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A sushi restaurant in Catford, very near to Catford Bridge Station (and Catford Station as well).

This restaurant is just off the main street alongside the stations, and opens into a foyer with a large fish tank. Inside, there is plenty of seating stretching past the sushi counter, and takes in a raised area with sunken seats at tables seating around 6 people. On a Tuesday evening at 8pm, the place wasn't too busy and we were easily seated.

A large selection of food was sampled, both side dishes and mains and the total price worked out at just over £20 each. Of the side dishes, vegetable tempura was good, hot and crisp but a bit greasy, while the agedashi tofu was fine. The kimchee was generally adjudged to be excellent, with good vegetable texture and a chilli flavour, and several reorders were made.

Hand-rolled avocado sushi was served in large cone-like shapes, and was really very good indeed. In general, the rice in the nigiri and rolls was fine, certainly nothing to complain about. Fish was mushy, particularly the seabass, though the mackerel was OK. Kake suspects freezing issues, so would stick to fattier fish in future.

Of drinks, standard beers (Sapporo, Asahi) were available. The sake choice is limited to "hot" or "cold". We had it hot, and it was fine. The house red wine was drinkable but not particularly good.

The desserts were fine, though the sesame ice cream was particularly nice.

Verdict: Perhaps not worth a trip across London, but for those in the south-east, this is an excellent and good value choice for sushi.

See also:

• London Eating comments
• Time Out review
• Forest Hill SE23 blog entry