Sushi Supreme

Sushi Supreme
1995 Yonge St

It would seem that even some of my co-workers have decided that they want to get in on the act. One of the guys I work with and his girlfriend volunteered to help me check out a place or two, and who am I to say no? The more the merrier! But it does make it a little more difficult. Rather than choose completely at random, after I’ve found a restaurant via Google or something, I see if I can find out anything about it. I don’t want to accidentally drag someone else to a terrible place. So the deck is somewhat stacked for this review in favour of finding a good place to eat.

Found one! In one of my old stomping grounds no less, the Yonge and Davisville area. I think I actually set out to review this place back in June, but when I got off the subway at Davisville I immediately encountered Haru Zushi and decided to just eat there. Sushi Supreme is located a couple of blocks further north in a neighborhood I realize I really miss living in. It’s quite a cozy, comfortable restaurant without cozy being a metaphor for tiny and cramped. It’s small, with half a dozen tables or so on the main floor, seating at the sushi bar, and a dining room upstairs that is available for private parties. One thing I noticed while we were enjoying our meal is that there was a brisk trade in take out sushi. A lot of the locals like this place it would seem.

Different from my usual meals, since it wasn’t just me appetizers of Edamame ($3) and Gyoza ($4) were ordered as well as Tempura veggies ($3). I personally only partook of the Edamame, and well, they were salted boiled soya beans. I did like the little boat shaped dish though. A miniature sushi boat. Morgan ordered a Vegetarian Dragon ($8.95) which was a sight to behold. Asparagus, avocado, shitake, and kampio, topped with fried tofu and avocado. The thinly sliced strips of tofu gave it an interesting look and a distinctive tofu smell. Morgan noted that the roll was absolutely stuffed with vegetables.

I was actually very pleasantly surprised by the value of the menu. The prices of practically everything was very reasonable. There’s very good value to be had here. I went with the ACC Roll, an Unagi and Creme Cheese roll with Avocado and Tobiko  ($5), and one of my favorites, the Spider Roll ($9) for a bit of deep fried soft shell crab. Everyone says that Sushi is very healthy for you. I find a way to make that a false statement! The Spider roll was pretty darn good with no crab stick to fill out the roll, just a good portion of crab. Maybe a bit more Avocado than usual, but lord knows I could use some vitamins now and then, and quite frankly I like avocado, so I’m going to give this roll a thumbs up. The ACC roll was actually surprising. An unagi based roll for $5? I was almost skeptical. But it was quite good as well. The balance of creme cheese in maki is a very delicate one. It’s very easy to add too much, and there was just a *hair* too much in this roll. But what it all boils down to is that for the price I got well more than what I paid for.

The consensus at the end of the meal was that the menu was an excellent value. While the maki wasn’t earth shatteringly awesome, it was pretty darn good, and priced lower than one would expect for both the quality and the locale. I’d definitely go back and try something else when I’m next in the area!