Torafuku serves up Asian fusion cuisine and they are located right outside Chinatown in Vancouver. They have won award after award for their exceptional innovative dishes.
Torafuku does a variety of Omakase Dinner menus for large groups. Since it was my mom’s birthday, we decided to come here for a group of 7. My sister emailed Torafuku and organized the menu, we made some minor tweeks to the $45 menu and it also does not include drinks or desserts.
Interior
There is a long communal table and booth seating, so it is good for small to large groups. You can book your table ahead of time so you’re guaranteed a seat for your party.
Yuzu Lemon Soda
This is made of yuzu lemon juice, simple syrup and soda. It was really good! It surprised us and my husband got 2 of them.
Sushi Set
This come with 4 kinda of Torafuku style sushi rolls, which individually is on their regular dinner menu.
Kick Ass Rice 3.0 roll has torched pork belly, furikake, cucumber, avocado, shiso, miso mayo, and fuku hot sauce.
Dy-No-Mite roll has prawn tempura, avocado, cucumber, steelhead salmon, mango and 7 spice aioli.
Get in my Belly roll has spicy tuna belly, cucumber, avocado, and fuku hot sauce.
Eat Yo Veggies roll has enoki mushrooms, arugula, cucumber, avocado, toasted quinoa, and chimi.
All 4 rolls were pretty good and not your traditional sushi rolls. We did enjoy the variety that came.
Rabbit Food
This was the salad that came with the meal, it is a kale salad with gem tomatoes, lemon essence, grated Parmesan, quinoa crunch, Chinese prosciutto, and an anchovy buttermilk dressing.
This was a hit and we really liked the saltiness of the anchovy dressing, the texture of the quinoa crunch, and each ingredient brought the whole salad together.
Grilled Skewer Set
There were 4 types of skewers that arrived throughout the meal.
Asparagus topped with gremolata and salt. This was the seasonal vegetable.
Cherry tomato with basil and plum powder.
Beef Meatball with nori and 7 spiced mayo. This was my husbands favourite of the night as it was juicy and full of flavour.
Pork jowl with oroshi, ponzu and green onion. This was my favourite of the 4 skewers.
The skewers were decent, but Zakkushi is still better for all things skewers. It was just missing the deep charcoal flavour.
General Tao’s Chicken Wings
These wings are deep-fried to perfections, slathered with their secret sauce and served with broccoli on the side. The exterior is crisp with the sweet sauce coating it. Then the inside was very moist and juicy. Pretty good.
Everyday I’m Brusselin’
This dish has brussels, cauliflower, broccoli, black bean balsamic vinaigrette, crisp chick peas, fried quinoa, and toasted almonds. The star of the show seemed to be the cauliflower instead of the broccoli as there was more of it.
Magic Mushrooms
This has foraged mushrooms, yuzu tamari, brown butter, rice cake and ricotta cheese. This dish was ok, but the mushrooms that were in season weren’t as good this time around. If you come at peak mushroom season in spring.
The Market Fish
The fish is deep-fried and prepared tableside. They come and debone it at the table, which is nice and stay hot and fresh. It was flavourful and moist.
It is topped with toasted shrimp, crispy shallots, soy bean crumble, and a tamarind sweet and sour sauce.
The Steak Out
This has slices of Grilled Ribeye with tamari butter, chimichurri, and seasonal vegetables. The ribeye has a nice charcoal flavour and was tender.
Magic Stick
Chocolate Ganache, hazelnut feuilletine, raspberry coulis, and vanilla orange. It was rich and chocolaty which I enjoyed. The salt on top enhances the flavour too and gives it a salt and sweet combination.
Mango Madness
This is served in a jar with Coconut Panna Cotta, mango sago and mojito dust. The subtle coconut flavour in the panna cotta go really well with the mango.
Final Thoughts
The Omakase for $45 was a good deal and they give you the ability to tweak the menu for dietary restrictions or preferences as it is planned ahead of time. They were really easy to communicate through email and was a great experience. We all left full and got a good taste of the menu with this $45 omakase set.
Address:
958 Main St, Vancouver, BC
Website:
http://torafuku.ca/
