Raku Izakaya (Brossard)

Hii followers! Today i'm gonna present my favorite japanese restaurant that is always surprising me "Raku Izakaya". The chef is always offering new creativities and the most fresh fish or seafood ever. This is why you always want to go back and try new things. The chef put customer's satisfaction #1, meaning he is using the most fresh and the best quality for the ingredients. He has a lot of experience, i think he has worked in Kaisen, and some other high class sushi before and he even went to Japan for 2 years I think. And after, he opened his own japanese restaurant. But one inconvenient is that is a little far, it's in Brossard, so if you don't have a car, it hard to get there. I highly recommend this restaurant is you passed by there.

For the lobster season, we decided to have lobster sashimi => it's my 1st time eating raw lobster!!
How was it? umm it wasn't what I expected. Usually the raw lobster stinks right? But losters in sashimi is so yummy, it's fresh because we ordered in advance and the chef found us and big one and the texture is a little like the raw cuttlefish...and you taste the sweetness of the seafood. You dip it in a special sauce prepared by the chef.

With the lobster's legs, he made use a lovely salad. And hedeep fried the lobster's  head, it's crispy and yummy, but it hard to eat, you have to find the little meat hidden. The price for the 3 set of lobster dishes is also reasonable. So guys, go try it out, but remember to order in advance.

The rating for the lobster (sashimi, salad and fried head) is a 5/5 (Must try)

Beside the lobster, we had a sushi boat, i think it's called the Love Boat, i'm not too sure for the name. In this boat, we had tempura shrimp and some specialties makis. They have different combo of sushi boat^^ Or you can order "à la carte". They offer a vast varieties of sashimi and some seasonal ones.  Remember to ask what are the "special fish of the day", they will suggest you the most fresh ones.

Love Boat - 4.5/5

Red snapper japanese, seabass,... - 4.5/5

We tried the Chu-toro, it's the tuna belly (fat). What is special about this? You don't find it everywhere and anytime. When they have delicious part like that, they post it on their facebook and you can reserve. Chu-toro, the first time I tried it was in Japan and I felt in love with it. Back to Montreal, I could't find much places offering that. It a piece that melt in your mouth, you feel the good oil lol... it wasn't exactly the same, but the chef promised that next time it will be better, I guess because we went there late, so the best pieces were already gone ><

Chu-Toro - 4/5

The appetizers are something not to miss. We try the Chukka Idako (baby octopus) with a sweet sauce on top of little spicy salad. Usually the baby octopus is spicy, but here is sweet and you can dip in the little spicy of the salad dressing,

Chukka Idako - 4.5/5

Their beef sashimi is also a must! They use filet mignon, which make the beef sashimi more tender and tasty. In addition to their sauce, it is delicious!

Beef Sashimi - 5*/5

Another specialty, the Saikyo Miso was pretty good. It's salmon, really juicy and a little raw in the middle. This is the way I like it. But the marinade is really sweet. It depends if you are more of a sweet person or salty one hehe =)

Saikyo Miso - 4.5/5

Even that we are so full at the end of the dinner. We will always have a little place for this famous homemade Sapporo ice cream. I don't like beer, but the combinaison of beer in the icre cream is really good. So enjoy!

Sapporo ice cream - 5/5

Raku Izakaya

8080 Boul. Taschereau, 

Brossard, QC J4X 1C2

(450) 671-7386