Akita Sushi is located at 456 Holland St. W. in Bradford, the municipality about 45 km north of Toronto's midline. There's another Akita in Woodbridge we've reviewed, but I don't know if this one is related. It may or may not be transit-accessible because it's about a 40 minute walk from the Bradford GO station. It took us a while to do it not only due to this inaccessibility, but also because it has a low rating on Google Maps. As we’ve found other places that seem to be underrated possibly due to competitors posting low ratings, we finally decided to give this one a try and went for weekend lunch. iPad menus are used. AYCD pop is available for $1.99, although there was only Pepsi products but I'm not complaining. Akita has a bright contemporary modern interior with not too loud music, all booth seating. Unfortunately, disposable chopsticks are used so we brought her own as always. Soy sauce at table was very good, flavourful, strong, fresh and not salty... the first flavour of the meal was already off to a good start.
Miso soup was only slightly diluted and not bad at all, with enough savour and the flavour was good. Mishy did not like that the cheese wontons did not have any sauce, although they were still pretty good and had enough cheese. Green salad had a creamy house dressing with flavour of cucumber and it was good, although not superlatively so but definitely not bad.
Tofu sushi was larger than usual but still quite good, a rectangle rather than the usual triangle. Philadelphia roll was very good to excellent with big chunks of cream cheese. Mishy liked the salmon nigiri and it did not fall apart... all sushi had good rice consistency. The white tuna nigiri was very good and fresh as was the red snapper and crab surimi. Spicy salmon sushi was quite good and not made with off salmon.
Deep-fried scallop, probably surimi, was quite good with a small dollop of sauce on the top. Vegetable teriyaki was very good to excellent with a delicious savoury and not-too-salty sauce. Chicken and beef teriyaki were both very good with a very nice sauce and not rubbery. The beef wasn't the best cut, but it was still delicious with the sauce. I didn't like the lemon chicken as it had an odd flavour I wasn't big on... first thing I did not like. The General Tso chicken was much better. Mishy said the beef broccoli was excellent and I enjoyed it very much too.
Beware the vegetable fried rice portion size, as it is too large; it was piled quite high. Mishy also indicated that it was rather oily and tasted a little bit burnt... I didn't mind it thought. Chicken nuggets were good, although it’s unknown if it is made off-premises so hard to get it wrong if it is. Chicken skewers were quite good and well-seasoned, and not dried out at all. Chicken wings also were not dried out and quite good.
Tempura dipping sauce was only slightly dilute and was very good. Deep-fried tofu is another oversized portion, with four large pieces that really should be just two... at least it was good. Shrimp tempura, while not light and flaky, was at least not oily and was also quite good with the sauce. Deep fried dumpling aka gyoza were quite good and had a nice oniony flavour. Spring rolls were quite good and not dried out or oily.
For dessert, there are six flavours of ice cream and fried banana, although I was only able to have three flavours as I was full. Mishy enjoyed the fried banana although indicated it could have used a little more chocolate sauce. Green tea, vanilla and mango ice creams were all good and not freezer burned. It was $26 for weekend lunch and this is a good value these days for an enjoyable lunch in no way deserving of a low rating. As one other place we’ve found like this was also in a smaller town where one knows who the competition is, this adds credence to the idea that the rating is being purposely biased downwards. This is one of the reasons I liked having this blog as a reliable, impartial source.
Rating: 7.5 - 8 / 10 + 0.5 value adjustment = 8 - 8.5 / 10
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