This small, loud (sometimes very crowded) bar/restaurant is located in the Koreatown area of Toronto (on Bloor Street, between Christie and Bathurst subway stations). It's a fun, Mexican/Korean fusion which works quite well.
Most of the staff in the past have been great in regards to guiding me towards and away from food containing gluten ingredients, and now it's even easier because they have actual menus instead of their daily choices being up on a (sometimes difficult to see) chalkboard on the wall. Items with gluten ingredients are labeled as such, and they now have a seperate fryer for their gluten-free items! Yay!
Their menu changes often, and though they seem to have some "standards", don't be surprised if a favorite item isn't there next time you go.
The hubby and I started with a half dozen oysters- a nice selection of some daily specials. Served on ice with some freshly shaved horseradish and lemon wedges. They were great.
Though I was hoping to get 2 of my fave kobe beef tacos for my main, I ended up trying some others as they were not on the menu this time. Chose a Chicken Karaage taco, and a Ribeye with Shitake Mushrooms.
The chicken was fried in rice flour and covered with scallions and a salty teriyaki-style sauce. Really crunchy and awesome because I have not enjoyed fried chicken in ages, but easily tore through the corn tortilla, so it ended up being a fork and knife taco. Most of their tacos end up beginning like that though, as they are very full!
The other taco I enjoyed was sliced ribeye with mushrooms. Another tasty taco, even though the meat was very rare. I like my beef med-rare and this one was closer to "black and blue", but I suppose that could get chalked up to personal taste.
I've been there before, and I'd go there again. My only wish was for consistency. Feels like things taste differently on different nights, but not to the point that I'd never go back. Enjoyed it overall, and the hubby loved their tequila selection.
It's a fun little place.
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