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Austerely decorated sushi bar serving superior-quality modern Japanese cuisine, on [[Locale Portobello Road|Portobello Road]]. One of a chain of four. |
Nicely decorated sushi bar serving good quality food, on [[Locale Portobello Road|Portobello Road]]. |
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It was previously at number 223 <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsbruce/3041669704/ photo]</small>, but moved some time around 2015 to number 240. We haven't visited since the move, so some of the below may be out of date. |
Portions are large and the prices are not extortionate. It is a pleasant place to relax in but also does takeaway; you can order online and they deliver to nearby postcodes. There can be a ten minute wait for takeaway if you order at the till so you may want to ring ahead or just get them to deliver. |
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Ukai does not have as extensive a menu as some sushi restaurants; there are only three fish varieties in the sashimi section of the menu, for instance (eight in the nigiri section) and the side/appetizer selection is not large (no gyoza, yakitori, katsu or spring rolls). That said, there is a good range of sushi variants (sashimi, nigiri, hosomaki, futomaki, uromaki, chirashi), the quality of which is uniformly high. The average price of the sushi dishes is around £5 (£7.50, in the case of the chirashi). |
See also: * [http://www.myvillage.com/notting-hill/places/49620-ukai myvillage.com review] |
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They also offer particularly good salads; [[itsbruce]] particularly recommends the green mango and papaya salad (£5, a variation on a classic Thai dish), which is crisply flavoured and textured and comes in generous quantities. The spinach salad roll (£3.80, blanched spinach in orange ponzu sauce) is also delicious. The Daikon salad roll (£5, rocket, 6 servings of avocado, red pepper, chives, enoki mushroom, wrapped in pancake and served with daikon dressing) is a more delicate dish which used to come in tiny portions but is now more on a par with the other salads. For drinks, there is a range of freshly-made iced teas (honey and melon, strawberry and basil and more) and flower teas as well as fruit juices, beer, wine and sake. Note for vegetarians: only the mango and papaya salad is of a size that could serve alone as a main dish. The other salads should be accompanied by some vegetarian sushi, unless you have quite a small appetite. The speciality section of the menu, though again not large, is also well worth trying. On a February 2011 visit, [[itsbruce]] had Ukai pancake (£4), essentially a vegetarian variant on crispy fried duck pancackes, which were light and crisp and very tasty, and salmon tartare (£5), diced salmon in a spicy and creamy mayonnaise, dusted with roe and served in cups carved from cucumber, which was very fresh and absolutely delicious. The two dishes worked particularly well in combination [http://www.flickr.com/photos/itsbruce/5418864052/ photo]. Together with spinach salad roll, a side plate of pickled vegetables and a mixed carrot and apple juice, the bill was £17.60 (service not included). The venue is as cool and simply decorated as the food. It is a pleasant place to relax in (particularly in the summer), which is just as well as it can take a surprisingly long time between finishing and receiving the bill (and often another delay follows before your payment is taken); for some odd reason, the friendly and attentive service seems to stutter at that point. Ukai also does takeaway; you can order online and they deliver to nearby postcodes. There can be a ten minute wait for takeaway if you order at the till so you may want to ring ahead or just get them to deliver. <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[itsbruce]], February 2011. Opening hours taken from the Ukai website, June 2017.</div> address='240 Portobello Road' category='Japanese Food,Possible Free Wireless,Restaurants,Sushi,Takeaway,Takeaway Delivery,Takeaway Order Online,Vegan Friendly,Vegetarian Friendly' edit_type='Minor tidying' |
<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[itsbruce]], 5 February 2011.</div> address='223 Portobello Road' category='Japanese Food,Possible Free Wireless,Restaurants,Sushi,Takeaway,Takeaway Delivery,Takeaway Order Online' edit_type='Normal edit' |
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Nicely decorated sushi bar serving good quality food, on Portobello Road.
Portions are large and the prices are not extortionate. It is a pleasant place to relax in but also does takeaway; you can order online and they deliver to nearby postcodes. There can be a ten minute wait for takeaway if you order at the till so you may want to ring ahead or just get them to deliver.
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Last visited by itsbruce, 5 February 2011.
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