Mississagua, ON — Jimbay's

Jimbay's 5130 Dixie Road Mississauga, ON

(905)238-1008 website map

Mississauga, Ontario is a Toronto suburb located near Toronto's busy Pearson International Airport. When my boss told me that I would be working there for the week I was disappointed. Now, I enjoy Canada and know my way around Toronto pretty well. It is just that I usually spend all my time downtown.

Toronto is a great sushi town but I was afraid that I wouldn't find much out in the suburbs. The first day I used the Hertz GPS to find a sushi restaurant for lunch. Every time the GPS found one it was closed. Not just closed for lunch but out of business closed. For the first few days I didn't even try looking for sushi. By Wednesday though, I decided to try again. An Internet search helped me find Jimbay's. The few reviews I found were positive so I went and gave it a try.

Jimbay's is a full service Japanese restaurant with an extensive menu. When I sat down, my waitress brought the whiteboard with the specials on it to my table and set it down opposite my chair. I am a sucker for mackerel so I had to try the mackerel with seaweed. The waitress was trying to describe it to me but she did not do a very good job.

The dish turned out to be an appetizer portion of cooked mackerel chunks rolled in some sort of dried seaweed. It was absolutely perfect, the seaweed was a nice compliment to the mackerel, a great way to start dinner. Since they were out of Giant Clam, I ordered a sashimi combo. The waitress suggested that I could make it a complete dinner for $3 more with rice, a tofu salad and miso soup. The miso was good and I even had some of the fried tofu salad (I am not a tofu fan).

When the sashimi arrived I was pleasantly surprised. It came nicely arranged on the plate with some seaweed and cucumber garnish in addition to the Japanese radish. Jimbay's is one of those places that does not server pickled ginger with their sashimi — I would say that about 70% of the places I visit do.

The sashimi was a treat, great looking and even better to eat. I got a ten piece combination and there were two bonus pieces of Tamago included. Service was good and quality perfect. Jimbay's will be a regular stop when I am flying in and out of Toronto.

Jimbay's: 4  rice bowls