Doesn't this picture make you want to drop everything and go for sushi?! Okay, it's a little blurry and makes me want to fix the focus on my camera first, but yeah, looks good, eh?!
It's the Flower Roll and my absolute favourite maki at Sushi-Ya on Corydon Avenue.
It's made without rice or nori, wrapped instead in cucumber. It has crab (the fake crab though), tuna, tamago, avocado, and masago, and comes with tobiko (that beautiful orange fish roe stuff in the upper left corner).
I had this for the first time on my Mom's Day solo time.
I wasn't even planning to go to Sushi-Ya, Kenko and Hanabi being my sushi restaurants of choice down this street. But as I walked down Corydon, I was distressed to find both places closed and feared being sushi-less on My Day!
Then I found Sushi-Ya. Relieved and grateful, I was welcomed by a very friendly staff and a complimentary bowl of edamame. Yum! I proceeded to select my favourites from their jam-packed menu: assorted sashimi, sunomono salad (radish, crab, tamago, shrimp, cucumber and avocado), miso soup, and of course, the flower roll.
As I ordered, my waitress looked at me a little uneasily, and I wasn't sure why until she started bringing out my food... or should I say, my TON of food!
After a very short wait, she brought out my soup, salad, and flower roll in quick succession. If I didn't think that was a lot, I definitely did when she brought out my sashimi in a BOAT!!!
As I relaxed between bites, I noticed the number of Japanese families in areas around the room as well as many others coming for takeout. If the local Japanese community loved it, it must be good!
Despite the amount of food, I ate it all up... to the shock of my waitress. :)
A friendly staff, short wait times, delicious and creative food (as well as the free edamame), and generous portions make Sushi-Ya a winner in my books. Compared to Hanabi and Kenko, it's a more relaxed, casual, almost diner-like establishment, perfect for a quickie after work or for a fast snack. I really enjoyed my time there.
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A sushi date without me? I know it was Mothers' Day, but I'm forcing myself to not feel slighted!
;-)
I like Japanese food but never had it in France because it was sooo expensive.
We have quite a few good Japanese places in Ottawa, most of them "real" Japanese (i.e the cook doesn't speak Cantonese :D ) and it's one of my favorite treat.
@harmzie -
...and how many times have you had sushi dates without me?... hmmm?... okay, so some of them were probably work-lunch kinda things, but I'm sure your co-workers would LOVE me and my two crazy kids tagging along... ;)
@zhu -
Thanks for commenting! :)
Next time I visit family in Ottawa, I'll definitely check it out! I first had sushi when I lived in Vancouver, and it was so fresh, very tasty. :)
I thought of that (going without you in the past), but *I* didn't take pictures of it and wave them in front of you! ;-P
And yes, my co-workers *would* love you. The kids, they'd love too, but that would distract from the focus on the deliciousness! ;-)
Ahhhhmmmmm....Harmzie and Nen??
@harmzie -
ok, you've got a point :)
@lrm -
yes? :)
If I could be so bold as to read into lrm's "tone", it is most likely: "go without me at your peril"
Just a hunch! ;-)
@harmzie -
my thoughts exactly... I should've qualified that smiley I typed as an "uneasy smile"... you know, the kind you give while your eyes shift around to find the nearest exit! ;)
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