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MIKU’S ABURI SUSHI IS FOREVER SEARED INTO OUR SENSES
Vancouver, BC
We were in Vancouver for just one night, after a four-day train journey from Toronto on Via Rail’s Canadian. We had eaten very well indeed on the train, and saw no reason to stop now! Boldly trolling the Internet for suggestions, we came up with Miku Restaurant, which specializes in aburi, or sear-flamed sushi.
We may have forgotten the names of the dishes we had (which explains the lack of captions for each photo here), but the exquisite flavours remain seared, as it were, into our taste buds. The Aburi technique allows the fresh fish and other ingredients to retain their natural flavour, yet adds an extra dimension that brings more depth, and even surprise, to the dish.
Somewhere in the process, Miku introduces some secret sauces that enhance the experience even more. We puzzled over one of the striking flavours in the dishes, and decided that it reminded us, of all things, of Schneider’s Hot Rods!
But this theory bears further field research, and we have sworn to return to Miku as soon as possible to gather more data.
Posted on February 18, 2012 with 4 notes
The Masked Diner loves food. Home-cooked food. Restaurant food. Comfort food. Fancy food. Almost all kinds of food. OK, not cat food.
This blog chronicles the food experiences of the Masked Diner as he unobtrusively samples the offerings of restaurants around the world (well, as around the world as he can get with a Metropass, anyway).
But nobody eats all the time. So this blog is also a catch-all for the Masked Diner's other interests: biking, Toronto, photography, mystery and detective fiction.
So, as the vampire said: Come in. Have a bite.
