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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>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>What Is Authentic Cuisine, Really?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The question of culinary authenticity has dogged me for years. In fact, it has dogged me since the day I decided to properly learn how to cook. I began my pre-cooking days by blindly applying heat to ingredients to make such classics as Shake&#8217;n Bake pork chops and macaroni in Campbells chicken noodle or minestrone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disappointing to Hear a Chef Say He Hates What He Does</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2011/disappointing-to-hear-a-chef-say-he-hates-what-he-does/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=disappointing-to-hear-a-chef-say-he-hates-what-he-does</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 01:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people are in the food business because they love food. Other people are in the food business only because they feel they have to be. Unfortunately the latter type is almost always going to outnumber the former type. That doesn&#8217;t make it any less disappointing to hear that a chef-owner whom I know personally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revisiting Wow! Sushi &#8211; I still love the place</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2011/revisiting-wow-sushi-i-still-love-the-place/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=revisiting-wow-sushi-i-still-love-the-place</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 07:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow! Sushi is literally on my way back home from work, and I&#8217;ve been there a few times now. Each time I drop by, I sit at the sushi bar and order just a few a la carte items. I&#8217;m not there to fill up, I&#8217;m there to enjoy a small treat and to learn a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant Review: Wow! Sushi &#8211; Unexpectedly Great Sushi</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2011/restaurant-review-wow-sushi-unexpectedly-great-sushi/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=restaurant-review-wow-sushi-unexpectedly-great-sushi</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a big soft spot in my heart for small businesses, especially independent restaurants, who put their shingle up and offer a quality product or service. Particularly when it‘s something that I know something about, I can be picky, yet I am very enthusiastic when quality is placed first and the place does things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wei&#8217;s Taiwanese Stinky Tofu &#8211; Maybe Not the Stinkiest, But Certainly the Best</title>
		<link>http://www.leonardchu.com/blog/index.php/2011/weis-taiwanese-stinky-tofu-maybe-not-the-stinkiest-but-certainly-the-best/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=weis-taiwanese-stinky-tofu-maybe-not-the-stinkiest-but-certainly-the-best</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leonard Chu</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Night Markets&#8221; are a direct translation from Chinese and pretty much capture what they are: big markets with plenty of small vendors&#8217; stalls open until late at night. In warm Asian cities like Hong Kong, these are open practically year-round and late into the night. Outside of Asia, like here in Toronto, they are considered [...]]]></description>
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