Read all posts in the Japanese category, including London restaurant reviews for Nobu Hotel in Shoreditch, Roka in Canary Wharf, and Sexy Fish in Mayfair.
The words ‘Without Soy Sauce – but if you want to’ are emblazoned in neon on the restaurant wall, and underline the twist to Yashin sushi bar in Kensington.
The menu at Zuma in Knightsbridge is dominated by items cooked over the Robata grill. The best of these is a fillet of seabass with flame-licked skin covering supple flesh.
Served in a fat length of brioche bun, roughly the size of a small child’s forearm, is a hot dog with kimchi ketchup, wasabi mayo, sushi ginger, sesame and crispy seaweed.
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Afternoon tea is perhaps the summit of pure indulgence and the byword for British eccentricity, and Pantry at 108 provides a very good version of it, from noon until 6pm.
