Torarenbo Japanese Restaurant

We celebrated Valentine's on the weekend to avoid the busy crowd. So we opted for something more casual during the actual day. I've been wanting to try Torarenbo and J was finally able to make a reservation after several tries. When we got there it was so busy and still had to wait for a table even with our reservation. We ended up sitting by the bar. The food also took about half an hour to come out.

We ordered a variety of food from their menu.

Grilled Black Cod

Salmon Sashimi

House roll

Beef ribs

Torarenbo roll

Complementary ice cream

Overall, the food was pretty good and staff were very nice and friendly. The wait for the food just took longer since it was one of their busiest day of the year. It might not be so bad on a regular day.

Torarenbo Japanese Restaurant

8191 Park Road

Richmond, BC

604-214-1402

Seto Sushi

J and I were craving some good Japanese food. We wanted to go somewhere that doesn't just serve bento box type of dishes. We decided to go to Seto Sushi on Alexandra because their chefs are from Japan - which makes us feel that the food is more authentic :)

J was hungry so he went all out. He had a rice bowl, sushi and grilled squid.

Oyako Don (chicken and egg with rice)

Spider Roll (soft shell crab)

This is one of my favourite.  Very tasty and crunchy :)

Ika Shioyaki (grilled squid)

This was average. A little bit on the dry side.

Chicken Green Yakisoba (in chicken broth)

I was trying to pick something healthy so I picked this dish.  The broth was good but the dish didn't have enough chicken in it.  It was mostly noodles and broth :(

Overall, we were satisfied with the food and service. It is definitely the place to go for traditional and authentic Japanese food :)

Seto Japanese Restaurant

8460 Alexandra Road

Richmond, BC

(604) 231-9493