Very authentic Japanese food. One of the best sushi in London sans the frou frou. If you do visit, the hot pot is a must !! (Shabu shabu)
This was the place I discovered what is now my favourite type of nigiri sushi: tuna belly. How can I describe it? It is juicy and flavourful and makes me shun any other form of tuna. It isn’t available in a lot of places, which is probably a good thing, as I would empty my bank account eating it! In fact, I may have ordered one more piece after we’d finished eating, just to satisfy my palate…
This is a long overdue review of Kiku (菊), what I think is one of the best Japanese restaurants in London for a reasonable price. Sure, there may be better out there but they’re either insanely hard to book, expensive or both. I think I probably have to go out on a limb here. Kiku is traditional Japanese food. Not to be confused with the likes of Wasabi, Itsu and Sticks’n’sushi which are all heavily westernised versions of Japanese food. You couldn’t be caught dead eating things like that in Japan. Neither is Japanese food just sushi or ramen. That is only the tip of the iceberg. To give you an idea of comparators, you might as well say that British food is just fish and chips.
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