Kiroshiu Sushi Express is a small takeout sushi restaurant on the Granville strip downtown, across from the Cellar Night Club, next door to the Megabite Pizza (at Granville and Nelson in Vancouver, BC, Canada).

Prices are very reasonable: I ordered 12 pieces of maki for $5.25 including tax (pictured below). You can also get a sushi burrito for about $2.00 (click here for a photo of the Sushi Burrito). If you’re looking for a fast sushi fix and you’re in the neighborhood, be sure to drop by Kiroshiu Sushi Express.

Kitto Japanese House (833 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, phone 604-687-6622) is a popular downtown Japanese restaurant in the heart of the Granville strip, that serves sushi, teriyaki, tempura, noodles, and other Japanese items. Prices are reasonable but not cheap: a lunch combination goes for around $9.00. Pictured below are the miso soup, the chopped scallop roll, the California roll, and the lunch box (with Chicken Teriyaki, tempura, green salad, and Japanese spinach). Yum!!

Miso soup

Chopped scallop maki sushi with a garnish of wasabi and pickled ginger.

Japanese California Roll sushi

Japanese Chicken Teriyaki, Prawn Tempura, and Green Salad

Sushi Town (visitor reviews, 5935 East Hastings, Burnaby, BC, phone 604-294-6155) has got to be one of my all time favorite Japanese restaurants. It’s run by a young Korean chef who takes his food seriously, and the quality, portion size and freshness of the seafood are outstanding considering the modest prices.

The Ebi Sunomono salad (pictured below, $3.50) is cool and refreshing; thin noodles are served cold in a clear sweet-and-sour broth topped with fresh cooked shrimp and a garnish of lemon. The various maki rolls are delicious, such as the Futomaki (half order, $4.00), chopped scallop roll ($3.75, pictured below), and the “Awesome Roll”.

Regarding the Awesome roll (pictured below), frugalgourmet writes on Dinehere.ca:

“The roll is slightly baked and served warm, topped off with a delightful combination of green onions, bonito flakes, barbeque sauce and spicy mayonnaise. It provides some great flavor and texture contrasts (crunchy/soft; sweet/salty; piquant/creamy). A meal on it’s own – 8 generous pieces for $6.95.”

The Chicken Karage (deep fried chicken wings, $3.95) were also very tasty – what juicy and tender chicken!

As the restaurant is located in Burnaby, it is a bit of a trek from downtown Vancouver (about a 30 minute drive). However, Sushi Town doesn’t seem to have trouble attracting diners to its suburban location; it was fully packed on the Saturday evening with several large families and smaller groups too.

Ebi Sunomono salad (shrimp and cold noodles in a sweet and sour broth)

Futomaki and chopped scallop roll

The signature dish, of Sushi Town: “Awesome roll”