{"id":583,"date":"2021-10-08T21:35:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T21:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democontent.codex-themes.com\/sites-elementor\/travel-blog\/vacation-photos-palm-springs-and-san-francisco-copy\/"},"modified":"2022-06-05T18:19:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T17:19:37","slug":"koya-best-japanese-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halalxplorer.com\/koya-best-japanese-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"KOYA: Best Japanese in London"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Koya London - Japanese Restaurant Review<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Udon specialists, Koya have two branches in London. We visited the Bloomberg Arcade branch. Located in a beautiful part of London, it was easy to drive to and find parking nearby on a Sunday. The restaurant doesn’t do halal and does serve alcohol on site. However, the vegetarian options are decent. If you are looking to try out authentic Japanese cuisine, but want halal or something vegetarian, you can get a taster here. Japanese cuisine is wonderful and one of the best and most refined in the world. There are many aspects of the cuisine – e.g. sushi and ramen. Here, the focus is udon. Udon (\u3046\u3069\u3093) are chewy Japanese noodles made from wheat flour, water, and salt, typically served in a simple dashi-based broth. You can get it in a variety of ways, but we’ll mention that below. We were very excited to try this place out!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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To begin this authentic Japanese udon experience we opted for… donburi! To be fair to us, we did order udon at the same time, but just didn’t get it till later. A donburi combines a bowl of steamed rice, meat, vegetables, sauce, and usually a side of pickles and miso soup, for an all-in-one meal that’s both convenient and filling. We opted for the Yasai Tendon – which is vegetable tempura (served with wakame soup). We got an egg to pour over and mix with the tempura, which made it creamy and extra delicious. We also ordered Atsu-Age – which is fried and grilled tofu. The combination of the crunchy fried goodness of the tempura over donburi rice along with delicious earthy tofu made for an awesome dish\/ meal. All of this was delicious and it was unlike anything we’d tried before. It built up the anticipation for the main event – the udon!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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