Friday, March 5, 2010

Inatei Japanese Cuisine

Inatei Japanese Cuisine
9021 Leslie Street Unit# 7 & 8
(905) 881 - 9500

This was birthday dinner #3. I am sure the pictures speak for themselves. They offer omakase at 3 different price points. Our meal was at the lowest price point ($60/person) but we were very full and all their ingredients were very fresh. Everyone got 1 portion of the photos I posted below except the sashimi & uni which was shared.

The chef decides to make whatever he wants with the freshest ingredients that they have in that day so if you book it twice you will get different food the 2nd time. If you want oysters for your omakase they only import them in on the weekends so go on the weekend. Their sashimi is from wild catch fish (not farmed) that was quickly frozen and shipped over! I don't think it can get more fresh than that and it really shows. I think this is my new favourite Japanese restaurant.

I will go back to try their a la carte and make a second post for this restaurant. I am sure it will be no less than amazing as I am craving a second round already!

Kumamoto & Virginica

Tuna sashimi with freshly ground coral reef

Fish liver in vinegrette

Cucumber roll - I envy the chef's knife skills
Handmade shrimp meat ball rolled in tobiko

Clam in ginger and wine soup
Wild catch Hobou fish, hamachi, botan shrimp




Deep fried botan shrimp heads

Foie gras sushi


Tempura tofy sushi with eel
Egg roll? I don't know... it was an extremely thin omelete wrapped around the same ingredients as in a California roll... but I don't know how they got the egg SO THIN! amazing...
Chilled spinach in a sweet sesame/soy sauce I believe
*drool... melt in your mouth beef tataki... my problem with alot of places that serve beef tataki is their beef quality / cut... this was so tender & free of hard to chew tendons
Mixed mushrooms udon

Almond cheesecake
A very smooth tofu dessert... I don't know what they call it but it was accompanied by red beans and a cute little pot of black sugar syrup? It didn't need the syrup... it was too sweet after with it... tasted really good with the red beans.

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