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Taro's Fish - new location North York (Sheppard/Leslie)
A number of their cooked fish items are hard to find in most Japanese restaurants (e.g. grilled tuna belly with the fins still on, other less well known fish), and are generally pretty good. If you happen to get sashimi their on a day when they have a big (and expensive) catering job, even the retail size sashimi packs in the fridge come with real wasabi (freshly grated).
Agree with everyone that the presentation of Sakana-ya items is not apetizing, and doesn't have that Japanese look (an important apetite stimulant to me).
Gonoe Sushi (North York)
Gonoe must have either changed hands, or the owner has gone through a life-altering experience (and not for the better). A lot could have happened between Nov'07 and Aug'08.
I ordered only cooked dishes, nothing tasted Japanese or good. The tempura batter, although freshly fried, was tough and thick, much like a bad beer batter. The gyu don was compiled of (not Japanese) rice, bulgogi tasting (although very tender) beef, egg (as if in an oyaku don - yeah, go figure), onions, and a big squirt of bottle teriyaki sauce on top.
For what entered my palette, they are about 30% over-priced. Even if they were appropriately priced, I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone I like.
