Japanese AYCE at Cynthia's Paradise

Cynthia's Paradise

Location: 16175 Yonge Street. Unit 7, Newmarket

Access: Public parking available , along VIVA bus route

Price: $20 - $28

Blogsters' Rating: 4.5/5

This is my very first time at one of these high tech all you can eat restaurants where you place order with an ipad. I like the idea of a picture menu, besides being able to visualize what I'm getting, looking at the food pictures made me really hungry =p


Take a look at Cynthia's Paradise grandiose interior! Comfortable seating and intricate decorations give this place a very fancy and luxurious feeling. Definitely one of the fanciest looking JAYCE restaurant I've been to.

Grilled Salmon Belly and Grilled Salmon Fillet. Fresh from the grill made with high quality Norwegian salmon (as recommended by our host Andy) the grilled salmon are some of the must- order items on the menu. If you're up for something juicy, fatty and crispy, the grilled salmon belly is the perfect choice for you. However, if you don't like bones or fish fat jelly, the salmon fillet would be an awesome choice.

And of course, the highlight of any JAYCE meal has to be the sushi and sashimi. We got a good variety of items in this boat including fresh sashimi ( salmon, tuna, octopus, surf clam etc). Some unique items included the smoked duck breast cucumber sushi and marinated sashimi on chips.

Green Dragon Roll
Avocado, Tempura shrimp, cucumber topped with mango sauce. A refreshing combination of green dragon with mango sauce gave it a very interesting flavour where the sweetness of the sauce balanced out with the richness of avocado and deep fried shrimp.

Grilled beef short ribs is another classic and favourite dish. They were very tender with the perfect texture and slightly sweet with teriyaki sauce as marinate.  

Since I'm a huge veggie lover, the grilled zucchini and grilled eggplant are definitely must gets. Seasoned with ground pepper and light teriyaki sauce, these tasted really good and we ordered the them more than once cause they were so delicious. Also good items to clear the palette with in between dishes.

And of course, white wine pairs amazingly with sushi.  We had the Riesling which was super refreshing and had the perfect level of sweetness. 

To end off the wonderful night, we had some of my favorite desserts- mango/ greentea ice cream and mango yogurt! I loved the mango yogurt, it wasn't too sweet or too sour and is not something you can order everywhere. 

Cynthia's Paradise is definitely one of the most grand and classy Japanese all you can eat restaurants I've been to. Unlike most other JAYCE restaurants out there, the quality, presentation and detail of food served at Cynthia's Paradise can match up to many authentic a la carte Japanese restaurants.  You can tell that chefs here put much more attention and care on the presentation of each dish despite it being a busy all you can eat location. Although it's located up in New Market far away from us, it is definitely worth a visit. If you plan to visit on the weekend, be sure to make a reservation as it does get busy. Oh Did I mention that if you go on your birthday, you can get an on stage performance from the superstar singer staffs here?