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Review: Roku is a premium gin crafted from six Japanese botanicals ...
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Beam Suntory, whose brands include Jim Beam bourbon and Laphroaig Scotch whisky, reckons drinkers in Europe are ready for a new tipple: Japanese gin made with cherry blossom and other exotic ingredients.
Roku, a premium gin made using six distinctly Japanese botanicals, has entered the U.K. market at £30 (A$54) a bottle at popular grocery chain Waitrose.
Suntory is hoping to build on the success of Japanese whiskies in the U.K., where brands such as Suntory Hibiki, Hakushu and Yamazaki are finding favor in the home of Scotch.
Gin’s popularity is surging: U.K. sales doubled in the last six years, according to the London-based Wine and Spirit Trade Association.
A YouGov poll last year found that gin was the most popular spirit in the U.K., with 29% of drinkers selecting it as their favorite.
Tonkotsu Mare Street will serve up seafood ramen and okonomiyaki ...
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If you were watching Saturday Kitchen this weekend you may have spotted Tonkotsu's executive chef Ken Yamada showcasing his new dish of seafood ramen.
As he explains, the dish featuring king prawns, squid and clams is exclusive to their new Hackney restaurant which opens on Mare Street next week.
The seafood ramen joins okonomiyaki as a new dish at Mare Street in addition to the usual Tonkotsu and Tokyo Ramens, gyoza and chicken karaage.
The restaurant has room for 50 diners, and there's a full cocktail bar with 14 seats serving up a wide range of Japanese whiskies and full cocktail list including The Earl of Pittfield Street - Havana Club 3, Chase elderflower, cucumber, earl grey and mint - and a Sansho Sour - Tanqueray Export infused with sansho, maraschino liqueur, sugar, egg white and bitters.
Tonkotsu opens on 12 January 2015 at 382 Mare Street, E8 1HR.
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Grace Dent reviews Kanada-Ya: I beat the queue to get in, but I'll go ...
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The first one on St Giles High Street is perpetually crowded with earnest ramen devotees.
I say ‘earnest’ because, for pit-stop food pivoting around noodles in porky stock, ramen attracts geek gourmands and food pedants like a jam sandwich next to an anthill.
Real ramen, to the groupies, is only found in the Fukuoka region on the island of Kyushu, in a basement kitchen that simmers its bone broth for at least a week.
At this point, I’d like to counter that London’s best ramen is probably served at Tonkotsu, Mare Street, Hackney.
I beat the queue at Kanada-Ya, yes, but I’ll still be beating a retreat to Tonkotsu when my ramen habit next comes knocking.
London's best new restaurant offshoots from Ceviche Old Street to ...
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1 Brixton Station Road, SW9, boomburger.co.uk New look: Tonkotsu Mare Street Tonkotsu Mare Street Sister to Tonkotsu, Dean Street, and Tonkotsu East Opens Now open Tsuru Sushi founders Ken Yamada and Emma Reynolds set the ramen bar high when they opened the first Tonkotsu on Dean Street in 2012, but Tonkotsu East and their pop-up counter at Selfridges proved they weren’t a flash in the pot.
382 Mare Street, E8, tonkotsu.co.uk Not just meat: Foxlow's crispy five-pepper squid Foxlow Stoke Newington Sister to Foxlow Clerkenwell and Hawksmoor Opens April Huw Gott and Will Beckett are the brains behind the mighty Hawksmoor steakhouses in Seven Dials, Moorgate, Spitalfields and Piccadilly, but their second Foxlow joint promises to be a more neighbourly affair than its grandstanding cousins.
12 Sutton Lane North, W4, smokehouseislington.co.uk Peruvian goodness: Ceviche Ceviche Old Street Sister to Ceviche Soho Opens 30 March When Martin Morales’ Ceviche opened in Soho in 2012, punters flocked there for the Peruvian fish plates (sea bass-based Don Ceviche, £9) but stayed into the small hours for the Pisco Sours.
Unlike its big sister, Ceviche Old Street boasts a traditional Peruvian rotisserie, so the delectable Pollo a la Brasa in a house marinade (£9) is sure to be a hit, while anticuchos (meat and vegetable skewers, £7) cooked on an open charcoal barbecue will showcase Lima’s street food at its best.