Sushi On Bloor

Sushi On Bloor
515 Bloor St. W

Sunday. Not as nice as last weekend, and thats by a long shot. But the rain has let up long enough for me to venture out of my cave and get a walk in. Several months ago I did a walk along Bloor St between Bathurst and Spadina and realized that there are 13+ restaurants that serve Sushi in a few blocks. I made a  note to save this area for the winter, as I knew my consumption would go down as I hibernated. This is an easy area to get to. However, my illness got in the way, and we didn’t really have a winter to speak of, so I have an untapped area to visit. This afternoon visit I did.

Sushi on Bloor I’ve avoided for another reason. Much like New Generation, it’s very well reviewed. Everyone has been here. There really isn’t a whole heck of a lot to add. However, I’ve realized that people tend to be a little “geographical” and just maybe I might have a different point of view. So on went the jacket and out the door I went camera over the shoulder. I expected it to be packed. I’m guessing that the overcast skies and cool wind kept the sunday brunch people away. Normally this area has people lined out the door at nearly every establishment. It was busy, but no lines.

For such a well reviewed and popular place, there really wasn’t a huge amount of choice. More than a traditional restaurant to be sure, but really only about 20 or so “special” rolls. I decided to stick with my usual scheme of 1 inexpensive and 1 premium roll and started with a Crunchy Roll at $5 (Salmon, Avocado, Tobiko, Mayo, and Tempura). First off, a fair number of the rolls on the menu are right around $5, so the price is definitely right. They were very generous with the salmon on this roll,  almost to the point that I would have traded a bit for more tempura. I was a little trepiditious about mayo in a crunchy roll (normally mayo kills crunchy dead) but they used it sparingly as a seasoning instead of globbing it on. Next up came a Spider Roll ($8.50) as I haven’t had any lettuce in a while. This had nothing to do with my love affair with deep fried crab. Nope. This actually ranks fairly highly as the amount of deep fried nothingness to crab meat was actually rather low. More crab than batter is a very good thing! Both rolls had a very thin layer of rice, well rolled and the emphasis was definitely on the contents. While the fare is nothing overly fancy, I now see why this was chosen as a “great cheap sushi” place. The value is very high.

Nice place inside, and good service. Attentive without interrupting all the time. I have better ranking favorites on the Bloor Street strip, but Sushi On Bloor did not disappoint one little bit!