If you've been to Yorkdale Mall recently, you'll know that they recently opened up Dine on 3, which is their new dining concept and features several new dine-in restaurants along with their newly renovated food court. Shawn and I went to Yorkdale to do some shopping today (and to get out of the ridiculous heat) and noticed a new Japanese restaurant called SU&SHI Noodle Bar (a subsidiary of Spring Rolls), so we decided to go for dinner there.
Tropicana Roll: Shrimp tempura, salmon, tuna, hamachi, tobiko, avocado, and mayo
House Ramen: BBQ pork, shrimp tempura, hard-boiled egg, corn, and nori
Noodle-y goodness!
Apparently, SU&SHI is modelled after popular ramen bars in Japan. I've never actually been to one, but the decor is simple, sleek, and modern, as one would expect from a Spring Rolls restaurant. When you first walk into the restaurant, all the staff make sure to say "Konnichiwa!" to welcome you. The service is nice, attentive, and polite while being extremely fast and efficient; they also brought us extra napkins, plates, and drink refills without even being asked. Moreover, I noticed the manager (possibly owner) made sure to stop by every table to say hi or ask how everyone's experiences were.
Now, on to the most important part: The food is pretty damn good. We each ordered a bowl of the house ramen, 'cause you can't go to a noodle bar and not order the noodles, am I right? The noodles were on the firmer side, but just springy enough, and immersed in addictively flavourful, almost milky broth. The BBQ pork is not the fat pork belly that I'm used to getting at most ramen restaurants; it's leaner, but still soft and tender with a subtle smoky flavour. The portion seemed slightly larger than the standard size you get at places like Ajisen or Kenzo, though I could be wrong. At the very least, they don't skimp on the noodles nor the accompaniments. Along with the ramen, we decided to share the Tropicana Roll, which included pretty much all of my favourite things (salmon, tuna, hamachi, avocado, shrimp tempura, etc.). The roll was gigantic, the ingredients were fresh, and it was well-presented. Even though it's a noodle bar, it's not called "SU&SHI" for nothing! The only thing I regret? Not having a bigger stomach to try more things.
SU&SHI Noodle Bar
Yorkdale Mall (Dine on 3)
3401 Dufferin Street
Toronto, ON M6A 2T9
I've never even heard of Dine On 3 until this post! Sounds interesting!
ReplyDeleteLol, I'd never heard of it until I went! :P Yorkdale has seriously upped their game (again!) with this new dining area. It's so swanky. Definitely the nicest food court I've ever seen. Apparently, they just opened it up on June 2, so it's still very new. You should check it out! :)
DeleteREALLY?!?!?
ReplyDeleteHow the heck do you get to try this before me when I live just a FEW BLOCKS away from Yorkdale?!
LOL!!! Maybe you've just been too busy to check it out? Apparently, they only opened a couple weeks ago! Go and try it, it's SO GOOD!!! :D
DeleteThe Eaton Centre renovated their food court during winter, so I guess all the big malls are upgrading the food courts now (awesome!). I haven't been to Yorkdale since our meet-up... must go if only to try the food, apparently, lol!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Markville (my closest mall and basically where I live) is doing a HUGE renovation right now (I think Cadillac Fairview is trying to give their malls a more modern, streamlined look) and they're putting in TWO new food courts! :D But so far, Yorkdale is the only mall that has this new dining concept. It's really, really well done, actually, and seeing as Yorkdale's food court used to be quite ghetto, this is a massive improvement! If we go to Yorkdale again, we have to try one of the new restos there. :)
DeleteAfter reading this post, my friend and I went to Su&Shi since we were already at yorkdale. The food was so good, and the portions were HUUUUGE. We were kinda shocked when they brought the big ass bowls of ramen to our table haha. I was also surprised that they're affiliated with Spring Rolls, cus i'm not a big fan of that restaurant...
ReplyDeleteHi, Serina! :) Haha, I'm so glad this posted inspired you try out the restaurant. It's fantastic, isn't it? Oh, man, SU&SHI far surpasses Spring Rolls in terms of food and service. It just comes to show, opening chains really fluctuates the quality of a restaurant...
DeleteNow I'm craving so hard. :(