Japanese

• Noren sake and sushi bar is taking over the Roji space in Mayfair

  

  We'd been wondering what would happen to Roji omakase bar, since chefs Tamas Naszai and Tomoko Hasegawa moved over to open the excellent Himi in Carnaby - and now we know.

  Next door to Chisou in Mayfair, Roji won't be relaunching as an omakase bar. Instead, much like Himi,

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• Where to find the best onigiri in London

   

  If you're looking for the perfect snackage to take to the park this summer, you can't go wrong with onigiri. The good news is that there are plenty of places (outside of the big East Asian supermarkets) to get your onigiri fix in London. Here's our guide.

• Kokin brings whole tuna nights and sushi to Stratford (taking over from Allegra)

  

  You may recall a few weeks ago we reported on the changes afoot at South Bank restaurant Hannah which was morphing into a claypot offering Donabe at the same time as moving their sushi operation to Stratford in the form of Kokin.

  Now we can reveal exactly what they have planned for their foray into East London.

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• Osteria Angelina sees the Dalston restaurant opening a grill and pasta restaurant in the City

  

  21/4/25 - updated with the opening date

  Angelina has been a big success in Dalston and while their other restaurant Dai Chi didn't last the distance in Soho, they're sticking to what they do best in the City by opening a second Angelina.

  Called Osteria Angelina, it'll be opening in the Nolton Folgate development by Shoreditch station that's seen ...

• Donabe on the South Bank is London's first Japanese clay pot rice restaurant

  

  For the past seven years they've been serving up top class sushi on the South Bank. But now the owners of Hannah at County Hall are switching things up a bit, according to Code Hospitality newsletter. To start with they're moving the sushi operation to another hotel in East London. From the summer you'll find it in its new guise as Kokin at The Stratford Hotel (opens 1 May).

  In its place, by the river, comes

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