This week Sushipalooza once again strays a few blocks from Yonge St., over to Nijo in the Greenwin Square mall at Bloor and Mount Pleasant. Despite a fairly well-hidden location, Nijo wasn't as devoid of customers as some other places I've seen, so that's good.
Many sushi places serve Sunomono Salad, but Nijo was the first I've seen to offer a Sunomono Soup. Basically a Sunomono Salad swimming in hot broth? An intriguing idea, but one that didn't really work for me. Plus the shrimp was overcooked.
Nijo's Sushi Pizza comes in both salmon and tuna varieties. My Tuna Sushi Pizza came piled with such a generous heap of chopped fish that I couldn't see the crispy rice "crust", which miraculously managed to stay crispy under all that topping.
If I were giving out awards for Most Oddly-Named Special Maki, Nijo's "American Dream Roll" would be a strong contender. The fillings -- tempura shrimp, crab stick avocado -- were not as original as the name.
The Fire Mountain Roll was my favourite part of the meal: BBQ eel, salmon, and more crab stick, shaped to resemble a mountain range and topped with red tobiko "lava". At least, I took it to be a volcano... maybe it was supposed to represent a California wildfire, with the tobiko flames laying waste to imaginary multi-million dollar homes perched on the nori slopes. Either way, it was a nice presentation, and tasted pretty good too.
So next time you're looking or sushi on Bloor East, look harder. Nijo's around there somewhere.
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