Sunday, 29 January 2012

Guu Izakaya

Date: January 26, 2012
Location: 398 Church Street (north of Gerrard St. E.), Toronto
Meal: dinner

My thoughts:
Yes, it's Guu again! :) Came here on a Thursday night and the wait was still about 50 minutes for a party of two. That should tell you something about how popular this restaurant is. But as always, the wait was well worth it.

This was my friend's first time here and he asked me to make some recommendations. I ordered my usual dishes - okonomiyaki, takoyaki and unagi doria. I've included just a quick little description from Guu's website just for easy reference. To read my thoughts on these dishes, please see my entry from November 2011. 

Takoyaki ($5.00) - deep fried octopus balls with tonkatsu sauce and karashi mayo 

Okonomiyaki ($6.80) - deep-fried Japanese pancake with squid, tonkatsu sauce and karashi mayo 

Unagi Doria ($9.30) - barbeque water eel on mixed mushrooms rice with cheese on top 

My friend ordered the following dishes... 

Karubi ($6.80) - salt and pepper grilled beef short ribs with scallion sauce. This wasn't overly salty today, unlike the last time I had this. It wasn't bad, but I prefer my beef short ribs to be sliced thick so that it's juicier. 

Kinoko Bibimbap ($8.80) - rice, mushrooms & cheese with seaweed sauce served in a sizzling stone bowl. This was similar to the unagi doria, but without the eel. Similar sauce, almost just as delicious (I am a big fan of unagi after all), and will definitely order again.

And for the record, my friend was impressed with this restaurant and its atmosphere, despite the fact they don't t have sushi. Yay again for Guu :)

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