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Why Onigiri?
We saw a trend.
Customers were coming in to Sakura just for our Onigiri (Sakura Sushi, Grocery, and Japanese Restaurant). A bit of research led us to agree that this could be big! ONIGIRI are a perfect Snack: Quick and Fast!
What's in a Name?
How did the name come about?
Languages are an amazing cross-cultural, ever-evolving thing! The name ONI-ONI is a play on words using ONI (おに ) The Japanese word for Demon, and the first syllable of ONIGIRI ...uh... ONI
The Japanese sometimes will do that... shorten words to make it easier and quicker.
eg. Persu-Con - a clipped word meaning Personal Computer. English have shortened it to simply, PC.
So... Oni-Oni means Demon Onigiri.
ps. I was playing around with "ONI-NO-ONI". "Demon's Onigiri" - but that would be too much of a mouthful for English-primary speakers, I think? hehe!
Anything Special?
Since we opened in March 2021, We have begun running Weekly Onigiri Specials. Flavours have included; Gyoza, and Guacamole. Soon to include; Yakitori Tsukune, Canadian Breakfast, Japan Curry, Pesto, Shogayaki, Arancini with Marinara, etc.
Why Japan? You Aren't Japanese!?
You'd be surprised how many times this seems to pop up. Sadly, we aren't.
First of all: IT'S RUDE, Discriminatory and somewhat Racist. We ARE Japanese. Looks might be deceiving, but Oni-Oni is owned and operated by a Local Japanese-Canadian Family.
Discrimination, Racism, Rudeness, Bullying, and Generally Rotten Behaviour WILL NOT BE TOLERATED in our shop. We are a Safe Space: for us and for you!
What the FAQs
If you have any questions, please drop us a line and we'll get back to you quick! Ask us a Stumper, and you might see it posted here!