Hanako Japanese Restaurant

I know J and I haven’t been married long but we have decided to make an addition to our family. When we talked about planning on making our family of 2 (J and I) into 3 I was a little hesitant. It’s not the right time, we’re too busy, we can’t afford it but then something in my mind switched and I have finally agreed.

We’re getting a puppy. Yup, a little fur baby! We’re very excited and can’t wait to bring him home. He is a black lab puppy and we’ve named him Duke. Since he is still very young we can’t bring have him until September 10^th but we’ve made several visits and have seen him grow from a small bundle of fur into a walking, whining, chewy little fatso.

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Since his home (for now) is about 30-40 minutes away we have only gone on weekends and it’s also usually around noon as well. We get to cuddle and play with the little guy but are starving for lunch by the time we leave. This past visit we both had a craving for sushi and went to Hanako Sushi in Surrey, located at 15135 101 ave.

The restaurant itself is a cute little place that is on the corner of a strip mall. We ordered tea right away and started to browse the menu. This menu was the smallest menu I have ever seen in a sushi restaurant. This actually made it slightly difficult to decide what to order since I usually like to experiment with the special rolls. Hanako didn’t have many special rolls and everything was pretty basic. Don’t let that fool you into thinking it isn’t a good place though.

Since  J and I are both slightly spastic when we’re hungry he gave up and decided on a lunch box. I also gave up and decided to add on a spicy tuna roll and gyoza so we could share everything. Nothing special I know, but at least the lunch box had sashimi in it and a “chefs special”.

The lunch box has a salad with a soy/sesame dressing that was nice and light. The sashimi was very light, fresh and decent sized. I am always impressed with fresh sashimi. In the box there was also 2 small pieces of what I originally thought was chicken katsu but turned out it was white fish. I don’t know the type of fish but it was very light, flakey and was cooked perfectly. The breading wasn’t greasy or overcooked and had the right amount of sauce. I could have eaten a lot more of this. I believe they also included 2 pieces of their Hanako roll, which has a lot of yummy ingredients tuna, avocado, prawn and more. It was soo good!

The spicy tuna roll was perfect. I have been getting used to bland and mildly spicy tuna rolls so this was a pleasant surprise. It was also a good size as well. I really enjoyed this one.
I didn’t take a picture of the gyoza but I have nothing bad to say in fact it’s one of the better gyoza’s that I have eaten. It was slightly crispy, chewy, fully of perfectly seasoned pork/vegetables, not greasy.

I have heard people say that this place is a little on the expensive side but I didn’t think so. We only paid 25.00 for our food and that is usually what J and I pay when we go out for sushi. I think with sushi the old expression “you get what you pay for” really applies so if you want fresh and authentic then you might pay a tad more. I would definitely come back again!