2018-07-18

Wind Japanese and Thai - Niagara Falls


Wind Japanese and Thai is located at 9241 Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls, not too far from the touristy downtown. Wind has a stylish modern interior and there were plenty of booth seating and other customers; it seems to be doing well. AYCD pop is available for $2. Wind Sushi uses iPad ordering. Unfortunately, yet another higher-end place that uses disposable chopsticks; glad I bring my own. Soy sauce was a bit stale and salty; I asked for low-sodium and was brought a bottle of VH, but this is cooking and not dipping soy so I stuck with the other. Our server asked if anyone had food allergies (which thankfully we don't) which is a nice touch and was the second place in a week that asked this.







Mishy loved the wakame salad saying it was amazing. Miso soup was excellent, savory and well-balanced. Wonton soup was good but could have been done without the enoki mushrooms as I am not a fan and thought that they made the broth taste weird. Spring rolls were very good but sauce was a little generic. Pumpkin tempura was excellent with very good dipping sauce. Thai beef skewers were fantastic, Mishy said the best she ever had, and the Thai peanut sauce was amazingly good.

Beef teriyaki was big chunks of delicious beef, sauce was mild and did not overpower it, which was a nice change. Chicken teriyaki yaki bowl (aka don) was very good. Steamed minced beef balls were delicious, mild, excellent flavor. Green salad was excellent with original orangey house dressing, just about the best, and very fresh. Chicken barbecue was delicious and very lightly spiced, well-spiced and definitely flame cooked. Chicken teriyaki was delicious and also lightly sauced, sauce is lighter as well and not overpowering.




Mishy loved the salmon nigiri even after initially saying she did not want any; it was very good and fresh and with a good rice consistency. Crab (surimi) nigiri sushi was very good. Red snapper nigiri was excellent with the fish and perfect flavour. Avocado cucumber roll was a bit loosely packed and was okay, avocado not at perfect ripeness, but close enough.


Chilean sea bass (aka Patagonia toothfish) has a very odd fishy flavor, so was much improved with a squeeze of the lemon slice from the soft drink and some soy sauce; it really should be served with this as it was only for die-hards otherwise. Steamed vegetable dumpling was very good. Mishy loved the pad Thai, again comparing it to the high-end à la carte she has sometimes. I admit it was good but I actually preferred the other places'; it seemed to lack the ground peanuts and lime essence that makes it distinctive. Thai sweet basil beef was very tasty with some heat. Scallop (surimi) tempura was good and had very good sauce.


For dessert, vanilla, green tea, mango, red bean, strawberry and coconut ice creams were excellent, the red bean had that wonderful flavor only the best have, strawberry had large pieces of fresh strawberry and the coconut flavor was indescribably good. There were eight to nine wait staff, which is why service was so fast. Unfortunately there were a few flies; it was summer but most places use system to get rid of them… won't affect my rating but it's a caveat. Weekend lunch was $21.99. This along with the pop is at the higher cost end. Wind was quite good as almost all items although did have a couple of shortcomings but there was far more on the positive side, so I consider it a good value and we had a very enjoyable lunch there.


Rating: 8.5-9/10

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