A buck a shuck oysters! Need I say more? Pair that with some drinks, and some snacky
type food means an awesome girls night out.
We didn’t have reservations, so the hostess said that if we wanted a
table for 2, they had one available, but we would have to leave by 7pm (that
gave us 1.5 hours, reading reviews, they only give you 2 hour seatings
anyways). But if we chose to sit at the
bar, we could sit for as long as we wanted. Probably not a good choice for 2 short Asian girls, but we managed to get up on
those stools….
Nomé Izakaya has a large list of drinks
that look quite fun with interesting names, some not so kid friendly. But kids shouldn’t be looking at alcoholic
drinks anyways right? I ordered a very
kid friendly drink named Soho Singapore Sling, flavours of whole lychees, cucumbers
and mint leaves muddled with gin, soho and sake. Very delicious for a hot summer day, what
made it better was that I could barely taste the alcohol. On tap, they also had an interesting beer, an
oyster beer. We were told that it was
brewed with oysters, and the shells. My
friend decided to order that to go with our buck a shuck oysters. It took several minutes to pour, because they
said that they didn’t have the right tap for it. I’m not sure what that means. In any case, my friend liked the beer, says
it reminded her of Guinness.
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| Soho Singapore Sling |
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| Oyster Beer |
We ordered a dozen of the $1 oysters, Malpeques
from what I remember. They weren’t too
big, good size for the novice raw oyster eaters, me. Sweet, not fishy, a bit irony. There were a bunch of sauces that they give
for you to pair with the oysters. We
gravitated to one that tasted salsa like.
I can’t remember many of the other options except for pesto, yuzu,
horseradish, regular hot sauce.
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| Oysters |
Next dish was the Tuna Tango. Lightly seared tuna with ground daikon,
shallot chips, and Nome’s original ponzu sauce.
This dish, I don’t think is worth ordering. The amount of tuna that you get is so
little. The pieces itself were small, and
it was cut very thinly, and there was barely any sear on it. The upside, it wasn’t fishy.
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| Tuna Tango |
The Marinated Black Cod was very good,
black cod that was marinated with a citrus soy sauce. Again the portion was small, but it was very
meaty, and most importantly not fishy, even for such an oily fish. Not much of a citrus flavour in the soy sauce
though.
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| Marinated Black Cod |
The last dish we shared were the Bulgogi Tacos, bulgogi with lettuce, sliced onion, fresh jalapeno, kimchi, Japense beni
shoga, garlic mayo and spicy salsa. This
was my favorite dish, although spicy it was not, I did enjoy the garlic mayo, but
was a tad salty for me. I think I
enjoyed it the most cuz it was fun. It
would have been even better if they used corn tortillas instead of flour
tortillas. Just a note, one order comes
with 3 tacos. We added a fourth so we
could share it easier. The price of an
extra taco was $2.90.
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| Bulgogi Tacos |
In the grand scheme of things, worth it to visit
for a drink and the $1 oysters, the rest of the food, not so much.
Nomé Izakaya
4848 Yonge St.,
Toronto, ON
M2N 5N2
Phone: (647) 347-7937
Hours: Monday - Sunday 5:00p - 2:00a
http://nomeizakaya.com/#!/home
