Japango - Toronto, Ontario

Follow @bredgyeats for more food posts! Japango Roll $19 7/10 - Basic california roll with torched salmon and scallop, topped with unagi sauce and mayo. Each component tasted quite fresh, the avocado was ripe and creamy, cucumber has a nice crisp, the kani is fine. The rice has a distinct sweet ... and sour rice vinegar flavour, but is slightly too wet. The torching really brings out the fragrant aromas of the salmon and scallop, and are the main flavour of each bite. The mayo was split though, and tasted both oily and eggy. Some tobiko and microgreens topped on the middle for decoration, the wasabi was the basic "wasabi" paste and ginger was fine. Read more

Restaurant was recommended by my co-worker. Came here with some friends at lunchtime on a Saturday. The place was quite small with only a few tables. A few tables were seated with people when we walked in. There was only one waitress serving so it took awhile for us to ... place our order. We ordered the Japango Starter, which consisted of gyoza, agedashi tofu, California roll, and tempura roll. We also ordered the salmon rolls, dynamite rolls, and dragon rolls. The gyoza arrived hot and fresh. The dumpling skin was nice and crispy. The agedashi tofu was also fried nicely as it tasted crispy. The rolls tasted fresh, but I'm only giving 4 stars because I have had fresher sushi. Read more

Went in for a quick dinner before movies. The place was cozy and intimate, does remind me of some small family restaurants in Japan. The menu offers a wide range of sushi, sashimi and rolls. I ordered the chirashi supreme, which included about 12 pieces of sashimi (you should ask ... about the selection of the day!), 2 pieces of tamago, shiitake and ikura on warm sushi rice. The portion was nice and the sashimi were fresh. It also came with miso soup and a salad. If I wasn’t in a rush I would probably have tried some of the desserts too! Hopefully will come back again to try other items! Read more

We used to come quite often. The sushi was varied, wonderfully tasty and presented beautifully. We came several times for the Omakase - but would ask in advance for just fish and vegetarian - no other seafood, shellfish, etc., In the past, the restaurant was very ... accommodating and the meal was a wonderful experience - unique and artistic. We went back recently - with a week's advance notice about dietary restrictions - and they agreed. When we showed up, we couldn't eat half the dishes that were brought to us, even though we had gone over a list in advance. The dishes we could eat were decent but not particularly artistic or inventive. The cost was super high and we were still charged full freight even though we couldn't eat several dishes. It may still be fine to order regular sushi dishes (the sushi was fine - tasty and fresh) but this Omakase experience was nowhere near what it used to be and was not really worth the cost. Not sure I'm running to go back even though it used to be one of my favourite sushi places in the area. Read more

Super tiny, squishy restaurant but the food is delicious. The deluxe chirashi was amazing and had the freshest fish I've had in a while, and the rice was perfectly warm and seasoned. I'd like to come back for lunch next time!