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Introducing: Blowfish on Bay, the financial district outpost of the King Street resto-lounge

The dining room at Blowfish on Bay features a chandelier crafted from Pyrex tubes (Image: Catherine Pan)

The owners of King West Asian fusion resto-lounge Blowfish are banking on the Bay Street crowd with their newest venture, Blowfish on Bay, an expansive new restaurant in the Bay-Adelaide Centre. The new location boasts a more refined take on the look than the King Street original—think business lunches and after-work cocktails instead of late dinner and drinks.

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King Street resto-lounge Blowfish to open new location in the financial district

Seven years after opening its doors in a bank building on King Sreet, Japanese fusion resto-lounge Blowfish is getting ready to do it all over again with a new location in the financial district. The team behind the original spot had been mulling over a second outpost for some time, says co-owner Joseph Siahou (executive chef G.Q. Pan and nightlife impresario Zark Fatah are also back on board). They were eventually convinced by a prime 3,500-square-foot space at the northwest end of the Bay-Adelaide Centre. “A lot of our clientele is from the financial core,” Siahou says. “Ultimately, we felt that’s where the best bang for our buck was.”

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Just opened: Koko! brings casual Japanese and Korean fare to Yorkville

Unexpected ingredients add creativity to Aayama's menu (Photo by Signe Langford)

One of Yorkville’s newest residents is, surprisingly, a relaxed, sharing-style restaurant of unpretentious and affordable Japanese and Korean fare. Called Koko!, which is Japanese for “here,” the business is the brainchild of Sang Kim, who recruited Shin Aoyama as head chef (Aoyama studied under Hidekazu Tojo, one of Vancouver’s great sushi masters and the owner of Tojo’s).

Kim, whose impressive résumé as a restaurateur and consultant includes Ame, Ki, Edo, Lil’ Baci, Fellini’s Shoe, Tasty and Blowfish, admits that serving the food of his homeland is new, but he’s confident. “I have a top chef, and we’re not going to be pushing the envelope too much. We are going to be quality and accessibility driven. We’re not doing exotic modern Korean cuisine.”

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Just Opened: Liberty Noodle

Souped up: the underground dining room at Liberty Noodle (Photo by Catherine Hayday)

Souped up: the underground dining room at Liberty Noodle (Photo by Catherine Hayday)

Making people feel welcome seems to come naturally for Arshad Merali. At Liberty Noodle, the new venture from the long-time partner at Blowfish, the evidence is everywhere. Free Wi-Fi, for example, indicates that he understands (and welcomes, which is even rarer) Toronto’s outlet-obsessed laptop hordes. Soon, the restaurant will have an on-line order system for takeout. There is even an elevator running the short distance from the entrance to the industrial-chic dining room below. “If I did a business cost analysis, the elevator probably loses us money. But this is about doing the right thing,” Merali says.

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Ossington ban blasted, Jamie Kennedy interviewed, insects in food dye

Gear shift: Jamie Kennedy clarifies the transformation of his Gardiner Museum restaurant (Photo by joevare)

Gear shift: Jamie Kennedy discusses the future of his Gardiner Museum restaurant (Photo by joevare)

• Jamie Kennedy re-characterizes the closing of his Gardiner Museum restaurant as “shifting gears.” Though stingy with details, his rundown points to a working lunch series that starts June 17. [Toronto Star]

• Canadian actor and model Lisa Marcos tells the Post about her love of Daybreak’s breakfast and Blowfish‘s everything. Why eat downtown when she lives uptown? Restaurants north of Eglinton are “really busy all the time.” Someone’s never waited for a table at Terroni. [National Post]

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