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Food was excellent, much higher quality than most places, which was a very nice surprise. We will be going back to try the hot pot at the table, it lo…
Prateek Gupta
Shiki of Japan Restaurant
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Hands down this is the best and most authentic Japanese food in the city. Family owned and operated it is the real deal. In business for years and the…
Mohini Pandey
Shiki of Japan Restaurant
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Checked out reviewsfirst. I have driven past this restaurant for years. It is well signed, but tucked away in a small plaza. I was promptly greeted an…
Diksha Khurana
Shiki of Japan Restaurant
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9 Reviews on “Shiki of Japan Restaurant”
Checked out reviewsfirst. I have driven past this restaurant for years. It is well signed, but tucked away in a small plaza. I was promptly greeted and seated by friendly staff. The seating area is divided into 2 sections each seating 25-30. Decor was a little tired,but clean and pleasant. Service was prompt and timely, without being rushed or intrusive. I ordered the Tokyo Platter which consisted of sushi, sashimi and a couple pieces of cucumber roll. Choice of soup or salad to start, I got Miso soup which was as good as at most other Sushi places. The platter came promptly and was nicely presented. The Sushi was fresh and tasty and turned out to be just the right amount for one.
Shiki, hands down, is the best Japanese restaurant in London, perhaps in Ontario in a way. Its Saikyo Yaki is super good and perhaps the best Japanese food I ever tasted. So glad we have such a brilliant secret place at London.
If you’ve heard this before, you can skip to the bottom of this review. Otherwise, read on.You know, the spacing of railroad tracks here in North America is some odd number. It’s not a simple number like 5 feet or 1500 mm. It’s a number plus a fraction regardless the unit you use. You would think that a sane person, upon inventing railroad train, would choose a simple number for the width of the axles, right? But not the train! Why is that?Apparently, in the beginning, in England, the people who started building railroad cars were the same people who built horse drawn coaches. Naturally, the railroad cars were built to have the same axle width as horse drawn coaches because the builders had all the jigs and fixtures. Hence, the spacing of the railroad tracks.So how did they determine the axle width of the horse drawn carriages? Well, back when the Romans occupied England, they built inter-city highways so that they could move troops easily. On those highways, they ran their chariots all over to the point that ruts developed. The width of their chariots was dictated by the width of two horses lined up side by side. So that’s how they spaced their chariot wheels and that’s how ruts were formed. The spacing of these ruts dictated the wheel spacing of all coaches built since then. That’s because when coaches with wheel spacings different from the ruts tried to use the rutted highways, their wheels would be torn off the wagon due to excessive side load.So, essentially, the spacing of today’s railroad train tracks is dictated by the width of two horse’s a%%es.But it get worse:You know the two rocket boosters on the space shuttle? The engineers could have designed them in any shapes and sizes but they couldn’t. Why? Because those boosters had to be transported from factory to NASA’s launch facility via trains through tunnels. The boosters had to be designed to fit through those tunnels. So, the size of the space shuttle rocket boosters was dictated by the width of two ancient horse’s a%%es. How do you like them apples!Have you noticed wherever you go, sushi pieces never exceed certain sizes? All are bite sizes? You would think a sushi chef can easily give you a nice slab of tuna like a piece of steak with a side of rice and make life much easier for them and allow you to use your fork and knife to custom size your bite sizes, right? Well, unfortunately back when Japanese started making sushi, all they had were chopsticks. By the time forks and knifes were introduced, tradition has already set in.Oh yeah, Shiki! My favourite! The best! Give them a try!
BEST SUSHI IN LONDON! This place is always great, consistent service. The Tuna Tataki is a favorite of mine and the salad dressing is amazing. The service is fast, food is amazing quality. A must try for Japanese food in London Ontario. instagram.com
Nice authentic sushi. More expensive than AYCE (no surprise there) but had nice authentic sushi, and the portions were good. The cheesecake desserts were also surprisingly good.
Best Japanese resturant outside Japan. Let me tell you based on personal experience a few things about Japanese food, it is not simple to understand the true taste but once you do it will be with you forever. I have experienced this as a child when I went to Japan and ate many wonderful food there.Shiki brings this taste to London Ontario, There are many all you can eat, revolutionary Japanese restaurant in town and there is nothing wrong with them BUT THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN EXPEREINCE TRADITION OF FINE JAPANESE CUSINE.
Best in town