Japanese

• Jidori comes to Covent Garden for your fill of sake, yakitori and karaoke

  Sake and karaoke is a winning combination, but if you’re not feeling quite brave enough to head to Jidori’s basement karaoke booth, there’ll be plenty of yakitori and other Japanese treats to keep you entertained.

• Test Driving Koya City: udon bar expands its repertoire for the City

  Soho's perenially popular udon noodle bar Koya has expanded to the City. We went along to see how the newer, bigger restaurant was doing.

• Modernist soba and sushi in Temple - we Test Drive Yen

  London's legal district has a modernist temple to Japanese cuisine in Yen

• Yo! Sushi pops up with Japanese afternoon tea at Selfridges

  

  It's not often we see a high street conveyer belt sushi chain taking on afternoon tea in upmarket department stores, but now Yo! Sushi has plans to do just that.

  They'll be reimagining the traditional cream tea dinner with a lot less cream and a lot more fish - sashimi, seared sushi and tempura nori nachos will all make an appearance, plus salmon caviar draped in edible gold "for that extra Christmas

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• Temakinho Brazilian Japanese fusion restaurant is the latest addition to One Tower Bridge

  A Brazilian-Japanese fusion restaurant chain founded in Italy is expanding, opening its second London restaurant at the new One Tower Bridge development

• Parisian soba specialists Yen to open a London branch on the Strand

  After success in the St Germain de Prés area of Paris, soba specialists Yen are now making the move to London, bringing with them their traditional Japanese noodles, tempura, and a sushi counter.

• Koya's new City branch at the Bloomberg Arcade will serve their breakfast and new dishes

  Koya is legendary for its affordable, authentic approach to Japanese udon noodles. Now, they're heading to the City, with new dishes, breakfast, and a bar filled with sake…

• Cubé

  Japanese tapas in Mayfair

• Japanese tapas and sushi - we Test Drive Cubé

  Try this new Japanese spot just off Oxford Street, but don't expect the traditional menu...

• Cubé Restaurant and Kakurega Bar opens on Blenheim Street in Mayfair

  The new spot serves sushi upstairs and has a downstairs hideaway bar serving Japanese cocktails

• The City is getting a Nikkei restaurant as Waka prepares to open on Eastcheap

  The City gets a new lunchspot as Waka brings Nikkei Peruvian/Japanese cuisine to the takeaway market

• The sushi tardis - we Test Drive Nobu Shoreditch

  Nobu Hotel is now open in Shoreditch but what's the restaurant like? We went to check it out.

• Test Driving Bang Bang Oriental - we check out Colindale's huge food court

  The huge Bang Bang Oriental food hall has come to Colindale - but what's it really like? We find out...

• Flesh & Buns prepares to relaunch with a new party menu and bigger bar

  Covent Garden has got a hot new party venue as Flesh & Buns prepares to relaunch with a new look and menu

• YO! Sushi pops up in Boxpark Croydon with street food and sushi

  

  Since it opened back in October, Boxpark Croydon has been going from strength to strength. Now it’s set to be the home to YO! Sushi’s newest experiment: reinventing themselves as a pop-up serving up Japanese dishes reimagined with a takeaway twist.

  The conveyer-belt sushi chain, calling itself just YO!, will open with a newly expanded menu, including dishes like panko chicken thigh sandwiches, crispy fried

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