A Japanese lunch at TOKii, London
A Japanese lunch at TOKii, London
Satisfying cravings for Japanese food at TOKii
Cravings. I’ve been having them lately, specifically for sushi. To satisfy the most recent ones, I went for a Japanese lunch at TOKii, the restaurant in The Prince Akatoki hotel. And it was lush.
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The sushi menu at TOKii is as minimalist as the restaurant itself. Even so, it has a stunning selection of fish that you’d otherwise be hard pressed to find. Things like yellowtail belly and salmon belly for instance. Both are beautiful, buttery morsels of fish, on top of the most moreish rice. Yum.
There’s tuna belly nigiri too, which is always going to be a firm favourite. But I’m also surprised by how much I like the scallop nigiri and make a mental note to try it again.
So the sushi at TOKii is brilliant. What about the rest?
Well, the a la carte menu is split into hot and cold dishes. We order mostly from the hot, but also try the tuna tartar. It comes as a neat puck of diced fish, avocado and miso, on a dish floating in ice. Visually it’s lovely; happily, it also tastes delicious.
Then we move onto the robata grill, where the hot plates start.
The best of these is the miso black cod, burnished at the edges but still amazingly moist inside. Yeah, I used that word ;)
Next are the skewered chicken wings, that come glazed in gochujang. They’re yummy, if a little fiddly to eat. Hubby pops one whole in the mouth and extracts the bone later. That’s one way to do it.
But my favourite part of our Japanese lunch at TOKii is…
Ok, I won’t leave you hanging. The best part of our Japanese lunch at TOKii is the duck. It arrives glossy with teriyaki sauce and sliced temptingly open. We take segments of the clementine and peanut from the side salad, and niftily eat them with a piece of duck. Heaven.
And last, but not least, are the lamb chops. They’re good, but I think they’ve spent a touch too long on the grill. I like mine a little pinker. Still, it’s a small thing, especially when they’re so delicious.
Our Japanese feast at TOKii ends with dessert
Sushi (and all other Japanese) cravings now firmly met, we move on to dessert. I order the matcha rice pudding, which turns out to be pretty ace. Who knew you could reinvent something so traditional? The matcha cuts through any claggyness and offers a new take on a classic. I also like the pairing with mascerated cherries, which add an additional pop.
But hubbys dessert is by far the winner. It’s a salted caramel and chocolate fondant, with a rich and very molten interior.
Overall thoughts of our Japanese lunch at TOKii
We came for the sushi but ended up leaving with so much more. I don’t think my cravings will ever really go away, but they were met for a short time anyway. I’ll be daydreaming of that scallop nigiri for a while to come. And the rest? Well, that was just the cherry on the cake.
Is the food at TOKii Halal?
TOKii serve halal chicken. They also have a halal sushi menu, and lots of fish and vegetarian options if you’d like to visit.
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The Details
TOKii, London
Address – The Prince Akatoki London, 50 Great Cumberland Place, W1H 7FD
Website – TOKii, London
Phone – 0207 724 0486
Nearest Tube – Marble Arch
Disclaimer – the halal food status note for TOKii is true at the time of writing. Please phone or email the restaurant before you make a booking to double check the halal food status and anything around cross contamination.
