Japanese restaurants in Calgary tend to have very Japanese monikers. Names like Ryuko, Shokunin and Satsuki proudly broadcast the techniques and flavours lurking inside each of those restaurants. “Curtis Creek,” though? It doesn’t exactly sound like a conventional Japanese restaurant, but this little spot in the Beltline is serving up some of the most traditional and difficult-to-find Japanese dishes in the city. Article content

Curtis Creek’s name is in reference to the Curtis Creek Manifesto , a legendary guide to the art of fly fishing. Curtis Creek (the restaurant) is a passion project from chef Tetsu Mori, who happens to love fly fishing almost as much as he enjoys creating meticulously prepared food. Mori moved to Calgary from Japan in the late 1990s and has since worked in vario

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