After nearly five decades of serving Ottawa sushi\u002Dlovers, C\u0027est Japon à Suisha is to close July 1.
Owner and general manager Mike Masanorai Arai has announced on the venerable Slater Street restaurant’s website that his business would close “due to end of the lease.”Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
In addition to introducing Ottawa restaurant-goers to the pleasures of raw fish, Arai’s restaurant is known for a huge water wheel outside its entrance that sent water trickling down crevices and around raised rocks in the basement of the restaurant, which has two levels. In the centre of the downstairs dining area is a large sushi bar.
Interviewed by this newspaper for a 2017 article on mislabelled fish at restaurants and retailers, Arai said his restaurant bought fresh, whole fish as much as possible from a trusted supplier and doesn’t serve tilapia, which can masquerade as much more expensive red snapper, or escolar, an oily fish sometimes substituted for white tuna. “We don’t use that,” he said. “We find out it’s not good fish.
Other sushi restaurants, Arai said, may wind up with mislabelled seafood after buying frozen pieces of fish. “You can’t go for cheap stuff,” he said. Arai’s restaurant was last reviewed in 2010, soon after its name change. Critic Anne DesBrisay proclaimed: “For very good sushi and traditional appetizers, C’est Japon à Suisha is a newly named mainstay.”
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