of Baby Chai Choy, Yue Choy, Chinese broccoli, baby Bok Choy, A Vegetable, Green Lettuce, Spinach, Broccoli $8.50
  • I’m not sure what “A Vegetable” is…but we choice You Choy.
  • It tastes like spinach but crispier, firmer and juicier. It’s also has a slight mustard taste.
  • I think this is expensive and it was actually quite oily.

Chicken Feet & Chinese Herbs Soup 3/6

  • Chicken feet and Chinese herbs soup in hot pot $8.95
  • This does not look so good, but it’s a very “Chinese-y” dish older people would order. They love soup…and chicken feet.
  • It’s basically a chicken soup that’s slightly bitter. There’s definitely some ginseng in it. It tastes like it’s “good for you” soup.
  • It’s also a little bit sweet because there’s gogi berries in it.
  • I only like the soup part.

**Fried Vermicelli in Homemade Style 5/6

  • Stir-fried vermicelli noodles with shredded barbeque pork, prawns, bell peppers, eggs, onions and bean sprouts $14.80
  • This tastes better than it looks. It was sweet from the ingredients, savoury and tangy. I think they used ketchup or sweet and sour sauce in it because it had a great flavour that surprised everyone.
  • It wasn’t oily, but the scrambled eggs were a bit overcooked and dry.

Peter Roll 2.5/6

  • Prawn tempura, cucumber, avocado and tobiko $10.95
  • This is one of their most popular items and rolls. A lot of table ordered it.
  • I could get something much better at a Japanese restaurant and for the price it isn’t worth it.
  • The roll is very bland and almost too dry. There isn’t enough sauce and there’s nothing unique about it.
  • The prawn tempura was freshly fried and crunchy, but they gave so little of it and they used the rice to make the roll look bigger.
  • The only good part is the presentation.

The dessert portion of this post: Top Gun J&C Restaurant - Desserts.

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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Sushi Garden

Restaurant: Sushi Garden – Japanese Restaurant

Cuisine: Japanese/Sushi

Last visited: January 25, 2010
Area: Burnaby, BC

4635 Kingsway
Range
:
$10 or less


1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very good 5: Excellent 6: Tres Excellent!!


Food: 4

Service: 3.5 (Despite comments on poor service, I actually had good service)

Ambiance: 2

Overall: 3.5

Additional comments:

  • Cheap sushi, that’s good!
  • Bang for you buck
  • Pretty generous portions and big pieces
  • Extensive menu
  • Some creative/fusion rolls
  • Lots of seating and still very busy!
  • Very casual
  • Very busy at lunch and dinner
  • Set menus
  • Same owners as California Sushi in Coquitlam
  • Line-ups/wait list right at 6pm
  • Dine in/Take out
  • Serves alcohol
  • Mon-Sat 11am-10pm
  • Sunday 11:30-9:30pm
  • Free parking at rear

**Recommendation: Alaska roll, Tuna Gomae, (Also popular for Dynamite roll, chopped scallop roll, sashimi)


I’ve been to Sushi Garden on several occasions, but every time I go I always have to wait 20min before I get seated. It’s busy in there all the time! Even when I get there at 6pm there’s already a waitlist. The main reason: the price! Yes it is a cheap sushi joint, but is it good? I think it is! The pieces are pretty big (not like Samurai Sushi big, but still big) and you can eat like a king for $12-15 including tax and tip! It’s nothing fancy and they have a huge menu so it’s a great go-to place. The value is definitely there and when I’m up for quick, satisfying and something affordable – then this is a great choice.


So apparently the owners are Korean although some of their recipes seem to have some Chinese influence. (You’ll see what I mean). There are some fusion/creative dishes which, as you know, I always like! It’s a pleasant surprise and unexpected for a sushi joint of this style.


I was with my friend who was visiting from Austria and we were shopping for hours at Metrotown across the street. Originally I wanted to go to a nicer sushi place, but we were too hungry and wanted something close by. He had only tried sushi once at a Chinese restaurant in Austria so I had to bring him for sushi! I know?! What an alien right?! He ended up trying Shanghai River, Sushi Garden, Japadog, La Belle Patate, Benkei Ramen, Blendz Coffee, East is East, smoked salmon, candied salmon, and maple syrup with French toast! I think that’s a pretty damn good introduction/summary of Vancouver/Canada!


On the table:

**Tuna Gomae 4.5/6

  • Tuna sashimi marinated in gomae sauce and spinach $4.95
  • It’s tangy, nutty and citrusy because they mix the gomae (sesame) sauce with ponzu vinaigrette. It’s a pretty big bowl with 8 big cubes of tuna.
  • The tuna isn't the best quality and it's not really cut in a way that would enhance the most flavour. But there's still so much sauce and it's so flavourful that it's strong enough to absorb into the tuna.
  • I really like how they give you some spinach gomae on top too.
  • This photo is from last summer so I can’t comment on it too much because it was a while ago. The sauce was more like a vinaigrette than it is a sesame sauce though...however I remember it being good.
  • I would have ordered it again, but I didn’t know if it was “too exotic” for the Austrian.

Haru Maki 3.5/6

  • Vege, tobiko, crab meat $3.50 (Their definition sucks! Of course people wouldn’t order it if they don’t know what it is!...but I guess I would lol)
  • My definition: Crabmeat, cucumber, red pepper, avocado, pea shoots and tobiko wrapped in a rice paper roll $3.50
  • Ok, for what it is and the price you pay…totally worth it! It’s not the best, but it’s still good. The best ones I’ve had thus far are the ones at Ki-Isu Sushi.
  • It reminds me of a Vietnamese salad roll, but instead of vermicelli it’s crab! A lot too! It’s creamy from the avocado and crunchy from all the fresh vegetables. It was a great appetizer. I could have used more tobiko, but for $3.50 I’m not complaining. It was still good!
  • They served it with a Teriyaki Hoisin sauce which was great…but along side was a Japanese salad dressing that tastes like Thousand Island dressing. The Hoisin was great but the Japanese salad dressing did not match. I mean does mixing Teriyaki, Hoisin sauce and Thousand Island salad dressing sound good to you? I was good with just the Teriyaki Hoisin sauce. I actually asked for more sauce because they didn’t drizzle enough.

Tako Yaki 2/6

  • $3.75
  • If you’ve never tried tako yaki than these are good! But if you have then this is a 2/6 because they’re a pretty cheap version of the real deal.
  • Tako Yaki is simply baked or fried octopus balls. It’s a popular street food usually made of batter, dice octopus, pickled ginger, green onions and topped with fish/squid shavings, Japanese mayo and okonomiyaki sauce (thicker sweet sauce).
  • These ones we re a bit mushy and mostly consisted of batter. I had a very small small piece of octopus in mine, but just one and it was a bit tough from being overcooked.
  • I wanted more filling, because they were a bit too airy although the main ingredients were there. I could taste the pickled ginger and onion although it was very little.
  • It was creamy, gummy and almost like a glutinous dumpling. It’s like eating a very soft mochi.
  • I like the texture and flavour of these; they’re soft, chewy, salty, sweet and a little bit juicy oddly enough. They’re not amazing here, but they’re not bad either.

**Alaska Roll 6/6

  • Avocado, tobiko, salmon $3.95
  • This is THE roll to order here. It’s delicious and what I’m guaranteed to order it every time I come.
  • The avocado is almost like guacamole. It almost seems like they mash it a bit so it’s really creamy and actually quite rich. You need to really like avocado to like this roll.
  • The sauce is what makes it different and so good! You don’t need any soy sauce or wasabi with it. You can if you want, but it’s not necessary.
  • The sauce they drizzle on top is their own unique sauce. It tastes like a Miso Ponzu type sauce. It’s very tangy like citrus vinaigrette and savoury and sweet to because of the Miso paste…I’m certain it’s in there!
  • It’s a perfect one-bite piece of sushi and they don’t use the rice to make it look big. The rice is flavourful too.
  • It could use more salmon, but for $3.95 it’s fine. I would have liked some cucumber in there though. Give it a nice crunch because everything was really creamy, however the sauce breaks it up and is the perfect touch.
  • I actually asked them for an extra side of sauce...I really like it. They didn't charge me either which is nice.

Dynamite Roll 3/6

  • Prawn tempura, cucumber, avocado, lettuce, tobiko $3.95
  • This is another one of their most popular rolls. I’m not sure why though. I think it’s quite normal and there’s no special sauce that comes with it.
  • It’s a pretty big roll though. There was a lot of cucumber and I think too much because it was the dominant flavour. Not really much else to say here.
  • Again, I do like how they don’t use the rice to make the sushi look big.

Island Roll 2/6

  • Cooked tuna, tamago, fish flake, with fresh kiwi sauce $4.95
  • This is one of their creative fusion rolls. I need to try at least something “different” and not just the popular items right?!
  • This one was a bit dry because the tuna was jut a canned cooked tuna and I think it needed to be marinated more. They just marinated it in mayo and not enough of it either.
  • The kiwi sauce was literally fresh kiwi mashed up. It was sweet and citrusy.
  • Overall the roll was salty and sweet, but more on the sweet side. The kiwi actually didn’t work as well as I would have liked. It was a bit overpowering and the roll needed to be saltier.
  • There’s also tamago in it although it doesn’t say on the menu. It doesn’t matter though because you can’t taste it at all. Besides the kiwi sauce the tuna was the only ingredient I tasted.
  • This roll is actually better if you dip it in soy sauce and wasabi…yes even with the kiwi sauce. It works!


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Friday, December 18, 2009

Guu Japanese Izakaya - Aberdeen Restaurant


Restaurant: Guu Japanese Izakaya Restaurant - Aberdeen
Cuisine: Japanese/Izakaya/Fusion
Last dined: November 26, 09

Area: Multiple - Richmond (Yaletown/Downtown)
4151 Hazelbridge Way – Inside Aberdeen mall
Price Range: $10-20 (Closer to $20)

1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very good 5: Excellent 6: Tres Excellent!!

Food: 4.5
Service: 6 (The waitress I had was fantastic!)
Ambiance: 4
Overall: 4.5
Additional comments:

  • Few locations in Vancouver
  • Japanese chefs/cook/staff
  • Specializes in creative Japanese izakaya/tapas
  • Features typical Japanese items and creative tapas
  • Special tapas change frequently
  • Seasonal menu
  • Fresh sheet available
  • The most reasonably priced Izakaya place in Vancouver
  • Sells out of popular items early (by 8pm)
  • Some imported sashimi
  • Busy at peak hours
  • Mon-Sun lunch 11:30am-2pm
  • Sun-Thurs. dinner 5pm-11pm
  • Fri-Sat. dinner 5pm-12am

**Recommendation: Deep-fried Japanese sweet potato and cheese croquette, seared beef tenderloin (Tataki Salad), beef tenderloin with mushrooms, grilled mackerel, Guu creation, All Stars: beef tongue (done 3 ways), pan-fried ahi-tuna steak (sold out when I got there),


I’ve been to Guu on several occasions and I’ve never been disappointed. It started off with one humble location and now it’s expanded to about 4 restaurants in Vancouver and the lower mainland. The next location is actually opening in Toronto. I’m quite surprised that the quality hasn’t changed because I worry when places go from independently owned to a “chain” or franchise.


I have a thing for Japanese izakaya so I’ve tried a decent amount in Vancouver. So far my top choices are Kingyo, Yuji’s and Hapa Izakaya – this is also “gourmet izakaya” so it is pricier than Guu. Therefore I won’t compare them too much. The quality and food at Guu is good and for the price you’re paying you are getting value and an experience – it’s always lively in there. More so in the downtown locations, but the Richmond location is nice and spacious. It ended up being around $60 without tax and tip for 2, but we ordered A LOT and over-eat as usual.


This review covers a lot of food – we made quite a dent in the menu and this was only between 2 people. Mind you we were full about half way through so it’s not that the portions were that small either. They were actually a decent size. We tried enough dishes that the good ones out-weight the not so good ones. We finished every last bite, which is always a good sign. The only negative part of this experience was the 3 of their most popular items: ahi tuna steak, seared beef sashimi & miso mayo black cod were sold out and it was only 8pm. It ended up


On the table:

  • Pumpkin Croquette 2/6
    • Pumpkin paste croquette with a boiled egg inside $3.60
    • The pumpkin is actually the Japanese Kaboocha squash. It’s more or less a Japanese comfort food. It’s the size of s softball and it’s a pretty hearty appetizer.
    • They serve it with a dressing that tastes exactly like Thousand Island dressing mixed with maybe a little ketchup. I really wish they used a different sauce, like a Tonkatsu sauce. Thousand Island is so old fashioned and it made it to rich, creamy, and filling. It’s kind of neat that they use the dressing to write “Guu” though. Nicely presented.
    • I like this dish because I like pumpkin and I like hard-boiled egg, but it’s actually nothing special. They also pre-make a whole bunch of them and just heat it up upon order. So it’s not very crispy and it’s kind of room temperature.
  • **Deep-fried Japanese Sweet Potato & Cheese Croquette 4/6
    • 3 pieces for $5.80
    • I ended up ordering these croquettes as well because I wanted to see the difference and make a better recommendation. They should replace the pumpkin coquette, they were way better. They are pretty rich and filling though, so best shared with 3 people.
    • These were fresh and actually served hot. It had a crispy panko bread crumb batter and inside was the creamy soft mashed sweet potatoes. You couldn’t see or taste the cheese and I’m pretty sure they mixed it right into the potato so it blended and melted right in. The sauce was the same Thousand Island dressing, which again I wish they would change. However I liked it better with this dish than the pumpkin croquette.
  • **Seared beef tenderloin (Tataki Salad) with Garlic Ponzu sauce 4/6
    • It's served with garlic chips, daikon and sprouts $7.80
    • They gave lots of pieces of seared beef tenderloin. It was more rare beef than it was a salad. The salad was more of a garnish.
    • It was very lightly seared and almost rare, but I like rare, so I was happy. It wasn’t heavy on the spices and it really showcased the quality of the meat. The picture may not look good, but it tasted great! I think it would have been better if they cut thinner slices because it would have been able to better absorb and marinate in the garlic ponzu vinaigrette.
  • Tropical Roll 1.5/6
    • Cooked tuna, boiled chicken and cucumber wrapped with a paper thin omelet and served with mango chili sauce $3.80
    • I think this was the worst of everything we ordered. It didn’t taste bad, but it was just a poor job and it sounded so much better on the menu.
    • I couldn’t taste the chicken at all and I could barely taste the tuna. It was just a whole lot of rice and they used the rice to make the roll look bigger. I HATE when they do that. I hope their other rolls aren’t like this.
    • The chicken or tuna tasted like smoked salmon mousse, I couldn’t even tell what was what…I can’t even tell looking back at the picture…can you?
    • The mango chili sauce was made of mango puree - I’m not sure if it was fresh or not, but you definitely taste mango. That part was good.
  • **Beef tenderloin 6/6
    • Seared beef tenderloin with mixed mushrooms and garlic mushroom sauce $8.80
    • This is it! The 6/6. This was amazing. We ate it so fast. I think there was about 10 pieces of beef tenderloin. 10 pieces for $8.80? That’s insane. It was cooked to a perfect medium rare. The meat was so soft. I already thought the beef in the beef tataki salad was good…until I tried this…this one is goooood or “guu’d”.
    • It’s cooked with button and shiitake mushrooms and the gravy is the juice from these mushrooms, the meat, and some garlic and soy sauce. I wish the sauce was a bit more reduced, but it’s not a steakhouse so I didn’t care.
    • The beef tenderloin was so buttery, tender and juicy. It was just as good as any beef I’ve had a steakhouse. No joke.
  • **Guu Creation 4/6
    • Yellow tail, tuna and salmon belly sushi. 3 pieces. $6.80
    • They recommend you not to eat any with soy sauce or wasabi because they are each served with a specialty sauce already.
    • Yellow tail 4/6: This was a yellow fin hamachi. It was topped with minced garlic in a little vinaigrette and some sliced raw onions.
    • Tuna 3/6: Instead of tuna, we actually got chopped salmon sashimi. It was served on sushi rice and wrapped in a sheet of nori. It tasted almost like spicy tuna sushi, but better. It starts off sweet before it gets spicy. It was one of the better spicy marinades I’ve had. This one didn’t taste like it was only Tabasco, it was very well-rounded. They also had tiny slices of avocado to balance out the spiciness.
    • Salmon belly 5/6: This was the best of the 3. It was lightly seared salmon belly topped with sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper. It was so simple and so flavourful. It was smoky and hickory tasting served on sushi rice with a little wasabi underneath.
  • Chopped salmon & Avocado with Garlic Teriyaki Sauce 3.5/6
    • $6.80
    • This was basically salmon tartar marinated in garlic Teriyaki sauce with chives and a raw quail’s egg on top. There are also pine nuts in it – that was a great touch! It’s served with prawn chips.
    • It was like a Japanese version of ceviche – which is I guess “tartare”.
    • To eat: break the egg yolk and mix everything together until combined. Then you take a spoonful and fill the shrimp cracker cups. After mixing it, it becomes very creamy and a little slimy in texture from the raw egg and sashimi combo. The pine nuts helped to break up the mushy/slimy texture.
    • It was really big pieces of salmon and the quality of it wasn’t that good either. I found a couple chewy pieces and it was almost like chewing into tendons. I had a few pieces like that. I also wish they had something else besides prawn crackers to serve them with.
  • **Grilled Mackerel 5.5/6
    • With garlic ponzu $6.80
    • This was a huge fish and well worth the price. It’s pretty much half a mackerel served with garlic chips, sesame seeds and green onions.
    • It tasted more pan-fried than grilled to me and it had a great crispy skin. It was nutty with sesame seeds and tangy and salty from the ponzu vinaigrette. It was very fresh and juicy, a firm fish that tasted almost like salmon.
    • The garlic chips are always good and the waitress actually brought us an extra side of them without us asking for them. She just knows people like them.

Dessert

  • Guu’d Sundae 4/6
    • Scoop of black sesame ice cream, scoop of green tea ice cream, cornflakes, whipped cream, and 2 chocolate Pocky sticks $5.50
    • It’s a pretty big sundae and I enjoyed it as simple as it was. It’s such an easy concept you could easily put together at home. It was almost like eating deep-fried ice cream with the cornflakes in there.

    • If you like all these ingredients you’ll like this sundae. For me, I’m just ok on black sesame ice cream. I’ll eat it, but wouldn’t order it if there’s something else. In this case the black sesame ice cream actually had black sesame seeds in it. I’ve never seen it like this before because usually it’s finely ground black sesame seeds. I actually didn’t mind this one…I wonder who their ice cream supplier is.

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