Alliston, ON

YuKi Sushi, Alliston Ontario, the "new" Sushi Restaurant in town.

OK, "new" is relative. But I finally walked over to the Southwest corner of Victoria and Paris streets and tried the fare at Alliston newest and only Sushi Restaurant.

I decided to order a Bento Box and an order of Edamame and walk back to the office and sample the fare of this intimate restaurant in downtown Alliston.

I sampled the Salmon Bento Box, which included a salad, miso soup, sashimi, sushi and a roll.

I was very pleasantly surprised. The food was fresh, very tasty, and I found the Miso soup and Edamame not salty at all, which seems to be my most common complaint.

Now, this restaurant, is not an "all-you-can-eat" restaurant like Sushi Hama in Bolton or Akira Sushi in Barrie. What you might fall short in quantity, I feel you will gain in quality. I think there is enough variety in the dinner choices to satisfy almost everybody and enough choice in the a la carte menu for evening the discerning sushi palate.

I have not seen dishes like the Goma-ae (Japanese Style Spinach Salad), Spicy Sashimi Salad (Sashimi and vegetables tossed in a spicy sauce), Chirashi (Assorted Sashimi on a bed of rice), nor a la carte Sashimi like Maguro (Tuna), Albacore (Longfin Tuna), Izumi dai (Tilapia), Ika (Cuttlefish), Amaebi (Sweet Shrimp) in any of the local "all you can eat" sushi restaurants.

If you live in New Tecumseth or surrounding area, you no longer have far to drive to sate your craving for fine Sushi.

The fare at YuKi (pronounced You-key) Sushi, located on the West side of Paris Street south of Victoria Street, 16 Paris Street, Alliston is anything BUT yucky!. Helen and I will soon be back for dinner.

phone: 705.250.6254
YuKi Sushi

Boob Tour Coming to Alliston!

Where: Hornet's Nest (New Tecumseth Recreation Complex - 2nd Floor)
When: 7:30 p.m. February 9th, 2012

The Boob Tour is a Stand Up Comedy Troupe touring to fight Cancer. Proceeds from this show are for the Relay For Life Alliston.

Tickets, $25.00, are available at the Hornet's Nest, Carline Automotive Services (Victoria St E), or by calling Patricia Durbano @ 705.435.8832

Kiss Cancer Goodbye at Mike's Family Restaurant, Alliston!

Mike's Family Restaurant, 52 Wellington St. W, Alliston is normally closed on Mondays. For the last two years, owner, Mike Toukas and his staff have started a February tradition of opening Mondays for breakfast and donating all profits to the Canadian Cancer Society.

For this fundraising endeavour, the staff volunteer their efforts to ensure as much money as possible can be donated to this worthy charity. In the previous two years, this month-long event has generated $35,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. The target this year is $34,000.

Drop by for a meal on February 6th, 13th, Family Day the 20th, and/or the 27th from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

On Family Day, the Junior C Alliston Hornets will also be helping out and Mike's Family Restaurant will also be open for dinner from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Other ways to contribute are:
A Kissing Wall - for $1.00, people can pucker up and leave their lip prints on the Kissing Wall. The "best lips" will be chosen at the end of the month and the winner will be awarded a prize.

A Memory Wall - for $5.00, people can have the names of their loved ones posted on the Memory Wall.

A Raffle - $5.00 tickets with prizes of a 60' Panasonic TV, Toronto Maple Leafs Lazy Boy Chair, $1,000.00 in cash. Three $500.00 prizes will also be awarded.

CR-V comes to Alliston!

The first 2012 Honda CR-V rolled off Honda Canada Manufacturing (HCM) the production line in Alliston on January 23rd, 2012.

This fourth generation CR-V, considered a global model, is produced in 10 countries and sold in over 160 countries around the world.

The CR-V is the fourth distinct model to be manufactured in the Alliston Honda facilities, joining the Civic, the MDX and the ZDX. Production is back to peak levels, about 1,600 vehicles per day between the two assembly plants as the Alliston plant seems to have recovered from slow downs due to parts shortages as a result of two natural disasters in 2011. HCM employs approximately 4,200 people in Alliston and is responsible for many more local jobs in secondary and tertiary automotive industries as well as logistics and other spin-off industries.

This news bodes well for local jobs and housing markets!

One of the TV shows that are on "auto-tune" in our home is BT, Breakfast Television, a Morning Show out of Toronto that combines local and international News with Weather and Sports and adds information on upcoming local events and other topical information.

Last week, as I was passing through our kitchen, I heard the host mention a European study that indicated we should be putting our toilet lids down, before we flush. Now I can remember hearing this ten years ago, but as with most things, we can develop bad habits over time.

The reasoning behind this is that the act of flushing a toilet can create an explosion of germs and bacteria to become airborne. I have heard elsewhere that these germs can be distributed as many as seven feet. Think of your washroom/bathroom and picture the items that might be within seven feet of your toilet. Often this can include towels, toothbrushes, as well as yourself!

Developing the habit of lowering the toilet lid before you flush will lessen your (and your loved ones) exposure to germs.