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For starters we ordered the spiced jerk tofu, plan­tain & sweet potato kebab and the raw maki rolls.

Above: Raw Maki Rolls — raw ‘riced’ parsnip, car­rots, beet­root, and avo­cado, served with tamari, pick­led gin­ger and wasabi pea coulis For our mains, we ordered the root veg­etable tagine, the organic spaghetti and veat­balls, the chef’s spe­cial pasta and the ravi­oli, which I ordered.

They were stuffed with wal­nut and wild mush­room paté and cov­ered in a fen­nel cream sauce.

It was in a cream sauce as well with fresh yel­low bell peppers.

Above: root veg­etable tagine — served in a roasted pump­kin bowl, topped with bean curd sesame falafel, warm quinoa & pis­ta­chio tabouleh, harissa & minted yoghurt and pitta bread Above: ravi­oli — a crisped ravi­oli filled with wild mush­room & wal­nut pâté with fen­nel cream sauce, sun­dried tomato pesto & bal­samic reduction Finally, we were stuffed but we couldn’t resist order­ing dessert.

Itadaki Zen: using food to mend the body — Plant Shift

Itadaki Zen is an organic and vegan Japanese restaurant.

The main restaurant fills with light during the day, and now that the restaurant is open for lunch, customers will be able to enjoy it.

There's a counter table and many small tables, which makes it easy to accommodate people dining alone, those in a small group, as well as, larger groups.

Itadaki Zen gets very busy, so I'd strongly recommend that you book a table if you want to guarantee a seat.

There's also a private room which can seat up to 15 people.

Eco Eating Review: Itadaki Zen | Londonist

An organic, vegan Japanese restaurant?

The organic, vegan bit fits well with our eco eating mission, the Japanese bit is something of a surprise.

Organic loving vegans don't get to eat sushi or noodles very often.

Next we try three larger dishes – Ten-don (tempura on rice), Miso-nikomi udon (noodle soup) and Neba-Neba-don (vegetables and rice).

The Siawese promises to improve harmony between our organs and the Sasou to powerfully clean our bowels, something that makes us nervous.

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Itadaki Zen, Kings Cross

At some point, after the Australia-Wales Rugby Match, we ended up in a random Malaysian restaurant.

Yes, she ran into her cousin Taman at a random Malaysian restaurant in Cardiff.

So I was worried about the agedashi tofu because Guy Diamond in Time Out said "…mirin and shoyu (soy sauce) broth called tsuyu – should have intense flavours to complement the delicate tofu, but this version disappointingly lacked great depth."

The rest was good, but would have been better with the tempura dipping sauce I'm used to.

(At Itadaki Zen, the tempura is served with just the salt.

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But despite operating from a narrow pool of ingredients, the predominantly noodle/tofu/seaweed menu impresses with its range of tastes and textures.

Grilled spring rolls with soft mashed tofu filling were a welcome change to the usual greasy, stringy sort, while the ‘kakiage’ tempura for main had the same salty, crisp, golden, gorgeous smack as chips on Brighton pier, and came with fluffy rice.

All puddings are sugar-free on principle, which made the pumpkin cake with tofu cream too savoury for us, tasting as it did of Irish potato farl.

Probably a good thing, after three courses of tofu.

Note: there is a large selection of set menus in addition to individual dishes.