[REVIEW] New Generation Sushi
Oct. 20th, 2005 02:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldI got to New Generation Sushi (493 Bloor Street West) last night with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bonoboboy at a bit after 7 o'clock, just in time to avoid the supper crowds who clogged the door when we left later that evening. I've heard New Generation Sushi's name mentioned frequently by friends, on weblogs, and in print media as a good cheap place to find abundant portions of Japanese cuisine, yes, and I had gone earlier this month to Sushi on Bloor just a bit further west. It's just that, between my fondness for Korean cuisine and the abundance of other options, I hadn't gotten to New Generation Sushi yet.
Despite the Anne of Green Gables connection, there are no Japanese restaurants on PEI (or at least there weren't back in 2003). Any culinary experience I have has been acquired piecemeal by me, without any in-depth research of the cuisine in question or knowledge, really, of what I'm about to eat. So, this evening I followedbonoboboy's lead slavishly, ordering the restaurant's Matsu Combo One from their menu and following it up with a half-dozen gyozu dumplings. We received complimentary spring rolls at the beginning of the meal, green tea ice cream courtesy of the restaurant at the end.
Between its crowdedness and somewhat old decor, New Generation Sushi won't win any design prizes. It doesn't have to if the food I ate was at all typical. The California rolls were packed loosely, such that you could grab them by their sides with your chopsticks but instead had take hold of them by their back and their front, while the salmon roll's contents were almost unnaturally crispy. These aside, the ingredients seemed reasonably fresh and the arrangement was attractive to the eye and the service was quick. I look forward to my next visit.
bonoboboy at a bit after 7 o'clock, just in time to avoid the supper crowds who clogged the door when we left later that evening. I've heard New Generation Sushi's name mentioned frequently by friends, on weblogs, and in print media as a good cheap place to find abundant portions of Japanese cuisine, yes, and I had gone earlier this month to Sushi on Bloor just a bit further west. It's just that, between my fondness for Korean cuisine and the abundance of other options, I hadn't gotten to New Generation Sushi yet.Despite the Anne of Green Gables connection, there are no Japanese restaurants on PEI (or at least there weren't back in 2003). Any culinary experience I have has been acquired piecemeal by me, without any in-depth research of the cuisine in question or knowledge, really, of what I'm about to eat. So, this evening I followed
bonoboboy's lead slavishly, ordering the restaurant's Matsu Combo One from their menu and following it up with a half-dozen gyozu dumplings. We received complimentary spring rolls at the beginning of the meal, green tea ice cream courtesy of the restaurant at the end.Between its crowdedness and somewhat old decor, New Generation Sushi won't win any design prizes. It doesn't have to if the food I ate was at all typical. The California rolls were packed loosely, such that you could grab them by their sides with your chopsticks but instead had take hold of them by their back and their front, while the salmon roll's contents were almost unnaturally crispy. These aside, the ingredients seemed reasonably fresh and the arrangement was attractive to the eye and the service was quick. I look forward to my next visit.
