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Modern-style Japanese cafe/takeaway just off Southwark Street in the Borough.

Their main custom is local office workers coming in for takeaway, but they also have eat-in space for around 15-20 people, plus plenty of outside seating on the pedestrian stretch at the Southwark Street end of Canvey Street.

They are very proud of their home-made katsu curry sauce, which they advertise as being cooked for eight hours, and which is served over various breaded and fried proteins such as chicken, pork, etc, with rice on the side. They also offer a number of pre-prepared sushi boxes.

Kake visited on a Wednesday lunchtime in June 2008. I had no trouble finding a seat; almost all of the other customers who came and went during my visit were just there for takeaway. I tried the chef's special sushi box photo. Although this selection wasn't too exciting, including no fish other than tuna and salmon, the execution was above average for pre-made takeaway sushi; it hadn't been over-chilled, and there was nothing wrong with either fish or rice. Purists (and doop) might weep at the inclusion of tuna mayo maki, though.

Although their website says they do delivery, this is pretty much limited to sushi platters for the neighbouring offices.

Kake's verdict: I want to come back and try the curry, and I have other things to explore in this area, so probably will. I'm fairly sure that if I worked in one of the nearby offices then this would be on my rotation of lunch places.

See also:

• Time Out review
• Chowhound thread
• London-SE1 entry
• Southwark News article