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Sushi at Earl’s Kitchen + Bar in Toronto
Sushi at Earl’s Kitchen + Bar in Toronto by lwhc92
Can i use this as sushi aka eat it raw from asian mart btw
Can i use this as sushi aka eat it raw from asian mart btw
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From top left corner and down to the bottom right:
Monk fish liver (ankimo), marinated lean bluefin tuna (akami), medium fatty (chutoro) tuna with bonito, fatty tuna (otoro), tuna cheek (kama toro), large sardine (iwashi), yellow tail (Hamachi), sea bass (Suzuki), sea bream (kinmedai).
Second photo:
Octopus (tako), wagyu beef, large shrimp (amaebi), king salmon (sake), squid (hotaru ika), Hokkaido scallop (hotate), Hokkaido sea urchin (uni) and finally a red bean mochi for dessert.
315 USD with 18% gratuity and tax included in price. Alcohol is extra.
Items are sourced and flown in from Japan. Quality was mid-high grade, portions a bit smaller than other omakase experiences I’ve had. The rice was good, a bit too sweet in my opinion, nothing fancy just pure edomae style sushi which I like. Some are seasonal like the squid. Super happy to get to eat the tuna cheeks, I don’t see that often. It was buttery but had texture/meatiness to it.
My favorites are the blue fin tuna cuts, monkfish liver, and uni. Uni was very small and not the best quality I’ve seen but that Hokkaido sweet and briny flavor was there.
I give them 4 out 5 stars. Would give them 5 but we had a major negligent accident during my dinner. Chef was struggling to install a butane torch to sear the king salmon. He was struggling for a few minutes and I told him that he doesn’t have a good seal and it’s leaking a lot. It was very apparent with all the butane just spewing out. He proceeds to ignite anyway and a huge ha-douuken fireball emerged. He mishandled it, the fire got even bigger, fast. I told him I have firefighting experience and offered help but he didn’t want (liability probably), smoke started filling up the space, he finally decided to use the extinguisher and was successful putting it out.
It ruined my experience, we had to ventilate the space for the smoke to clear, then we continued on with dinner. He was embarrassed, rightfully so, it has never happened to him before. However, he made a poor judgment to keep trying to use that torch even though it was heavily leaking. Easily could have prevented this accident. I had drank 2 sakes but after this I ordered a third and gave him a shot lol.