Japanese Cuisine

Scott Hallsworth Freakscene

Flash-grilled: Scott Hallsworth

By Joe Lutrario

The ex-Nobu and Kurobuta chef now runs FreakScene in Soho, an irreverent Asian small plates restaurant that takes its name from a Dinosaur Jr. track.

Wagamama vegan menu UK

Wagamama goes vegan with new menu

By Sophie Witts

Wagamama is the latest high street chain to create a dedicated vegan menu in response to growing demand for meat, egg and dairy-free dishes.

Opening of the Week: Cubé

Opening of the Week: Cubé

By Michelle Perrett

What to expect at the new Japanese restaurant and bar in London's Mayfair.

Machiya Opening of the week

Opening of the week: Machiya

By Hannah Thompson

We check out the relaxed yet stylish new Japanese concept from the team behind London ramen group Kanada-Ya

Opening of the week: Ginza Onodera

Opening of the week: Ginza Onodera

By Joe Lutrario

The Onodera Group has put teppanyaki stalwart Matsuri out to pasture and replaced it with a restaurant aimed squarely at London's luxury market   

Team behind Tonkotsu to launch Anzu restaurant

Team behind Tonkotsu to launch Anzu restaurant

By Hannah Thompson

Anzu, a new Asian-Japanese-style restaurant from the team behind the ramen group Tonkotsu, is to open this month in the capital’s new £400m St James’s Market development.

Brett Redman of Jidori on the Japanese cuisine explosion

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Brett Redman of Jidori on the Japanese cuisine explosion

By Liam Garrahan

Brett Redman’s Japanese venture, Jidori, follows the trend set by its sister restaurants, Elliots and The Richmond, by being vastly different to each other, yet following the same principles of serving quality produce cooked over a wood or charcoal grill....

Business Profile: Bone Daddies

Business Profile: Bone Daddies

By Mel Flaherty

With a third Bone Daddies imminent and his Flesh & Buns and Shackfuyu concepts flying, Ross Shonhan is ramping up the ramen. And he’s not stopping there.

Arnaud Bignon is the executive chef of The Greenhouse restaurant in Mayfair

Arnaud Bignon: Pearls of Wisdom

By Stefan Chomka

The executive chef at Marlon Abela’s two-Michelin starred restaurant The Greenhouse, in Mayfair, which has just been awarded four AA rosettes, discusses his preference for French food in an English setting.

YO! Sushi's chief executive Robin Rowland believes the YO! Burger is an 'exciting alternative' in a booming burger market

YO! Sushi taps in on burger boom with the YO! Burger

By Luke Nicholls

Conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain YO! Sushi is looking to ‘reinvent the burger’ with a heavy investment in kitchen equipment and an extensive staff training program to help deliver a departure from its traditional products with the YO! Burger.

Hakkasan profile

Business Profile: Hakkasan

By Stefan Chomka

With forthcoming international openings Hakkasan is poised to become one of the biggest high-end restaurant groups in the world. Yet it’s London where the real excitement is going to be, as chief executive Niall Howard explains. 

Yum Yum Ninja's courtyard features an array of glowing luminescent lanterns

Yum Yum Ninja: Pan Asian restaurant & bar opens in Brighton

By Luke Nicholls

The team behind Riddle & Finns Champagne and oyster bar in Brighton have opened a neighbouring restaurant in the form of Yum Yum Ninja, offering a modern take on Pan Asian cuisine with an outside courtyard and upstairs bar.

Asian food trends

Food trends 2012: Asian ascension

By Joe Lutrario

Asian food may already be a huge part of the UK restaurant scene, but the world’s largest continent has a lot more to offer. Restaurant magazine's Joe Lutrario looks at the rise in Asian food in the UK and at how some of the less familiar cuisines...

Business Profile: Restaurant Management UK

Business Profile: Restaurant Management UK

By Joe Lutrario

Geoff Leong's London outfit is one of the few to rethink the Anglo-Chinese restaurant formula with its authentic and varied takes on Asian cooking.