Comments on: CALGARY: Secret’s out for Momo-Yama

By: Phantom

Phantom — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:35:07 +0000

Wow. Am sorry to hear that so many people have had such poor experiences at Momoyama’s. I LOVE eating at this place and usually will eat here at least once every couple of weeks. I have never seen another place so generously include avocado in their rolls. 90% of the time when I have their salmon or tuna sushi it tastes excellent, with a real ‘creamy’ taste to the salmon or that bit of tartness to the tuna. Their unagi rolls have substantial amounts of unagi placed in them too; not like the countless places where you have to hunt for the little speck of unagi buried inside some roll.

But all the better that you guys don’t like it — the restaurant is busy enough as is!

Some mouth-watering photos you got there!

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:50:32 +0000

Hey, it’s not your fault :p I’m glad that you blogged about such a place, even if it wasn’t the greatest Japanese restaurant. Now at least I know for myself, and I can tell others in the future. If anything, we need more local food bloggers like you to point out places like these so people can make their decision whether to eat there or not. Keep it up!

By: are you gonna eat that?

are you gonna eat that? — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:04:45 +0000

Alex: I’m sorry to hear you were disappointed with Momo Yama. I don’t really go there for the sushi; just the sashimi and the cooked foods.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:58:03 +0000

I tried Momo Yama based on your recommendation a little while back. I specifically went to try the beef tataki, because I’ve been looking for something comparable to the best beef tataki I ever had at Ichiban (87Ave, 149St) in Edmonton. I have to say that my girlfriend and I were disappointed by our overall meal.

While the beef tataki was definitely a large and generous portion, the ponzu sauce was very bland and lacked the kick that we are used to from Ichiban.

As far as the sushi goes, I agree with Bobby; very terrible. We ordered the spider roll, and what we got was soft shell crab that was the size of a rat. It was just this one big piece of what looked to be a small crab deep fried and battered beyond belief with some rice wrapped around it. Disgusting.

I would not recommend anyone to go there.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:30:38 +0000

I have to say that I was very disappointed by the “sushi” at this establishment. I’m sure the hot food is very good but the sushi was subpar to say the least. The fish was average and the rice in the rolls and nigiri sushi was terrible (warm, over cooked, and under seasoned).

Sushi is not just raw fished slapped on a ball of rice…there’s a reason why in Japan the sushi chefs spend the first 2-3 years just learning how to make sushi rice.

I love your reviews but Momo-Yama is not a good sushi restaurant.

By: kempton

kempton — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:11:33 +0000

Oops, what I meant to say was I Google Zen Fine Chinese Cuisine and saw your pix.

Good to know, “Zen is not fusion. Lau cooks zingy, authentic Chinese dishes, presented in a Western style.”

But wow, “6 courses can run from $55 to $188 per person” in 2006 dollars. A bit out of my price range. And I think I like the sharing aspect of Chinese food and not sure will I like having individual portions all dished out.

Thanks for those lovely pix anyways.

By: kempton

kempton — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:05:50 +0000

Thanks for a lovely review. My better half and I love Japanese. (OK, I am the one that can have Japanese food every day. (smile))

Will certainly give Momo-Yama Sushi a try.

Thanks for sharing your secret. (smile)

P.S. Lovely Flickr photos. I found your food photos of Zen Fine Chinese Cuisine indirectly from the mention in this *economics* blog link (smile),
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2008/03/china-fact-of-t.html

By: mike

mike — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:15:35 +0000

I love a good chirashi.

We actually have a very “Americanized” sushi place here (in upstate NY) that does a mean chirashi, especially when the head sushi chef is behind the line.

The craziest thing, though… It’s only $9.50

I know… crazy.