sushi inn

located at the heart of yorkville, north america's third most expensive retail districts, Sushi Inn offers excellent sushi at low prices. i find sushi here has much better quality than other sushi restaurants within the similar price range. better than big sushi.



the Miso Soup ($1.75) here is excellent. not too salty, not too watery and has lots of tofu! the small Green Salad's ($1.75) lettuce is fresh and crisp, though i wish they had bit more dressing. i like the sweet dressing they have. it's not the soy sauce based, it's creamier. maybe it's mix of ketchup and mayo. i enjoyed the soup and the salad as part of my rice combo which is a good deal.



the deep fried goodness here is fresh (does that make sense?). it feels like the oil they used is cleaner. i assume they change their oil regularly or i just got lucky and got the fresh batch. the Tempura Appetizer ($5.95) comes with 2 shrimps and 5 veges (2 yams, 2 eggplants and 1 broccoli). the batter is light and crunchy. i wish they give more tempura sauce though. it comes in the little space on the boat which is inconvenient for dipping.



the Katsu Don ($9.25) comes in a large bowl packed with deep fried pork cutlet topped with onion, mushroom and egg on a bed of rice. the rice is well seasoned with dashi and soy sauce mix. the pork cutlet is chewy and tasty. it has lots of mushrooms and comes with three yellow picked radishes. i've had amazing katsu don before and sushi inn version can do better but it's not bad, lacks in flavour a little bit.



the Rainbow Roll ($7.25) is actually 6 pieces (i ate one before the photo). it is made with crab, cucumber, avocado, tobiko, tuna, salmon and white fish. the sushi rice here is inconsistent; either it's too cooked or not seasoned well. this time it tasted alright. no big surprises or let downs. just ordinary sushi roll.



this tiny place gets packed very quickly. despite 10+ staff working here, it is sometimes difficult to get their attention. also there's this one waiter who has no facial expression and sneaks up on your table, drops drinks or food and disappears. crazy. i don't know if he's just tired from working so much or rude. it's good to have sushi inn around in such expensive neighbourhood, to know you have options, but that's about it. i wish they would improve on service. also i am curious, do they ever use the lower level dining hall?
by the way, they give you chewy candy along with the bill, nice :D


Sushi Inn
120 Cumberland Street
Toronto
416.923.9992
sushiinn.net

posted by rin