The best aburi sushi comes torched, pressed and filled with flavour. Draped with a variety of fresh fish and drizzled with spicy sauces and slick glazes and even dollops of caviar -- there are plenty of options to choose from when seeking the best aburi sushi in Toronto.
There are many types and styles of sushi out there, with aburi sushi being one. Aburi sushi consists of rice topped with a thin slice of fish partially seared on top using a blowtorch. This melt in your mouth sushi is usually served oshizushi style by compressing all the components into a rectangular mould.
Here are some of the best places for aburi sushi in Toronto.
225 King St W Suite 100
Minami Toronto
Toronto's first location of Vancouver's popular Minami restaurant brings elegant decor, refined contemporary Japanese cuisine and Aburi sushi to King West.
10 Bay St # 105
Miku Toronto
This Harbourfront restaurant is the pioneer of aburi sushi in Canada. They have three kinds of flame-seared sushi to choose from, including wild sockeye salmon, cooked prawn and house-cured mackerel.
507 Church St
Torch Pressed Sushi - Church
The name of this restaurant with two locations across the city says it all. They specialize in eight types of torched sushi like BBQ unagi, marinated butterfish, zesty shrimp and spicy salmon.
222 Richmond St W
JaBistro
Not only is the pressed sushi at this Kinka Family restaurant in the Entertainment District torched, but so is their signature JaBistroll maki roll.
7181 Yonge St #244
Aburiyaki Sushi
Located in the food court at Shops on Yonge is this sushi stall with seven types of aburi sushi. There’s ebi (shrimp), unagi, tilapia, beef tenderloin, mackerel, tuna and salmon.
478 Queen St W
Saku Sushi
The pressed sushi at this Japanese fusion restaurant on Queen West is topped with special house-made sauces that are then seared with a blowtorch.
49 Baldwin St
Yuugi Izakaya
You’ll find torched pressed sushi at this izakaya in Baldwin Village. Options include torched salmon with maplewood smoked shellfish and torched mackerel with a sesame shiitake mushroom filling.
16 Park Home Ave
Project: Fish
This sushi restaurant in Richmond Hill and North York specializes in aburi style sushi. Their pressed sushi is topped with a secret sauce made in-house.
41 Spring Garden Ave
Hay Sushi
There are two options when it comes to aburi sushi at this spot in North York. Both their yuzu salmon and double shrimp are blowtorched and drizzled with yuzu oil.
425 Spadina Rd
EDO-ko
The nigiri sushi at this Japanese restaurant in Forest Hill is blowtorched and topped with sauces like Japanese miso mustard and a balsamic reduction.
655 Bay St #5
KAKA All You Can Eat
This Japanese all you can eat restaurant offers three kinds of premium blow-torched sushi, including salmon, shrimp and their signature aburi sushi topped with salmon and scallop.
The best aburi sushi comes torched, pressed and filled with flavour. Draped with a variety of fresh fish and drizzled with spicy sauces and slick glazes and even dollops of caviar -- there are plenty of options to choose from when seeking the best aburi sushi in Toronto.
There are many types and styles of sushi out there, with aburi sushi being one. Aburi sushi consists of rice topped with a thin slice of fish partially seared on top using a blowtorch. This melt in your mouth sushi is usually served oshizushi style by compressing all the components into a rectangular mould.
Here are some of the best places for aburi sushi in Toronto.
225 King St W Suite 100
Minami Toronto
Toronto's first location of Vancouver's popular Minami restaurant brings elegant decor, refined contemporary Japanese cuisine and Aburi sushi to King West.
10 Bay St # 105
Miku Toronto
This Harbourfront restaurant is the pioneer of aburi sushi in Canada. They have three kinds of flame-seared sushi to choose from, including wild sockeye salmon, cooked prawn and house-cured mackerel.
507 Church St
Torch Pressed Sushi - Church
The name of this restaurant with two locations across the city says it all. They specialize in eight types of torched sushi like BBQ unagi, marinated butterfish, zesty shrimp and spicy salmon.
222 Richmond St W
JaBistro
Not only is the pressed sushi at this Kinka Family restaurant in the Entertainment District torched, but so is their signature JaBistroll maki roll.
7181 Yonge St #244
Aburiyaki Sushi
Located in the food court at Shops on Yonge is this sushi stall with seven types of aburi sushi. There’s ebi (shrimp), unagi, tilapia, beef tenderloin, mackerel, tuna and salmon.
478 Queen St W
Saku Sushi
The pressed sushi at this Japanese fusion restaurant on Queen West is topped with special house-made sauces that are then seared with a blowtorch.
49 Baldwin St
Yuugi Izakaya
You’ll find torched pressed sushi at this izakaya in Baldwin Village. Options include torched salmon with maplewood smoked shellfish and torched mackerel with a sesame shiitake mushroom filling.
16 Park Home Ave
Project: Fish
This sushi restaurant in Richmond Hill and North York specializes in aburi style sushi. Their pressed sushi is topped with a secret sauce made in-house.
41 Spring Garden Ave
Hay Sushi
There are two options when it comes to aburi sushi at this spot in North York. Both their yuzu salmon and double shrimp are blowtorched and drizzled with yuzu oil.
425 Spadina Rd
EDO-ko
The nigiri sushi at this Japanese restaurant in Forest Hill is blowtorched and topped with sauces like Japanese miso mustard and a balsamic reduction.
655 Bay St #5
KAKA All You Can Eat
This Japanese all you can eat restaurant offers three kinds of premium blow-torched sushi, including salmon, shrimp and their signature aburi sushi topped with salmon and scallop.
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