Bo Knows

On Sunday, I dropped by Gobo Sushi at the College and Ossington. This Asian addition to the area took over defunct TelePizza (which was a short-lived replacement of Supermodel Pizza). This place is always empty so I wasn't sure of its bona fide. But while I was there, it looked like they do a brisk delivery business.

The menu was typical of these ubiquitous Sushi joints so I went with the standard sushi platter. In this case it was the Sushi Aki ($14.95). In addition to the usual miso soup and salad, there was the mixed board of sushi. I was pleasantly surprised that they didn't load up on salmon, aside from the spicy salmon maki. All the sushi pieces were different including the rarer roe. There were some interesting touches: the rice wasn't as tightly packed; they added some crunchy tempura batter to the maki; but this was your standard average sushi quality. The meal came with a free dessert so I chose the fried banana. It came out as panko-fried bananas with drizzles of chocolate sauce. A nice try but not a great dessert. I was expecting the sweet flavour of Latin American fried plantain or the crunchy shell of the Vietnamese version.