Comments on: Just Opened: Hashimoto comes to Toronto proper after years of wowing Japanese food fans in Mississauga http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/opening-daily-dish/2009/11/24/just-opened-hashimoto-comes-to-toronto-proper-after-years-of-wowing-japanese-food-fans-in-mississauga/ Daily updates from Toronto Life magazine Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:20:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Johnny http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/opening-daily-dish/2009/11/24/just-opened-hashimoto-comes-to-toronto-proper-after-years-of-wowing-japanese-food-fans-in-mississauga/comment-page-1/#comment-69985 Johnny Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:32:31 +0000 http://www.torontolife.com/daily/?p=15059#comment-69985 Unique to Toronto, but pales in comparison to kaiseki in Kyoto. Will I return? No. Unique to Toronto, but pales in comparison to kaiseki in Kyoto.

Will I return?

No.

]]> By: Mariko http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/opening-daily-dish/2009/11/24/just-opened-hashimoto-comes-to-toronto-proper-after-years-of-wowing-japanese-food-fans-in-mississauga/comment-page-1/#comment-44382 Mariko Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:07:51 +0000 http://www.torontolife.com/daily/?p=15059#comment-44382 I visited the Garamond location during the summer and found the food and service to be impeccable. It seems like the above customer did not do his research properly and perhaps became disappointed. I think that if one is to pay $300.00 for a meal and to convince 8 people to pay the same and not understand what they are paying for is totally insane. First of all Hashimoto is a culinary artist which means that one is paying for his creative talents which includes his years of practice and experience in the culinary art world. If one out of the 8 people who went to eat at his restaurant had to pay $300.00 for a piece of art in Yorkville it would NEVER happen. As we all know art is paid in the thousands and for what? it's beauty is admired and the artist by experience grows in fame and higher demand. What's in it for Hashimoto? For $300.00 you are paying for his ARTISTIC skills and not value. Yes if you want value then go somewhere else to eat! I am an artist and I charge thousands of dollars for my paintings so to pay a few hundreds of dollars-you are not the right client for his restaurant. It disappoints me when I have to read such garbage and negativity about fellow artisans. This is buyer beware know what you are going to by and this just shows me Peter's lack of appreciation for the arts! In addition, why would you want to have pictures of your meal-if you go into a gallery do you think that the gallery owner would let you take pictures of the art displayed-grow up! Be present with your meal you're acting like a spoiled brat-taking pictures-this is not what kaiseki is about. If you want to be a tourist you have again chosen the wrong venue. You sound like you need to research Japanese culture and stop acting like a child who needs to cling onto memories. I visited the Garamond location during the summer and found the food and service to be impeccable. It seems like the above customer did not do his research properly and perhaps became disappointed. I think that if one is to pay $300.00 for a meal and to convince 8 people to pay the same and not understand what they are paying for is totally insane. First of all Hashimoto is a culinary artist which means that one is paying for his creative talents which includes his years of practice and experience in the culinary art world. If one out of the 8 people who went to eat at his restaurant had to pay $300.00 for a piece of art in Yorkville it would NEVER happen. As we all know art is paid in the thousands and for what? it’s beauty is admired and the artist by experience grows in fame and higher demand. What’s in it for Hashimoto? For $300.00 you are paying for his ARTISTIC skills and not value. Yes if you want value then go somewhere else to eat! I am an artist and I charge thousands of dollars for my paintings so to pay a few hundreds of dollars-you are not the right client for his restaurant. It disappoints me when I have to read such garbage and negativity about fellow artisans. This is buyer beware know what you are going to by and this just shows me Peter’s lack of appreciation for the arts! In addition, why would you want to have pictures of your meal-if you go into a gallery do you think that the gallery owner would let you take pictures of the art displayed-grow up! Be present with your meal you’re acting like a spoiled brat-taking pictures-this is not what kaiseki is about. If you want to be a tourist you have again chosen the wrong venue. You sound like you need to research Japanese culture and stop acting like a child who needs to cling onto memories.

]]> By: Peter http://www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/opening-daily-dish/2009/11/24/just-opened-hashimoto-comes-to-toronto-proper-after-years-of-wowing-japanese-food-fans-in-mississauga/comment-page-1/#comment-16253 Peter Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:18:46 +0000 http://www.torontolife.com/daily/?p=15059#comment-16253 Not worth the $300 price tag. Booked reservation for 8 people at 7pm. They didn't open the doors for us until 7:30pm saying that our reservation for 7:30pm not 7. Also no cameras are allowed so according the staff and owner, they would take photos inside the kitchen and e-mail it to me. I gave them my e-mail address and reconfirmed with them to e-mail photos. Never arrived, they lied to my face. I still managed photos from the blackberry though. Food quality was decent enough, but again not worth $300. We were still so hungry after the meal we had to get McDonalds. You can have almost 3 $100 meals at Sushi Kaji instead and would be a lot more satisfied. Not worth the $300 price tag.

Booked reservation for 8 people at 7pm. They didn’t open the doors for us until 7:30pm saying that our reservation for 7:30pm not 7.

Also no cameras are allowed so according the staff and owner, they would take photos inside the kitchen and e-mail it to me. I gave them my e-mail address and reconfirmed with them to e-mail photos. Never arrived, they lied to my face. I still managed photos from the blackberry though.

Food quality was decent enough, but again not worth $300. We were still so hungry after the meal we had to get McDonalds. You can have almost 3 $100 meals at Sushi Kaji instead and would be a lot more satisfied.

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