a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in Japanese, London, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, sushi, traveleating on Jul 22nd, 2009
Background:
Sushi-Hiro is a popular destination for Japanese diners, West London locals and all sushi lovers willing to trek across London for some of the freshest sushi and sashimi. One of my Japanese friends is always reminding me that it’s her favourite in the city for sushi. So when another friend (who lives locally and [...]
Posted in Japanese, London, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, sushi, traveleating, vegetarian on Jun 2nd, 2009
Background:
After missing Japanese restaurant Tsuru’s sake tasting because of a cold, I was instead invited for a complimentary dinner. Accompanying me was my little brother, who makes a good dining companion because he doesn’t dine out as much as I do and therefore his judgement of what he eats is often clearer than mine. Tsuru [...]
Posted in Japanese, London, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, sushi, traveleating on Apr 18th, 2009
Background:
This review of Japanese restaurant Tomoe is based on two visits, a dinner in December and lunch a couple of weeks ago. Diners have raved about it on Chowhound, where I first read about it last year. Unfortunately I only have photos from lunch, as I didn’t have my camera with me on the first [...]
Posted in Japan, Japanese, cookery, cooking, food, recipe, sushi, traveleating on Feb 13th, 2009
Maki sushi or sushi rolls can be a fun and creative way to eat healthily, as you can make plenty with children (not the cutting part!) or with friends, and fill them with anything you like. There are a million and one recipes for these online, but here’s how I made them, based on instructions [...]
Posted in Japanese, London, dining out, food, restaurant review, restaurants, sushi, traveleating on Apr 21st, 2008
Japanese family-run restaurant Sushi-Say in Willesden Green is one of those restaurants that people always seem to be talking about. Given the explosion in the number of small Japanese family-run restaurants in London over the last decade, it’s hard to keep trying new ones. I tend to go to the same few – Yoisho, Jinkichi, [...]
