The Sushi Bar

Date: Saturday, May 10, 2014
Location: 3365 Yonge St (south of York Mills), Toronto
Website: http://www.thesushibar.ca/
Cuisine: Japanese
Meal: dinner

My thoughts:
After raving about it for so long, I finally brought my family to one of my favourite Japanese joints in the city. The place is newly renovated and much more spacious than its previous locale just two doors down.

We ordered the following things to share:

Salmon tartare ($9): This is a new item off their specials menu, and one which we were very impressed with. Little niblets of tempura with chopped salmon sashimi, rice, fish roe and spicy mayo - thinking about it is already making me salivate. The only downside is it is a very tiny portion - it's almost as small as it looks (like a piece of sushi if you ask me!)

Aji Wakame ($4.95): Standard, but fresh and yummy, seaweed salad.

Osaka Sashimi Combo ($20.95) - 3 pieces each of tuna, salmon, butter fish, white tuna. My mom, who is a bit of a sashimi connoisseur, ordered this and commented on how fresh the fish was. Score!

BBQ eel and avocado roll ($5.45 + $0.75 for brown rice): Of course I had to order my favourite roll here! My family liked this as much as I do. So good we ordered two of these.

Vegetable udon ($8.95): Delicious, fresh, thick, chewy noodles. Love.

This was some fish dish offered to us on the house. I don't remember what it was exactly, but I wasn't a huge fan anyway. It tasted like it came from a can or something.

Boston roll ($6.45) - scallop, cucumber, fish roe and spicy mayo. We ordered this for my sister who doesn't eat anything that isn't fully cooked, not knowing that the scallop is raw (it doesn't say so on the menu). I'm pretty selective with raw foods myself, so I didn't eat this.

Black dragon roll ($12.95) - BBQ eel on a shrimp tempura roll with tempura bits, fish roe, green onion, cucumber and spicy mayo. We liked this but collectively agreed that it doesn't even come close to beating the eel and avocado roll. Especially given that its double the price.

California roll ($4.95): Pretty standard. Ordered for my raw food-adverse sister.

Another complimentary dish consisting of various pickled veggies. Not bad. 

Dragon Roll ($7.95) - California Roll topped with BBQ eel. Another item we ordered for my raw food-adverse sister. Pretty good, but like all rolls I've had here, it doesn't beat the eel and avocado roll.

All in all, my family liked this restaurant. But if you come here with a group, it can get expensive since portion sizes are smaller and/or prices more expensive (unless you're splitting the bill, which we obviously weren't). Quality and service are top notch, and I'm glad to see that their business seems to be doing well enough to open up in a larger, more accommodating location.