Kurumaya in the City: More than Sushi

Kurumaya was opened nearly four years ago in the heart of the City offering a wide range of authentic Japanese cuisine. The Kaiten bar serves expert cuts of sushi, maki and sashimi along with a selection of hot dishes. But if you are looking for more than sushi, try the basement restaurant. It is here that Kurumaya’s chefs present a mouth-watering selection of Japanese food and the intimate restaurant features a sunken tatami seating area

Kurumaya offers a wide selection of take-away boxes containing a mix of their most popular dishes. If you are feeling more adventurous, choose from the à la carte menu and create your own box!

Kurumaya’s Executive Head Chef, Mr. Enrico Venzon, has over twenty years of experience in the art of sushi preparation. As well as the standard boxes, Kurumaya is able to provide platters for meeting and events. They have catered for groups from eight up to one hundred either delivering the sushi on site or preparing it in front of the client. They are also able to offer sushi training sessions at the restaurant.

Best Items:

Reverse Spicy Tuna Maki
Soft Shell Crab Hand Roll
Avocado Maki
Hamachi Sashimi
Chirashi—Fifteen pieces of assorted sashimi on a bed of rice
Take Set—Two pieces each of tuna nigiri, salmon nigiri, sea bass nigiri, ebi nigiri, tamago nigiri, tuna maki and salmon maki, along with one piece ebi tempura maki

Nirvana Serves Combination of Indian and Sri Lankan

Nirvana sets itself apart from traditional Indian restaurants by its unique combination of Indian and Sri Lankan styles.

The head chef has trained with many well educated top chefs from all over the world and worked in restaurants offering many different cuisine types including quite a few years at Just St. James, Just Oriental Kitchen. The owner has traveled all over the world sampling cuisines from each place visited enabling him to provide input, even down to the most specific spices to create dishes that are unique to Nirvana including the Gaya Chicken, the Devil Prawn, and the Hyderabadi Lamb Shanks.

The concept of “nirvana” is Buddhist, derived from the idea of a perfect place, and the chef and owner hope that their cuisine can come close.

Sapore Italiano: Best Italian in East London

After 20 years of experience in some of the most famous restaurants in Romagna where he was teaching others the secrets of pizza, Sapore Italiano’s professional chef came to London to offer Londoners the real taste of traditional Italian cuisine.

Sapore Italiano is serving authentic Italian pizzas and pastas and has a full menu of various Italian specialties. Pizza and pasta recipes inspired by Romagna and Mediterranean cuisine are prepared to the highest standards of Italian cooking leading Sapore Italiano to proudly claim that they are one of the best in East London. Come in or order take away today!

The Delhi Deli Experience

Great food is all about fine recipes, ingredients, cooking methods, timing, and the touch of a fine culinary chef. The menu at Delhi Deli is inspired by everything from tangy bombay street snacks and home-style punjabi curries to exotic vegetarian and seafood delicacies of southern India, each dish tastes as good as it sounds. Distinctive flavours and authentic recipes from across regional India, prepared by India's best chefs using the finest and freshest ingredients and cooked the age old traditional way.

At Delhi Deli they believe to produce the ultimate dining experience great food must be complimented by equally great customer service. They use state of the art technology for order taking which translates into a pleasant dining or takeaway experience. The dishes are packed in specially made Delhi Deli tubs, retaining heat longer and avoiding spillage - giving you mess free, piping hot food delivered right to your door by the drivers on their distinctive Delhi Deli delivery mopeds.

Lebanese Food at Mandaloun: Epitome of Mediterranean Diet

The cuisine of Lebanon is the epitome of the Mediterranean diet. Lebanon is the direct descendant of the ancient land of the Phoenicians. Those ancient sailors, known for their well-developed sciences and trade, travelled the Mediterranean and greatly influenced the cuisine of those whom they reached via their trade routes. The Phoenicians introduced wine and olive oil to the world and, much later, the Lebanese introduced homous and tabouleh.

The Barakat family has an established history in catering and hospitality which dates back to the 1930s when John (Hanna) Barakat established “Al Ahweh” in the picturesque village of Ain Ebel in the mountains of south Lebanon. In 1948, John’s eldest son Joseph, a true entrepreneur, took over and expanded the operation to include hospitality, catering, entertainment and retail.
Joseph’s four sons went to Europe to pursue higher education and after successful careers in catering, hospitality, retail and investment banking, the four brothers set up a UK operation in 2002. The first restaurant was opened on the Fulham Broadway and instantly became a local favourite.

In 2008, Joseph’s younger brother, Pierre, established Mandaloun on the other side of the Atlantic in Jacksonville, the largest city in the sunshine state of Florida. Shortly thereafter, Mandaloun London was opened and the Barakat family’s legacy and tradition continued to expand and bring culinary enjoyment to new parts of the world.

Indian Food in the Heart of West End at Imli

Imli Modern Indian Tapas is located in Soho in the heart of the West End, London. Launched by the team behind Tamarind, Imli offers a casual, but sophisticated, dining experience, with innovative cooking that is both accessible and affordable.

December 2005 saw the launch of Imli, a new Indian food concept. The traditional meets modern ethos also extends to the interiors where the design concept fuses the simple elegance of modernity with the richness of Indian tradition. Modern characteristics of bold form, colour, and scale are mixed and layered with traditional Indian elements of craft, pattern, and texture to create a unique and inspiring culinary experience. Visit Imli or order online to experience the true taste of modern Indian food.

Fuzzy's Grub: City Secret in Cornhill and Crown Passage

At Fuzzys Grub they take great pride in the quality of the food that they serve. Starting with the raw ingredients, they source their prime meats from the best suppliers who can meet the demand of their busy shops. Their fruit and vegetables are delivered fresh from New Covent Garden market every morning.

The chefs in their kitchens are hard at work beginning at five in the morning, preparing food to serve that very same day. They do not use any artificial flavoring, additives or preservatives to ensure everything is just like they would cook at home!

The first Fuzzy’s Grub was opened in Fleet Street in November 2002 by two great friends, Fazila Collins and Georgina Laing, nicknamed Fuzzy and Grub. Recognizing a huge gap in the ever expanding lunchtime market, they collected old family favorite recipes and opened a shop offering good, simple British food.

In 2004, Fuzzy and Grub rather boldly decided to open a new store in St James’s, and buoyed by the positive feedback to their traditional British food have subsequently opened shops in Bow Lane, Cornhill, Crown Passage and Basinghall Street. Never wanting to rush, Fuzzy and Grub have always concentrated on making sure the quality of the food is spot-on and that every customer leaves the shop happy. If a customer wants rare Scotch roast beef on doorstep white, with homemade horseradish, crispy roast potatoes, a dash of gravy and some pork crackling, they will get it.

Fuzzy and Grub have always been keen on maintaining the “Britishness” of the shops as well as the unashamed meat theme which is central to what they want to achieve. The shop interior is based on old-fashioned butchers, with traditional tiled floors and walls creating a nostalgic and welcoming experience. Paintings showing the various cuts of meat hang on the walls to inform the customer about exactly what they’re eating.,

Fuzzy’s Grub used to be something of a closely guarded city secret – the preserve of city folk, the talk of dinner parties and across trading floors on a hung-over Friday morning. As the business has grown, Fuzzy and Grub have maintained the small shop values which served them so well, whilst successfully increasing their customer base across the City and West End. Fuzzy and Grub can always be found behind the counter, Monday through Friday, serving their loyal customers and keeping an eye on the staff. So if you were to pop in to any of the shops, chances are you’ll bump into one of them there!

Pizza City in Mile End

Pizza City provides friendly service while serving up delicious pizza, halal cuisine and amazing deals. Pizza City offers various pizzas in four different sizes ranging from a personal pizza (six slices) to a “Massive” pizza (sixteen pieces—one to feed the office!). You can choose your base for every pizza (pan pizza, original crust or crispy thin) then choose from one of the many interesting combinations or you can create your own from scratch. Pizza City also specializes in tasty kebabs served in hot naan bread with a side of rice. And you can always kick your meal off right with one of the many delicious starters.

With a delivery area from London City to Canary Wharf, Pizza City has you covered. Make sure to check out their amazing combo deals for loads of food at an affordable price!

Some Favourites:
Chicken Nuggets—Ten pieces
City Burger—Quarter pounder; you can add pineapple, cheese, fried onion, fried mushrooms, egg, spinach, jalapenos, black olives and/or green chilies
Lamb Doner Kebab—Kebab comes in hot naan bread and is served with rice and a mixed side salad
Mixed Shish Kebab Kebab comes in hot naan bread and is served with rice and a mixed side salad
Full Monty Pizza—Pepperoni, sausage, beef, onions, mushrooms, green peppers, sweet corn and pineapple
Chicken Tandoori Pizza (Hot)—Tandoori chicken, onions, green peppers, mushrooms and jalapenos

There's History at Biagio Chez Victor

Part of the famous Biagio Group of restaurants, Chez Victor is one of the oldest restaurants in London, having opened its doors in 1901, and has now re-opened after a fire devastated the site in 2007.

The kitchen serves Mediterranean cuisine heavily influenced by traditional French and Italian classics such as seafood pasta Al Cartoucio, sauteed frog's legs and calf's liver. Desserts are also very traditional with pear tatin and crepe Suzette. Both chefs are passionate about traditional cooking with ingredients sourced from artisan farmers and producers both from London and also Italy and France. This reflects the style that the Biagio Group has long been know for.

To compliment the menu, an extensive wine list has been compiled to reflect the wide range of flavours and styles produced in the are of southern France and the Italian Riviera, such as Gevrey Chambertin and Brunnello di Montalcino Biondi Santi Riserva. Chez Victor is re-opening after a refit designed by architect Cristiano Boarini of Habitat Italiana who has been able to take the building into the twenty first century. A light spacious restaurant over three floors, great care has been taken to add as much extra light as possible to the restaurant. He has also been able to include some of the history of the building, such as signatures and photographs of some of the famous people who have frequented it over the years. Such luminaries as Rex Harrison, Vivien Leigh and Robert Redford are included in the bespoke wallpaper. He also cleverly left two walls free so today's luminaries will not feel left out.

During your visit or while ordering online try one of the fan favourites like:
Soup A L’Oignon Gratinee—French onion soup with cheese croutons
Steak Tartare—Finely chopped raw fillet steak with egg yolk, onion, capers, lemon, mustard, pepper and Tabasco
Coq Au Vin—Cockeral cooked in a rich wine sauce with mushrooms, bacon and shallots
Magret de Canard Au Foie Gras—Supreme of duck with foie gras
Linguine al Pesto Genovese con Faggiolini Verde—Linguine, garlic, basil, pine kernel, extra virgin olive oil, Parmesan and French beans
Crème Brulee—My personal favourite

Piggy's Piccadilly

Just off Regent Street, sharing the same building as the Meridian Hotel, you can find a small café called Piggy’s, for fantastic breakfast and lunch offerings. This one-of-a-kind café has been buzzing with customers every morning and afternoon since 1986 when their doors first opened. Even so, the owner is in the shop every day working hands-on to serve up some delicious dishes to Piggy’s patrons who stop in to create customized sandwiches and salads using their favorite ingredients. Whether it’s the luck of the nearby Eros statue in Piccadilly Circus, or the quality of the meals served up, Piggy’s is sure to remain a special place for years to come. You can even place your order online for fast, reliable takeaway.

Miyama Japanese Restaurant in the City

Established for over twenty-one years, the Miyama Japanese restaurant in the City is the sister restaurant of the long established Miyama Japanese restaurant in Mayfair, London. The Miyama Japanese restaurant in the City is a hidden treasure tucked away in Godliman Street, just on the south side of St Paul’s. Visit this popular Japanese restaurant for a lunch and you may struggle to find a table or a seat at the sushi or teppanyaki bars! If that happens or you do not want to chance it you can always order from Miyama online.

The decor is simple, inviting and unpretentious, and the food is some of the best Japanese cuisine to find in London. In Miyama, quality goes hand in hand with quantity and you come out satisfied with both.

Natural Kitchen: The Names Says It All

Natural Kitchen is passionate about serving great tasting food, which means they always use the best ingredients that they can find. Seasonal wherever possible, organic when need be. Free range? Always. Whenever possible their food is locally sourced from farmers who share their commitment to quality rather than quantity.
Their food-to-go counters offer a large selection of seasonal salads, quiches, soups, pies and sandwiches as well as a dish of the day. These are complemented by made to order juices, smoothies, milkshakes, teas and coffees. They make as much as they can in their kitchens, guaranteeing quality and ensuring a naturally healthy product. Natural Kitchen knows exactly what is in each of their products thus ensuring no unnecessary chemicals or preservatives are included. They don't use the word fresh, it's a given with them.

Mayfair Indian at Tamarind

"Let us change your perception of Indian dining…"

As Tamarind enters its twelfth year, the Michelin starred Indian restaurant in the heart of Mayfair continues to be instrumental in changing the perception of Indian cuisine.

Tamarind provides a classic combination of indisputable knowledge, unique experience and tradition that holds worldwide recognition. The restaurant offers guests a sophisticated fine dining experience with effortlessly charming staff, discrete service and tantalising food that few can compete with, ensuring guests come back for more.Tamarind’s fare is derivative of traditional Moghul cuisine focusing around the Tandoor oven, where bread, fish, meat and game are all cooked in the authentic North West Indian style. In addition to the conventional and established Tamarind favourites, Executive Chef Alfred Prasad regularly devises new dishes and seasonal menus to keep the menu innovative, modern and up to date.

Tamarind Restaurant also has a vast and superior wine list, with a fantastic selection of wines from around the world. Sommelier Ilario Terranova, is a fountain of knowledge regarding wine, and confidently advises guests on matching wine to complement their chosen dishes.

Best Falafel at Bon Appetit Lebanese Restaurant

Bon Appétit is easily one of the most authentic Lebanese restaurants in town. Forget all the fluff, Bon Appétit is all about giving you the freshest and best tasting Lebanese dishes at the most affordable prices. Their hummus is out of this world, and they only choose the best cuts of meat for their meshwis and kebabs. Bon Appétit also carries a wide range of vegetarian options; the Chefs promise that their falafels are “the best in London”. Try Bon Appétit today for a real insight on what authentic Lebanese food should actually taste like.