Sukiyaki grade beef with other sukiyaki ingredients As a Japanese living in London, I am always struck by the big cultural difference in...

Ah, what a joy to wander around on a sunny Sunday morning in streets full of people out having a good time - good riddance to coronavirus...

My other half finished a two week stint of jury service the other day, so I thought I would cheer him up with lunch somewhere quite swish...

I celebrated my wedding anniversary recently, so my partner and I visited Chisou in Mayfair for a lunchtime bite out. Chisou advertised...

My most recent "tried and tested" Japanese restaurant visit took me to the foodie hub of Islington in North London. Islington has become...

My most recent eat out experience took me back to one of my favourite London places - Soho. I never need an excuse to go there but as I...

Christmas will be with us soon so I hope all my readers have a throughly enjoyable time after such a difficult year. I enjoy all the...

My latest meal out the other day took me to the Abeno Japanese Restaurant in London's Bloomsbury. The restaurant is on Museum St,...

You don't need me to remind you that Christmas is fast approaching. Last year, for the first time I can remember, there were no parties,...

My latest "taste and see" review took me to St. Giles, WC2. St Giles is a little area hemmed in by Soho to the West, Bloomsbury to the...

This is a review of Taro Japanese restaurant in Finchley, North ondon in July 2021. All my restaurant reviews are unsponsored.

This week's recipe is Teriyaki Salmon Donburi. As you probably know, donburi in Japanese describes a dish where foods are presented on a...

This is a review of Heddon Yokocho ramen bar in London's West End in July 2021. All my restaurant reviews are unsponsored.

This is a review of 6 Japanese restaurants in London's West End in 2019. All my restaurant reviews are unsponsored.

How so? you might be thinking. After all, chopsticks are just something you eat with, no? Well, no, to the Japanese, chopsticks (or...

The Japanese love a curry. Or to be specific, the Japanese love a Japanese curry. In fact, the average Japanese gets through 70 dishes of...

Fake foods? In Japan? Now, don't worry, it's not what you might think. I'm not going to scare you with stories of horse dressed up as...

You'd be forgiven here in the UK for thinking that there's only one brand of Japanese soy sauce and that it's name is Kikkoman. It's true...

What can I tell you about Japanese rice that you don't already know? You'll know that rice is the staple food of Japan, is short grained...

Every now and again, I come across a Japanese ingredient that I haven't tried before. It happened the other day when I was in my local ...