Montreal’s Colourful Crispy Rice Sushi | Good Bites
On this episode of Good Bites Takeout, host Alex Melki is celebrating International Sushi day with Montreal’s newest sushi spot on the block.
Sushi Department is the sister ghost kitchen to Montreal’s higher end sushi restaurant, Ryu. Aiming to hit the same levels of quality at a way more affordable price and delivering it in the brightest shade of fuchsia your eyes have ever seen.
The Order:
Chill Box | $35
Dept. Vibe | $35
Host
instagram.com/alexmelki
Sushi Dept.
instagram.com/dept.sushi
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Sushi Department is the sister ghost kitchen to Montreal’s higher end sushi restaurant, Ryu. Aiming to hit the same levels of quality at a way more affordable price and delivering it in the brightest shade of fuchsia your eyes have ever seen.
The Order:
Chill Box | $35
Dept. Vibe | $35
Host
instagram.com/alexmelki
Sushi Dept.
instagram.com/dept.sushi
MTL Blog - Montreal’s largest online network, created by and catering to a new generation of Montrealers.
Website: https://www.mtlblog.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MTLBlog/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/MTLBlog/
Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/MTLBlog/
For National News visit: https://www.narcity.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NarcityCanada
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Transcript
00:00 Hey Montreal, welcome to Good Bites. I'm Alex and this is the show where I bring you along
00:10 with me to get a taste of the best that Montreal has to offer when it comes to food.
00:15 Beautiful sunny day in Montreal, perfect weather for today's spot that recently began offering
00:19 its already recognizable boxes full of sushi.
00:23 Sushi department is the sister ghost kitchen to Montreal's higher end sushi restaurant
00:26 Ryu, aiming to hit the same levels of quality at a way more affordable price and delivering
00:32 it in the brightest shade of fuchsia your eyes have ever seen.
00:35 Sushi department is obviously not traditional sushi. We have a lot of experience with traditional
00:40 sushi, Ryu Sushi being the brand that we've had for years. We wanted to do something a
00:46 little bit different that was a lot more accessible for people. We mix interesting flavors, we
00:51 mix new flavors, so yuzu with salmon, spicy tuna, we have our spicy tuna crispy rice,
00:57 which is obviously not traditional at all. Today we're going to give you a little bit
01:01 of everything. Spicy tuna crispy rice, salmon yuzu crispy rice, and our famous avocado truffle
01:07 crispy rice. The big crab hand roll, we have our spicy salmon, spicy tuna, kamikaze roll.
01:13 You're going to get to try a little bit of everything.
01:16 Alright, so sushi department let me go with two boxes instead of just one, so I decided
01:24 to bring my girlfriend Liz and get a taste test with her here too.
01:33 Crispy rice, it's so weird. You can see how soft it is on the inside, but it's crispy
01:38 and crunchy on the outside. This is very strange. Let's give this a little dunk. Truffle avocado.
01:45 I think that no matter what you're making, if you can get the outside nice and crispy
01:52 and crunchy, but keep the inside nice and just soft and fluffy, you win. Sushi department
01:58 wins.
01:59 My favorite thing about tuna sushi is the color. Look how bright and beautiful red that
02:07 is.
02:08 This is hands down the piece I am most excited to taste because it apparently took them a
02:13 month to come up with the concept for this and when that blowtorch came out, I knew I
02:18 had to taste this.
02:19 Get a little bit of that soy sauce.
02:28 You have that scorch from the blowtorch, but it's not overwhelming. It's not too smoky.
02:33 It's just smoky enough. Not bad.
02:37 And that is it for this episode of Good Bites. Thank you for making it to the very end. And
02:40 listen, if you want to order from sushi department right now, you can find them on Uber Eats
02:44 and you can order directly off their website. Enjoy your meal and I'll see you next time.
02:47 Bye.
02:54 (upbeat music)
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