Posts tagged: Japanese food

Revisiting Wow! Sushi – I still love the place

Wow! Sushi is literally on my way back home from work, and I’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’m not there to fill up, I’m there to enjoy a small treat and to learn a [...]

Saturday September 10th, 2011 in , , , , , | Comments Off

Restaurant Review: Wow! Sushi – Unexpectedly Great Sushi

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 [...]

Thursday August 25th, 2011 in , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Review: East Japanese Cuisine in St. Catharines

East Japanese Cuisine is but one of a number of all-you-can-eat (AYCE) sushi joints in Downtown St. Catharines. I have not yet tried its competitors in the immediate area, but having tried out East last night, I consider it a perfectly good AYCE sushi joint. Before I continue much further, I need to make 2 [...]

Monday May 30th, 2011 in , , , , | Comments Off

Demondori Mesume – Ontario Spring Water Sake Company’s First Batch

I just tried the Demondori Mesume today, and it’s a great sake. It has a prominent peach note on the nose, and slight peachy-nectarine note on the palate. A very refined rice basenote, of course, and perfectly smooth. 15% alcohol, but other than the slight sensation in my sinuses telling me there’s alcohol, you’d never [...]

Sunday May 22nd, 2011 in , , , | Comments Off

Toronto Gets Serious About Sake: The Ontario Spring Water Sake Company

New to Toronto’s Distillery District is a micro sake brewery called the Ontario Spring Water Sake Company. As I walked around the Distillery District on a nice Saturday afternoon, it was the traditional bundle of rice outside the establishment that got my attention. That location used to be one of the area’s many art galleries, [...]

Sunday May 8th, 2011 in , , , | 1 Comment »