Sushi Garden
1560 Yonge St
The mid week sushi binge was delayed slightly this week, and almost didn’t happen! See, a tooth has been bothering me for a while and as it turns out I needed a root canal. So no regular lunch with my Sister on Thursday. I went and got the tooth fixed and then a good friend came and picked me up from the dentist.
A few hours later I was feeling pretty OK, so I decided to repay a good deed with another and treat my friend Jolie to lunch. Since it’s me, what do you think we had? Jolie picked the place, as she used to work in the Yonge and St. Clair area and vouched for Sushi Garden. It’s a nice little restaurant thats part of an open air mall sort of thing. Since no-one else was eating at 2:30pm we got a nice seat right next to the window to enjoy the summer afternoon as well as the food.
I decided to err on the side of caution, and stick with rolls that had no tempura or any other “crunchy” or hard stuff that really required chewing. I decided on the Spicy Tuna with Avocado ($5.50) and the Avocado Cucumber roll ($3.50). I’m really glad I did go with the latter roll as it made for a perfect palate cleanser. The spicy tuna was really quite spicy and the fish was really quite good. I’ve had spicy tuna that was more of a “paste” but this one was a nice hunk of tuna with a spicy paste added to it. After each piece of this I’d cool my mouth with the Cucumber/Avocado and start all over again without ever being overwhelmed.
For the location I was actually quite surprised by the pricing. This place was really quite inexpensive. Sure, you could get a $12 roll, but most were in the $5 to $7 range with the vegetarian options hovering around $3. I took a peek at the lunch specials and they were all quite generous and would set you back anywhere from $5 to $7.
All in all, pretty darn good food at a pretty darn good price. Nothing fancy, but a great value in a nice place.
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