Wakame Sushi is located at 638 Sheppard Ave. W., at Bathurst in an outdoor mall. It has a darker interior, with many patrons in attendance when we went there for a weekday lunch. Reusable chopsticks are used, Ordering is done via iPad menus. Ginger is not dyed pink. Soy sauce was all low-sodium green-lid and was fresh and of medium salinity. AYCD pop is $1.95.
Miso
soup was a bit dilute and had a slight "Javexy" flavor that
Mishy likes, but was still medium-savoury and good. Kimchi was good
and not too hot and had no odor. Green salad was very good with
tasty house wasabi dressing. Shrimp tempura was excellent with good
batter, very slightly oily but no complaints as the dipping sauce was
excellent and savory, better than most places with definitely
something else and original. Chicken teriyaki was excellent and both
of us loved it: not rubbery, crispy on the outside, tender and moist
on the inside, so appeared flame-broiled. Chicken katsu was
excellent, as was the sauce, savoury and originally tomatoey. Mishy
loved the chicken pad thai, which she indicated was comparable to
higher-end à la carte she orders; I agreed it was very good. Tofu
tempura was excellent, the sauce really helped.
General
Tao chicken portion was a bit oversized, and although delicious and
Mishy loved it we both found it too sweet (it's also crispy which
some may not prefer.) Vegetable teppanyaki was good but again there
was a touch too much sweet in the sauce. Vegetable soup was excellent
with large pieces of vegetables in an excellent broth. Seafood soup
was very good with savoury tasty broth. Beef udon soup was good, the
same base as the vegetable soup, but of course beefier. Spicy salmon
roll was very good and was not too hot. Avocado cucumber roll was
excellent and the avocado at perfect ripeness. Spicy salmon maki was
very good with large chunks of fresh salmon. Crab surimi sushi was
good though slightly fragrant. Salmon nigiri was excellent,
immaculately fresh salmon and good rice. Red snapper nigiri was very
good and fresh, butterfish nigiri had a very slight odour. Shrimp nigiri was
super fresh with no hint of odour. Japanese fried rice had a little
smokiness flavor but it was understated, so it was a bit bland as-is;
however a drizzle of soy sauce woke it up nicely and it became very
good.
For
dessert green tea, mango, vanilla ice creams and fried banana were
the only options. The ice creams were amazingly good, fresh, the
mango among the best I ever had. Fried banana was absolutely
excellent. Service was super-fast
and attentive. Weekday
lunch was $16.95 and almost everything was very good to excellent for
this price so it was quite a good value and we had a very enjoyable
lunch there.
Rating:
8.5-9/10
