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  <title>The comprehensive GTA AYCE Sushi List</title>
  <published_at>Sun Aug 19 11:20:22 -0700 2007</published_at>
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    <name>Ontario (including Toronto)</name>
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        <content>This post will be constantly updated.

PUPROSE:  To provide information on all the all-you-can-eat sushi places in the GTA area in one collective topic.

INFORMATION:  Information will include hours, locations, menu items, prices, comments and restrictions.

Please feel free to post about your favorite (or not so favorite) AYCE sushi place.  I will amend the first post to reflect any additions or changes.  Since this list will get pretty long, I suggest deleting your orginal post once the main post has been updated.  Items with (?) next to them need to be clarified or confirmed.

Abbreviations:

DF = Deep Fried
PF = Pan Fried
Veg = Vegetable

Common Japanese Terms:

Edamame - boiled and salted pods of soybeans, eaten as a snack.

Futomaki - Large, or Fat Rolls, generally vegetarian, but may include toppings such as tiny fish eggs. 

Inari - Inarizushi is a simple and inexpensive type of sushi, in which sushi rice is filled into aburaage (deep fried tofu) bags.

Kanpyo - Dried gourd shavings

Maki - Makizushi (&#24059;&#12365;&#23551;&#21496;, lit. rolled sushi). Ingredients rolled with rice in seaweed. Makizushi is usually cut into six or eight pieces, which constitutes an order.  Also called nori maki, common examples are California Roll, Tuna Roll, Cucumber Roll. Makizushi is generally wrapped in nori, but can occasionally be found wrapped in a thin omelette, sesame seeds, cucumber, or parsley.

Nori - Japanese name for various edible seaweeds

Ohitashi - Boiled greens such as spinach, chilled and flavoured, often with garnish.

Tempura - A classic Japanese dish of deep fried battered vegetables or seafood.

Tobiko - Flying fish roe



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TORONTO - Downtown

SUSHI ISLAND Japanese Restaurant
Location: 571 College Street, Toronto, Ontario
Tel: (416)-535-1515

Hours:
Monday - Wednesday: 5 PM - 11 PM
Thursday - Saturday: Noon - Midnight
Sunday: Noon - 11 PM

Prices:

AYCE Menu Items:

Hot Appetizers:
Shrimp Tempura     Vegetable Tempura     Yam Tempura     DF Tofu     Cold Tofu 
PF or DF Dumplings     PF Mushrooms     Yakitori     Enoki Beef Roll   DF Oysters 
Dumplings in Spicy Spinach Soup     DF Soft Shell Crab     Grilled Whole Squid     Edamame     Veg Spring Rolls    PF or DF Scallops     Miso Soup     Rice  
Sushi Pizza - Choice of Salmon, White Tuna or BBQ Eel; Topped with Onions, Tomatoes, Green Peppers, Scallions, Tobiko &amp; Crab.

Cold Appetizers: 
Beef Sashimi     Ohitashi with Sesame Sauce      Tofu Salad     
Avocado Salad     Seaweed Salad     Spicy Octopus Salad     Green Salad

Maki:
Crunchy - Salmon, Tobiko, Avocado, Tempura bits &amp; Mayo
California - Crab, Tobiko, Avocado &amp; Cucumber
Dynamite - 2 Tempura Shrimps, Tobiko, Avocado &amp; Mayo
Spider - DF Soft Shell Crab, TObiko, Cucumber &amp; Avocado
Teriyaki - Choice of Chicken, Salmon or Beef with Avocado &amp; Lettuce
Salmon Skin - Grilled Salmon Skin, Cucumber &amp; Sauce (?)
Rainbow - Smoked Salmon, BBQ Eel, Salmon, Shrimp, Crab Tobiko Avocado &amp; Cucumber
Green Dragon - 2 Tempura Shrimps, Crab, Tobiko, Cucumber &amp; Avocado
Jade Island - 2 Tempura Shrimps, Avocado, Green Grapes &amp; Mayo
Orange Fever - BBQ Eel, Crab, Cucumber, Cheddar Cheese &amp; Tobiko
8 Fire Cracker - Tuna, Tempura bits, Spicy Mayo &amp; 7 spice (Togarashi?)
Chin Chin - Grilled Beef, Crab, Shrimp, Cream Cheese, Tobiko &amp; Lettuce
Salmon Ginger - Ginger &amp; Cucumber wrapped with Salmon Sashimi (Contains no rice)
Beef Rib - BBQ Beef Short Ribs, Crab, Lettuce Avocado &amp; Cucumber
Downtown - BBQ Eel, Tobiko, Cucumber &amp; Cream Cheese

Vegetarian Maki:
Tofu - Inari, Avocado &amp; Tempura bits
Vegetarian Crunchy - Tempura Yam, Avocado, Mayo, Tempura bits
Sushi Island - Tempura Yam, Avocado &amp; Green Grapes
Vegetarian Fire Cracker - Tempura Taro, Daikon, Spicy Mayo, Tempura bits and 7 spice (Togarashi?)
Avocado &amp; Cucumber - Avocado &amp; Cucumber
Islander's Delight - Tempura Nori, Daikon, Kanpyo
Seaweed &amp; Avocado - Nori &amp; Avocado
Fungi - Assorted (?) Mushrooms, Tempura &amp; Avocado
Vegetarian FutoMaki - Sweet Potato, Daikon, Avocado, Kanpyo &amp; Cucumber
Caterpillar - Avocado, Nori, Cucumber Tempura Mushroom &amp; Yam

Sashimi:


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