Gushi - Toronto, Ontario

This was my first time trying Japanese street food and I absolutely loved it. Gushi is located on Market 707 on Dundas West (they have another location on Gerrard Street, with different hours of operation) and they have a few picnic tables available in front of the market for you to ... sit down and enjoy your meal. They have great customer service; very friendly and helpful staff; we were asking many questions about menu and he patiently helped us pick the right options. We ordered “Hot Maple Chicken Skewer” and “Takoyaki” for appetizer, “Original Chicken Karaage Bento”, “Shrimp Fry Curry Rice” and “Nanban Beef Katsu Rice Bowl” for main, and “Mochi Trio” and “3 Color Dango Mochi” for dessert. Everything was presented very nicely and tasted amazing. My favorites were Takoyaki and Original Chicken Karaage Bento. In my opinion, Bento is a must-try here. Read more

2024 May 3★ Located on an open street among other street vendors, this one serves Japanese faire. Snack Basket $14 2 pieces of Karaage Chicken 3 pieces of Takoyaki 1 potato Croquette + Spicy mayo dip It's ok. Probably the chicken was the best, but it's overall just ok. A few tables along the street. If it is ... raining, there are tables you can use in the community center. Read more

Honestly 20 bucks for 10 takoyaki is pretty expensive. If you are charging that much you would at least expect that it's authentic, but it's far from it. Mayo is probably the only legit thing as I'm sure they use Kewpie but the sauce was pretty much just soy sauce, ... bonito flakes do add aesthetics and are essential to completing the product but the takoyaki itself was deep fried. Takoyaki is usually made fresh on the spot with a takoyaki griddle and all they had was a deep fryer, so honestly don't bother with this place, it actually ends up being better and cheaper buying at an izakaya rather than this spot. I mean. Look at my pics, would you pay 20 dollars for that? Read more

Got the Original Everything Bento. The sign says it's $14. The $14 box is not worth it for $14. It's so damn small. The large box is $20... And I don't think that the bento was worth $20. Nowhere on the menu did it say that the large box is ... $20. But, I digress. The food itself was decent. The chicken kaarage was juicy. The chicken skin was crispy and crunchy. There were 2 somewhat big pieces of kaarage in the box. The croquette was like some really good mash potatoes deep fried. The 3 takoyaki balls were decent. Tastes as it should. Everything in the box was doused with a heavy layer of spicy mayo. The edamame tasted good, the shredded pickled ginger was strong and helped cut through all that flavour. The purple rice had some flavour going on with it too. It was light, but it did taste somewhat sweet. There's a picnic table right out in front of Gushi Japanese Street Food shop. At the time of day, the table was directly in the sun. I had to wait about 10 minutes to receive my food. Food was decent, tasty. Filled my stomach. Would I come back here again? Not for that price I won't. Probably should have just gone to Nom Nom Nom Poutine instead. At least their basic poutine is under $10 for a good portion of food, I hear. Read more

Taste good! The chicken is perfectly cooked, crispy out layer even after 10 mins. Couldn’t taste the chicken itself as the spicy mayo is overpowered the taste of chicken but it’s good combination. I was a bit shocked by the price of large portion -$20 as a takeaway food. I ordered ... small portion, it was better than expected. So no complaints. The box is brimmed up. Read more