Sushi Masaki Saito

Sushi Masaki Saito is a typical sushi omakase restaurant with a high-end feel. It is Canada's first and only restaurant to have a two-Michelin-star chef. Chef Masaki Saito, a Hokkaido native who received his training in Tokyo, places a premium on the purity and origin of his materials, demonstrating his respect for Edomae history while incorporating his own distinct vision.

Saito creates his own version of traditional Edomae sushi (Tokyo was previously known as Edo). While sushi served Edomae-style used to indicate just nigiri, it's now come to mean any fish that has been aged in some way, whether it's overnight or for five nights. Age is a novel concept for North Americans, although it is popular in Tokyo. All of the ingredients are from Japan, yet there isn't a drop of sauce on the plate. While the menu changes weekly, a recent lunch saw the chef place uni right into the hands of customers, who happily slurped it up.

Address: 88 Avenue Rd, Toronto, ON M5R 2H2, Canada
Website: https://www.masakisaito.ca/