Today I wish to introduce to you a favorite restaurant of ours that we discovered on a skiing trip.
One winter, we decided to go to a place called Whistler, which is in Canada, not too far from Van Couver. It is a place well known to ski fans, and attracts crowds from all over the world.
One thing about Whistler is that it is somewhat far away from everything else, but that is perfectly fine because Whistler has its own little town called, well, Whistler. It's got all your necessary ski shops, lots of restaurants, bars, clubs, gift shops, and even grocery stores.
I wasn't too impressed with the stores and what not, and since we were early in the season the slopes weren't that impressive either(no snow!). But what DID impress me was the FOOD!!!! Oh my gosh!!! I know the saying goes that cold places have the best food but this was just way beyond expectations. I'll tell you about the most impressive of them all: The Sushi Village.
The Sushi Village, conveniently located right across the courtyard in front of the rental stores, is a world-famous(to the people who know it, anyway) Japanese restaurant. Of course, at the time, we had no idea that it was such a famous place. In fact, we thought it was just one of those wannabe fake westernized Japanese places. Oh, how wrong we were!
My friends ordered the yosenabes, but me just being me, I went and ordred the Sushi, even though I fully expected it to be less than satisfactory. But when I first put that Hamachi in my mouth.......................I was just lost for words. The aging was just right, giving the morsal of yellowtail an amazing flavor, but what struck me most was the rich texture, with the right mix of softness and chewiness at the same time. The Maguro was excellent too, but to be honest it paled in comparison to the Hamachi. Still, I was not disappointed, because it was still absolutely delicious, better than most Maguro that I had tasted previously.
The biggest event of the day was the Toro. Toro, for those who aren't as familiar with the Japanese names, is Fatty Tuna. Toro also gets divided in to a few seperate parts, but that's not important. This is what it looks like:
And trust me, that is what is SHOULD look like. I have rarely seen and tasted better Fatty Tuna, and for about 150% the price. The moment those pieces hit my mouth, it just started melting, so much that I was barely chewing(that's what it felt like, anyway.) You looking for a bit of heaven packed in to a bite? That's it, right there.
There yosenabe was actually pretty good, too, and their appetizers were great, especially the agedashi tofu on top of stir-fried bean sprouts. If you ever happen to visit Whistler, make sure to put this place on the top of your list!
If you wish to know more about Sushi Village, go to
yummy!
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