Restaurant Review: Yui Japanese Bistro

Submitted by Gastrofork
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What makes Yui Japanese Bistro one of the hottest new places in the city could be the two friendly and ambitious owners Reginald Lai and Ping Ho’s creative menu that continues to expand. Or maybe it’s the affordable aburi sushi. Expect at least a 30-40 minute wait. Don’t let detract you from visiting Yui Bistro. Their menu is solid and the service is great. Reggie and Ping are bringing their own fresh takes on local favourites.

One item that stood out was the Karai Don Buri made with okra, Bincho toro, spicy kimchi and amakuchi soy. The flavour is fresh overall, the kimchi’s sourness balances out the buttery toro and crunch from the okra, fresh greens and slivers of onion. The dish was clean and not too heavy.

The Salmon Carpaccio is freshly sliced and topped with dried black olive and slivers of white onion. Overall, the garnish left a clean taste on the palate – there were muted bright flavours here which was good.

I tried all the aburi sushi: Salmon, Ebi and Saba.

The Salmon Aburi is made with sockeye salmon, jalapeno and house-made sauce. It’s made and torched right in front of you. I’d love to see the jalapeno a bit more seared to infuse the fish and sauce with its bite.

The Ebi Aburi is made with lime sauce and ume sauce. It was an interesting fusion of flavours. Thepredominent flavour gave the ebi a cleaner flavour and the ume gave the sushi a very slight hint of sweetness.

The Saba Aburi is made with mackerel, shiso and miso sauce. The Saba Aburi sushi is good, the fish is fresh and is complimented with the slightly salty flavour from the miso.

Be sure to check out Yui Japanese Bistro.

 

Yui Japanese Bistro

#102 - 1185 W Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC

 

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