Taro's Fish

If you want great sushi , then Taro's Fish is the place to be.  I had the opportunity to check this restaurant out last night as I had heard many wonderful stories from this establishment.  Located in the heart of North York, this restaurant does more than just serve its customers.  Not only do they do take outs and in-house dinings, they also do catering for many personal and business functions. As it was just myself, my wife and the little one for the evening and it was one place that we really wanted to try, we decided to give it a go and ordered  their Sushi for Two menu ($50.00) and a separate order of scallops sashimi ($9.99)

The 30-piece Sushi for Two order included 9 different types of nigiri and 2 different types of rolls.  The types of nigiri included were salmon, maguro (tuna), ebi (or shrimp), medium toro, mackerel, white fish, sardine, hamachi and uni.  Every single piece of fish presented that night was amazing.  They were all extremely fresh, rather large compared to the rice and very pure tasting.  Personally I thought the quality of the fish that the chefs chose to make up the Sushi for Two order was pretty good.  Where other restaurants in the past would load up an order like this with butterfish, salmon and tuna, the variety provided I thought was fair to the price one paid for this particular order.  My biggest enjoyment of the night however was not from the nigiri.  It was actually from the scallops sashimi.  The scallops sashimi was simply put amazing!!!!  The scallops sashimi were just as fresh as the fish.  It was smooth, it was slippery and it literally melted in your mouth.  For $9.99, one got to consume 6 large pieces of fresh scallops sashimi and believe me when I say it was definitely well worth the price.  Had I known it tasted that good, I might have placed a second order for it.  The argument could be made that there really isn't anything to scallops sashimi since all one needed to do was crack them open and serve them however one bite into these scallops and you could tell that there was something different about these particular scallops.  It's possible that their chefs might be taking their time and thus are choosing the best scallops for their inventory and not those that are at the bottom of the barrel which of course would make a big difference.  Compared to other restaurants, these scallops were bouncier or more jelly-liked, much larger compared other scallops that I have eaten at other places and "sweet" tasting as Chinese people would like to say. 

Sushi For Two plus Scallops Sashimi

The two types of rolls that were served included the California Roll and the Spicy Salmon Roll.  Both rolls were made to perfection.  The rice was perfect as it was not the really bad mushy type that some other places tend to serve.  The rolls were packed with all their necessary ingredients and presented in a nice manner. Although it was not really a major complaint on my end, the spicy salmon was actually not that spicy at all.  I have tasted some really spicy salmon before but these spicy salmon rolls actually didn't have that much kick to it.  Nonetheless, the rolls were still very good. 

I really enjoyed the sushi and the sashimi from this place.  I had heard great things from them and the fact that they are opened for only five days a week and are closed on Sundays and Mondays and still have the entire restaurant packed is a strong testament as to how well they are doing.  I would highly recommend one make reservations if you could before going as it's not that big of a place.  I don't think you will be disappointed as we certainly were not.  For any sushi lovers, this is one place you must give a try.  Overall, I give it a 4.5 out of 5.

Taro's Fish
800 Sheppard Avenue East
Toronto Ontario

416-730-8555