Ajitoya

A pocket of East Asia in the west:Ajitoya is a bar (specialising in Japanese craft beer),restaurant and grocer rolled into one. But mostly it’s a great option for gorgeously plated food bursting with freshness and flavour. Start with vegetables coated in light,crisp tempura spiced up with green-tea salt,or delicate,silky prawn gyoza. Good-value meal sets come with fresh miso,a deli salad (slippery noodles or wasabi-spiked chicken),fluffy rice and a main - perhaps sashimi-grade salmon and kingfish,or the addictive karaage:tender fried chicken with a crisp potato starch coating. Look for Pocky Sticks in the small stock of Japanese staples.