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- London's best restaurants with omakase menus - working
Japanese omakase restaurants (which roughly translates as "leaving the menu up to the chef") are a big thing in London. Long tasting menus, often sushi-led, are delivered in some of London's most beautiful dining rooms. Here's our pick of the best in the city, along with a guide to the restaurants where you can get the experience on a (slightly) smaller budget.
- Where to get a great lunchtime bento box in London
Some of London's great lunchtime deals come in the form of bento boxes. Here's our pick of the best out there.
- London's best sandos - the sandwich as art form
Sandos - they're just so pleasing to the eye aren't they? London, as you might imagine, has its fair share of these symmetrically-crafted sandwiches on offer. If you hate crusts, then come this way.
- Test Driving Mayha's The Bar Downstairs - omakase with cocktail pairing
Underneath this Japanese restaurant on Chiltern Street there's a tiny bar serving up an omakase menu of sushi paired with cocktails. We went to try it out.
- Roketsu restaurant to open a new downstairs dining space, Bo-sen, in Marylebone
It feels like it’s only been a minute since Roketsu launched its Japanese kaiseki restaurant in London and now there’s news that it’s opening a downstairs dining option in the same space. Called Bo-sen, it’s a very intimate affair, seating just eight, and will be quite different in approach to Roketsu, which
... - Mayha in Marylebone has a very intimate new Bar Downstairs with cocktails and bites
We're already hearing good things about new omakase restaurant Mayha in Marylebone with The Independent's critic Lucy Thackray describing it thus: "It’s calming. It’s compelling. It’s completely addictive."
Now they're about to open the final stage of their offering - a teeny underground bar space. The Bar Downstairs will have just six seats - so get ready to fight for them. The restaurant's 'head of drinks'
... - Kibako brings sushi and sashimi boxes to Fitzrovia from the Hot Stone team
The team behind Hot Stone have a new restaurant on the way, taking over from what used to be Rai in Fitzrovia.
Kibako is being billed as a modern Japanese restaurant, which takes its name from omakase-style boxes that are one of the key parts of the menu. These kikabo boxes feature 10-12 pieces of sushi and sashimi which they say are "chosen personally by the kitchen for
... - Taro Japanese restaurant takes over the L Manze pie shop in Walthamstow
We've already had one story this week about a Manze pie shop being reborn in a new guise, and now there's another. This time it's the turn of Japanese restaurant Taro, who have taken over the old Walthamstow L Manze (which shut almost a year ago) for their latest
... - Test Driving Humble Chicken 2.0 - an upgrade from yakitori to omakase for this Soho spot
Angelo Sato's yakitori chicken spot in Soho has morphed into an ambitious omakase style restaurant. We went to see its latest incarnation.
- Oita take their Japanese kitchen to Chinatown from Wood Green
For the past couple of years, chef Fan Yi's Japanese industrial chic kitchen concept Oita has been operating out of the Green Rooms hotel in Wood Green. The Chinese chef decided to go down the Japanese route with his first pop-up after spotting a gap in the market in the area, having lived there for over a decade. Clearly, he was on to something as what was originally planned as a pop-up is now the hotel's
... - Yakiniku Like comes to London, bringing their tabletop grills
Yakiniku Like has been a big hit across China, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Indonesia - and now they're coming to London with their first European restaurant landing in Soho (coming from the same group behind Kintan).
Yakiniku is all about grilled meat and that's the primary focus here. You'll be doing all that grilling yourselves with smokeless grills on the
... - Michelin-starred chef Takuya Watanabe opens Taku Mayfair, a new Omakase restaurant
We don’t often get to say Paris’ loss is London’s gain, but with the news that Taku Mayfair has opened, we can. Chef Takuya Watanabe, the man behind Jin, the first sushi Omakase restaurant in Paris to receive a Michelin star, has brought his talents to town.
Omakase, whereby all dining decisions are delegated to the chef, is more than just a trust exercise. At Taku
... - Edo Izakaya comes to Old Street from the people behind Soho's Robata
The team behind Soho's Robata is expanding - they're coming to Old Street with Edo Izakaya (taking over the space that used to be Flamboree, next to Officina 00)
The name comes from the inspiration for the menu, the Edo period of Japan (1603-1867), in which izakayas began to become prominent. Food-wise traditional-style and new-style sushi rolls, hand rolls and nigiri
... - Test Driving Koyn - fire in the kitchen at this Mayfair Japanese restaurant
From the team who brought us Jamavar and Mimi Mei Fair comes this hot new Japanese spot that's already causing a stir. We went down to try this restaurant of two halves.
- Hachi, a new Japanese bakery from the founders of Maru and Taka, is coming to Notting Hill
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Notting Hill's bakery scene is getting quite the boost. Just days after hearing that Kuro Coffee are opening a Japanese-inspired bakery, comes the news that Hachi will open later in the year. Cravings for Japanese pastries and cakes will soon be
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