Location:
125 Kerr Street
Oakville, ON
Since when are you not allowed any substitutions at a Japanese restaurant?
Isn't everything made fresh?
It's not like the sushi is pre-made and stuffed with something else beforehand?
And worse, this wasn't even a sushi substitution but rather a bento box substitution.
Instead of CHICKEN, I requested SALMON.
"No."
"No? But why?
"It doesn't come like that. "
"Can't I get salmon even if I pay extra? "
"No. But you can order salmon terriyaki that comes with soup and salad. "
"Er...Okay...Fine. Does it come with any tempura?"
"NO, JUST SOUP AND SALAD, I SAID"
Ouch.
And for $20 it didn't even come with tempura?
So rigid. And what for?
At least the salad was tasty. We were hopeful.
But alas, the sushi wasn't great.
And then, the salmon wasn't even fresh after all that. The chicken in N's bento box was disgusting. Only the tempura was good. The spring roll you see here, was nasty!
And since when do the Japanese use CELERY in their vegetables? And zucchini?
So weird.
The miso soup was overly seaweedy and fishy smelling. With mushrooms. Is that common? Let me know.
The dessert that came with each of our orders was good, at least. But how to you screw up friend bananas and ice cream?
And we were freezing in our booth. Those curtains don't do anything to ward off the cold from the entrance. Put some heat on, would you? Even the people in the booth next to us were cold.
Tokay. Bay. Never. Again.
Eastern Japanese and Asian Fusion
Location:
2318 Royal Windsor Dr, Oakville
Cost: approx $15 pp
We were craving some sushi take-out and decided to give Eastern a try on the basis that you just never know!
Well, who knew, indeed? Eastern is amazing.
We went in to check out their take-out menu and decided they certainly have a variety of foods (from sushi to thai to chinese). And once we spoke to Andy we decided on keeping it simple with a salmon bento box and a spicy schezuan chicken dish with rice. While we waited we were served tea and it's at that point that we decided we liked that place (even before tasting the meal).
And it was a damn good meal, let me tell you.
Tasty and spicy (with real dried red chilies) schezuan chicken (with loads of chicken).
The peppers, green onions etc were all very fresh (unlike the slightly rotten tasting veggies so common in many asian restos).
The bento box sushi was incredible; the tempura just perfect.
They also have all-you-can eat sushi for $12.99 at lunch and $19.99 at dinner (I believe, but will confirm).
Now a definite favourite in the 'Ville!
