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Originally Posted by AR_Six
Part of the problem is that the japanese places here... it's like having an Italian restaurant where 90% of the menu is pasta and pizza. It's cookie cutter, and the ingredients available do not allow for that kind of stuff to end up being any good. Sushi joints in this city need to stop being sushi joints and start being japanese restaurants. Be creative, broaden the menu, incorporate more interesting izakaya stuff (no, not just gyoza, tempura and agedashi tofu), delve into regional elements. Calgary has plenty of potential to have pretty solid japanese cuisine, but as long as they continue to focus on sashimi, sushi and rolls as "what people think japanese food entails" it's never going to be better than VERY underwhelming.
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Thanks for expanding on your post.
I do agree with you on this point. I do think that Zipang and Wa's have some traditional dishes that are worth trying but they're generally specials and is not on the regular menu. (unless you count Wa's grilled food). That being said, I don't go to those places for the non-sushi/sashimi items.