With such hot weather, the allure of sushi is stronger than ever. So if you’re heading out ‘fishing’ this Sunday here are some places to wield your chopsticks

ROKETSU

Authentic Japanese Kaiseki restaurant Roketsu brings celebrated Chef Daisuke Hayashi’s innovative monthly changing menus to the discerning London dining scene.

Hayashi is one of the only masters of the Kaiseki tradition globally, and the first to bring this spectacular and lesser-known form of Japanese dining to London. 

Hayashi trained at the triple Michelin-starred and world-renowned Kaiseki restaurant Kikunoi in Kyoto as a protégé of the owner and celebrated chef Yoshihiro Murata. Today Daisuke is at the forefront of the next generation of Japanese chefs applying a modern, progressive approach to Japanese food.

SUSHI ON JONES

With a trio of hugely popular outposts in New York, the critically acclaimed Sushi on Jones express omakase restaurant is now available in London. Located on Goods Way in King’s Cross, this Omakase bar brings the best of the traditional Japanese experience in just 45 minutes per guest. 12 and 20-course menus available.

Omakase, meaning ‘chef’s choice’, is a form of Japanese dining in which guests leave themselves in the hands of the chef. Using premium ingredients available from land and sea, in short, this is the ultimate Japanese tasting menu.

BAMBOO MAT – LEYTON & STRATFORD

Peruvian-Japanese fusion restaurants from chef-owners, Denis Gobjila and Victor Rosca, bring a fresh perspective of Nikkei cuisine to Stratford’s East Village and Leyton.

Sushi at Bamboo Mat has all been masterfully constructed and is beautifully presented. Try the Mango Maki (avocado, cucumber, Romano pepper with mango puree and siracha sauce); get your five a day and more with the Vulcano Maki (salmon, seabass, cucumber, asparagus and avocado); and in true Nekkei style treat yourself to Bamboo Mat’s signature Ceviche Hot Maki (seabass, prawn, Aji Amarillo Tiger’s Milk and salsa).

Bamboo Mat’s drinks menu offers a fusion of Japanese and Peruvian flavours to match the food. Choose from a range of unique cocktails and mocktails such as Tokyo Mule (Japanese vodka, ginger beer, lime, mint, cucumber); Tokyo to Lima (pisco, Roku gin, vermouth, ginger, orange); and ofcourse Pisco Sour (pisco, lime, gome syrup, egg white, angostura). Non-drinkers will love Bamboo Mat’s Mocktail Mojito (tonic, soda, ginger, lime, yuzu, mint).