Wakaba, Finchley Rd. (Japanese Restaurant)

After a lovely food tour of Tokyo it’s time to get back on the London based Japanese restaurant horse in the form of Wakaba.

Wakaba’s on Finchley Road , quite close to the tube station. It’s got slightly odd frosted windows which at first glance might make you think it’s closed.

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Moshi Moshi, Liverpool Street (Japanese Restaurant)

I’ve never had particularly good experiences at restaurants with Kaiten (conveyor belt) sushi in England. As a result prior to my visit to the Liverpool Street branch of Moshi Moshi my expectations were not high.
Unforunately my low expectations were justified , however I’ve heard sandwiching critism between compliments in a Compliment Sandwich (although technically it […]

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Matsuri, Holborn (Japanese Restaurant)

Irish footballer Ronnie O’Brian was once voted Juventus’ Best Player Ever despite never actually having played a first team game for them, and in 1999 he was leading a Time Magazine online poll for Person of the Century ahead of the likes of Albert Einstein and Martin Luther King. These two situations came about from […]

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Ryo, Brewer Street (Japanese Restaurant)

A survey in Japan from Goo Ranking asked men and women what things they would be most prepared to stand in a lengthly queue for. Top of the list for the chaps and second for the ladies (just behind a theme park attraction) was a ramen shop.
I’m not such a huge fan of ramen as […]

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Life, Old Street (Japanese Restaurant)

Sunday evenings are typically quite unproductive for me, but I decided to give Channel 4’s irritatingly predictable Wife Swap a miss in favour of a trip into Clerkenwell to Life Japanese restaurant.
Life has an interesting setup with a restaurant on the ground floor and a shop (selling books, strange toys and what not) and […]

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