Takumi was so close to being in week 3... I actually paced off the distance, and Solo was about 5 steps closer. If Takumi had put their door on the other side of the store, it could have made all the difference! (Or no difference at all, depending on your point of view).
Takumi Sushi House is (for now, at least) the newest contender in the Yonge St. sushi foray, having just opened a couple weeks before the official kick-off of Sushipalooza '09. Unfortunately, by the time I got to them the "Grand Opening" banner pictured above had disappeared, and the 20% off special along with it. They still offer a 15% discount, but only on take-out... a restriction that escaped my notice until the bill came. Oops.
Takumi's menu motto seems to be "an embarrassment of riches". It lists 40-odd appetizers, and that's not including tempura, soup, and salad, each of which have their own section. Add to that over a dozen bento boxes, about 50 varieties of maki, a couple dozen sushi sets and combos, plus various meat, noodle, and "Japanese curry" dishes, and you have some deciding to do.
So of course I ordered a teriyaki beef bento box. What can I say, I'd been craving the various elements all day. It was pretty par for the course... boring salad, decent tempura (though some of the pieces were unmanageably large). The beef was perfectly grilled to a nice rare pink. I've had better gyoza.
I also got what seems to be one of their "signature" rolls, the Clock Tower Crystal roll (named for a feature of the building, not any clock-tower-like attributes of the roll itself). It was pretty good, but a little on the diminutive side for $8.50 if you ask me.
Opening a sushi joint on this strip is a risky -- or foolhardy -- gambit, but Takumi seemed to be doing fairly steady business on a grim Monday evening. All in all, I'd say it would be worth a return visit, if for no other reason than to explore the menu a little more. If you have a craving for variety, Takumi might be just the ticket.
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