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- Test Driving Angelina - Japan meets Italy in this Dalston delivery
Japanese/Italian restaurant Angelina has been delivering regularly changing meals in the lockdown. We gave their latest set menu a try.
- Test Driving Chotto Matte from Restaurant Box - knocking up a Nikkei feast in your own kitchen
If you've ever fancied trying to make nikkei food at home, the Chotto Matte meal kit from Restaurant Box is a low-effort way to do just that.
- Test Driving Hot Stone At Home - omakase to your door
Promising a modern omakase experience, we took Hot Stone's new At Home delivery menu for a Test Drive.
- Hot Stone is expanding with a second restaurant, in Fitzrovia
Exquisite sushi, top-level Kobe beef and ishiyaki cooking is on the way for Fitzrovia residents.
- Dinings SW3 has a limited edition delivery ramen you'll want to try
It 100% feels like ramen weather out there at the moment. So, if you're missing slurping down a bowl of warming goodness in a London restaurant, we have news of a new delivery service bringing it to you.
Dinings SW3 has a special limited edition dish on offer this month. Their build-your-own ramen experience is a new meal kit available as part of their At Home service.
Chef Masaki Sugisaki's ‘Susuru by Masaki’, is
... - Test Driving Bisushima at home - super sushi delivered
This new rooftop sushi space may currently be shuttered during lockdown, but it's still sending out amazing sushi across London.
- Japanified is Sugoi JPN's new delivery restaurant - with tacos and sliders on the menu
The latest place to kick off a new delivery service for the new year are Sugoi JPN - they've just launched Japanified - starting in Wimbledon and expanding to Stockwell soon.
Broadly inspired by the cuisine of Osaka, the team have taken international cuisine and - as they say - have "Japanified" it. There's two main offerings - sliders and taco
... - Maru, a 20-course Omakase restaurant will be replacing the original Taka
This restaurant is taking over the space from the original Taka. It comes from the same people but will have a very different approach - all centred around a 20-course omakase-style tasting menu.
- Test Driving Nobu Portman Square - the high-end Japanese restaurant already feels at home in Marylebone
The new Nobu Hotel and restaurant in Marylebone's Portman Square replaces one of London's biggest celeb haunts - Nobu Berkeley Street. We head along to see how they're doing in their chic new digs.
- Hiden Curry lab is the latest addition to King's Cross' Coal Drops Yard
New to Coal Drops Yard in King's Cross (and takeaway only) is Hiden Curry Lab, a very dayglo yellow shop selling Japanese curry. It's taken over the space that used to be Bodega Rita's and is apparently an homage to Japan's many 'hole-in-the-wall' speciality restaurants.
The menu is the simplest possible. There are two forms of Japanese curry and rice (and pickles), either beef or vegan, created by
... - Kineya Mugimaru udon noodles arrive at St Pancras
Another Japanese udon chain has set its sights on London, this time choosing St Pancras as its base (as part of the food outlet section at the north end). As reported first by Big Hospitality, Kineya Mugimaru is
... - Where to find a Japanese bakery in London
If Great British Bake Off's Japanese Week made you actually want to learn more about the country's authentic cakes, breads and pastries then here's where to find the best Japanese bakeries in London.
- Golden Gai is Angelina's Soho spin-off bar
The original Golden Gai was a six-seater bar in Angelina in Dalston. This Soho spin-off is a much larger affair but will continue the mix of Italian and Japanese flavours in the food and drink.
- Test Driving Taka Marylebone - a happy marriage between British produce and Japanese techniques
This Marylebone restaurant is the happiest of marriages between amazing British ingredients and fine Japanese cooking techniques. We went down to see what that a difference that makes on the plate.
- Los Mochis brings a Mexican/Japanese mash-up to Notting Hill
This new Notting hill restaurant from a Middle East restaurateur is something of a mash-up between Mexican and Japanese cuisines with plenty of added mezcal and tequila.
