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Japanese, sushi, Taipei, Uncategorized

Taipei: Addictive Aquatic Development

I love the name of this place; so contrived. In fact, everything about Addictive Aquatic Development seems deliberate and  purpose-driven. Its location, for example, is brilliantly chosen. It’s located behind a commercial fruit marketplace and a commercial vegetable market. It is surrounded by butchers and fishmongers and loads of other traditional open-air meat and produce vendors. It is boxed between a highway and the the … Continue reading Taipei: Addictive Aquatic Development

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East Vancouver, Japanese

Homestyle Japanese: Aotoya Blue Door

As a food-crazed man, I’m a firm believer in fostering a strong curiosity of food in my offsprings. I want to accustom them to the multitude of flavour and textural profiles present in various cuisines so that I can nurture their inner bon vivant. I encourage them to be adventurous with regards to meal choices and to always opt for unfamiliar and possibly eye-opening dining … Continue reading Homestyle Japanese: Aotoya Blue Door

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East Vancouver, Japanese, sushi

Awful service, Hot room, and Fresh Yummy Fish: Sushi by Yuji

Until a week ago, I never realized why most respectable sushi restaurants did not have clear, floor-to-ceiling windows. Heat. Direct sunlight produces heat. Combine that with a sushi restaurant bare ready for lunch service with a bucket full of just-mixed sushi rice emitting vinegar in the form of steam and you get…A veritable sauna hot-circulating rancid, sour air through the respiratory systems of everyone in … Continue reading Awful service, Hot room, and Fresh Yummy Fish: Sushi by Yuji

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Japanese, sushi, Taipei, Uncategorized

Taipei: Better than Tojo’s, at a 43% discount.

Up until now, the most expensive sushi meal that I’ve had (by a longshot) was at Tojo’s. My wife and I ended up paying $700 after tax for an omakase meal with two beers at the sushi bar. Neither me nor my wife thought that the food we had there was anything close to being worth the price we paid. The food was so “not … Continue reading Taipei: Better than Tojo’s, at a 43% discount.

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Japanese, sushi, West End

Who(What) makes great sushi?

Day 29 Sushi Mart… They say that it takes years of training to become a capable itamae. The greenest of apprentices begin by performing cleaning duty. If all goes well with the cleaning, they move on to preparing the sushi stations for the other chefs. Then they might move on to cooking rice, then to seasoning rice, then preparing nori, then sharpening knifes, then cleaning … Continue reading Who(What) makes great sushi?

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