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		<title>A Return to Sushi Time &#8211; But Might Be My Last</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hadn&#8217;t been to Sushi Time at 325 Queen West since I was a university student many years ago. I remember enjoying that long-ago meal, but I don&#8217;t remember anything about the food itself. What I &#8211; and my friends who were there &#8211; definitely remember though is the way I ordered tons of small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning more about sake at Izumi (OSWSC)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education, truly learning something new, is one of life&#8217;s greatest pleasures. Thus, I found myself greatly enjoying another evening sip-n-learn session at the Ontario Springwater Sake Company (OSWSC, also known as Izumi, the brand name for their sake). The topic this time was Tasting Sake. On a bit of a sad note, I learned today [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking with the Toji: What Makes The Sake Special</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 02:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a sucker and a stickler for quality. This applies across the board, and it is what draws me towards handcrafted, artisanal products. Toronto is lucky to have its own local sake brewery, the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company &#8211; whom you&#8217;ll know on the shelves under the Izumi brand. When a &#8220;sip&#8217;n learn&#8221; session came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pursue Excellence &#8216;Til It Hurts &#8211; Because That&#8217;s What It Always Takes</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2011/pursue-excellence-til-it-hurts-because-thats-what-it-always-takes/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=pursue-excellence-til-it-hurts-because-thats-what-it-always-takes</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excellence &#8211; and the pursuit of it &#8211; truly grab me emotionally. It&#8217;s why I like what I like. It&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve been interested in the hobbies and pursuits that I&#8217;ve done. It&#8217;s what I have sought in my professional life, and what I am now trying to build. It&#8217;s how I gauge cars, knives, guns, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Tokyo Sushi House &#8211; Not So Great, Actually</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feeling like I may have overstepped things with my recent praise for Wow Sushi, I decided to try out Tokyo Sushi House on St. Joseph Street. It&#8217;s in the same neighborhood. With the sushi bar taking up most of the space, and a notable lack of photos of a million types of uramaki on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wow Sushi &#8211; A Longer-Term Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is only by spending time with someone that you really get to appreciate their strengths and their weaknesses. It is much the same with a good restaurant. I&#8217;ve been a patron of Wow Sushi since their opening week. I&#8217;ve tried a variety of their sushi and hot dishes. I continue to go as somewhat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Cheap Out on Your Usuba</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 07:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on my usuba for hours now, and I still don&#8217;t have the edge the way I want it. It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m demanding. I just want that edge straight and dead flat, the way it&#8217;s supposed to be, and sharp. I just want the usuba&#8217;s edge to be the way it&#8217;s supposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Honesty &amp; Integrity in Some Corners of the Web</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2011/1754/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=1754</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:40:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes people are truly and remarkably honest and it is an uplifting experience to deal with them. I came upon just such an individual yesterday. Ehsan, an absolutely stand-up guy on the knife forum that I frequent, is selling a particularly attractive knife. It&#8217;s one that I&#8217;ve been curious about for quite some time: a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Does That Knife Say &#8220;Do Not Sharpen&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2011/why-does-that-knife-say-do-not-sharpen/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=why-does-that-knife-say-do-not-sharpen</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My colleague asked me in the office kitchen today, &#8220;Why do some knives say &#8216;Do Not Sharpen&#8217;?&#8221; Until he asked me that, I never knew there were knives that manufacturers would actually say &#8220;Do Not Sharpen.&#8221; It only took me about a second to realize why, though. &#8220;Probably because those knives are serrated with little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Sweat or Tears, but There&#8217;s Blood &#8211; Still Working on My Knife Sharpening Skills</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2011/no-sweat-or-tears-but-theres-blood-still-working-on-my-knife-sharpening-skills/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=no-sweat-or-tears-but-theres-blood-still-working-on-my-knife-sharpening-skills</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing worthwhile in life is free. Sometimes the cost is measured not in terms of money, which is why they are &#8220;free&#8221; from a narrow point of view. Their cost is blood, sweat and tears. Such is the case with many physical skills that demand practice, practice and more practice to really refine and internalize. [...]]]></description>
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