Annie adores

Recently visited Guu izakaya forthw first time on church and college :) We lined up at 5pm since we were worried that there were not going to be any seats for a table of 11 :) Fortunately, when we got there the line was not too long.

The staff greeted our party with amazing enthusiasm (which was a little overwhelming). With such a big party, we were able to try out a lot of different dishes at the place. Below are the pictures :)

Overall, I loved the uniqueness of the food there. The taste was amazing. Although it was a little on the pricey side, I thought it wa well worth the splurge :)

Pork Cheeks - Delicious and tender, although a little oily

Grilled Salmon - A little too fatty for my likings, but it was grilled very well and crispy!

Fried Calamari - Ordered it because my boyfriend loves calamari, but I thought it wasn't crispy enough

Cheese and Kimchi BiBimBap - Loved the cheesy taste with Kimchi :) It had this zesty taste! One of my favs that night

Salmon Sashimi - Probably my favourite dish of the night! It was favourful and juicy. The mayo and pepper really makes a difference though :D

Fried Blue Cheese - The blue cheese mixed in with the sweet sauce was like a perfect combination of salty and sweet together :D

Beef Noodles - Do not remember the exact name. It was delicious and filling for once, but I felt like it wasn't anything extremely special and wasn't worth the 7 dollars we had to pay for it.

Squid Pancakes - I thought the Squid balls were much better. This was interesting and it was more crispy :)

Grilled Pork - This was done very well so that the pork was still juicy :)

Squid Balls - One of my all time favourite street food items. Although they make it like 100x better here!

Beef Sashimi - Another one of my favourite dishes of the night. I seriously think mayo makes a huge difference in all of these. The beef tasted so fresh and juicy!!

Fried Shrimp - It was good and the shrimp tasted a lot fresher than other Japanese places but I didn't feel like it was anything different or special

Cheese Oysters - Probably the best dish of the night. I love oysters and cheese so this was the perfect combination for me

Today my boyfriend and I decided to try out Inatei, which is located at highway 7 and leslie.

We decided to order a bento box and two rolls (the spider roll and the spicy salmon roll). The food came relatively quickly and the service was excellent.

The salmon bento box came with a soup and salad, which in my opinion is a lot tastier than many other Japanese restaurants I have been to. The bento box was smaller than what I expected, but it was okay because I'm a small eater anyway. The teriyaki salmon and rice was delicious and so was the freshly made tempura. You rarely see shrimp tempura this big!

My boyfriend was looking forward to the Spider roll the most as our favorite japanese restaurant that recently closed down had awesome spider rolls. The spider roll here was very good and crispy, however, I felt that it was not as good.