Lately niu and I have been eating out less and eating in more. Compared to before when we ate out four or five days out of the week.
Today I craved eating out for a change so after work after niu picked me up from the skytrain, we headed off to Okonomi Sushi near gateway station. I had seen a review on it previously from Vancity Nom and really wanted to try it out. Since it isn't too far from where we lived either, it was an ideal choice.
It was a quaint little location just steps away from Gateway station. When we entered, there wasn't a lot of people inside. They had an extensive menu. With both Japanese and Korean options available. Although the Korean food portion was significantly less than the Japanese. We were amazed to see the selections offered. We started off with our must haves. Sunomonos. Niu thought that out of all the Sunomonos we've had, (We've had a lot) this was the best by far. I must agree taste-wise. It had the right level of vinegar and sweetness to it. For mains, we ordered an Alaska roll, some Nigiris and the Okonomi-yaki dinner set which included a miso soup, prawn and yam tempura and deep fried ice cream for desert. Our initial server had read out our order back to us, But they still managed to bring us the wrong order. They were very professional about it though, because they quickly corrected it and brought us a plate of edamame on the house and a bigger portion of the okonomi-yaki. They also informed us a sunomono was also included in the dinner set so they took that off our bill.
The overall flavours were really on the higher end. All the sushi used their patented pink rice which is suppose to have added nutritional value. The portions were of decent size and both of us left the restaurant full. All while under $40 for the both of us.
Okonomi Sushi
13448 108 Avenue
Surrey, BC
