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A Japanese restaurant in [[Locale Bloomsbury|Bloomsbury]], not far from the British Museum.  They used have a sister restaurant (Abeno Too) off Leicester Square, but this has now closed.

The speciality here is the [[Category Okonomiyaki|okonomi-yaki]], which are a sort of pancake/omelette. The website has details about how they're made, but the hook is that they make them in front of you, on a hotplate in the middle of the table [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/9953067014/ photo]. Once the pancakes are made, they offer various sauces, dried seaweed or bonito fish flakes and then you can tuck in. All of these are left by the table so that you can add more. The menu is keen to point out the organic provenance of the meats [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/9952998465/sizes/l photo].

On a visit in February 2008, [[Ewan]] and Sarah had the okonomi-yaki set lunch (Osaka Mix and Kiso Mix options) and were extremely pleased with it. The basic mix for the pancake was similar, but the topping on the Osaka Mix was slices of bacon, while the Kiso Mix had a mixture of mushrooms, lotus root and garlic (very carefully fried by the waitress) and melted cheese [http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/2809875890/ photo]. [[Kat]] had rice with pork and chicken, which was cooked in the kitchen and brought out. The pork in particular attracted very positive comments. Service was attentive, and they were happy to bring out tap water. The roasted green tea was also very fine, not too bitter at all.

On a return visit in August 2008, the okonomi-yaki were every bit as good, though unfortunately the green tea was unavailable that day.

[[bob]] visited in September 2013 and also had the okinomi-yaki set lunch (&pound;13). This included an okonomi-yaki [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/9954252023/ photo], a side dish [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/9954086666/ photo], and a bowl of miso soup [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/9954073085/ photo]. I also had a glass of mugi-cha (chilled barley tea; &pound;1.80) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/9954043455/ photo].

[[Ewan]]'s verdict: The food here is excellent value and extremely tasty, if somewhat filling.  I'd be happy to visit again if in the area.

See also:
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/sets/72157635969431064/ bob's photoset on Flickr]
* [http://www.tehbus.com/2009/02/eat-japanese-abeno-holborn.html A Rather Unusual Chinaman review]
* [http://www.londonchow.com/2009/11/abeno-review-japanese-okonomiyaki.html London Chow review]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20131104035332/http://www.roamingtales.com/2008/11/23/the-un-of-food-japanese-at-abeno/ Roaming Tales review]
* [https://tastyfever.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/abeno-in-the-afternoon/ Tasty Fever review]
* [http://topofthechomps.blogspot.com/2009/09/abeno-museum-street-london-8510.html Top Of The Chomps review]
* [https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/abeno-london Yelp comments]

<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[bob]], September 2013. Opening hours taken from the Abeno website, October 2013.</div>

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