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YO! Sushi specialises in delivering sushi to customers using the Japanese style 'kaiten' conveyor belt method. [10] [11] [12] In each restaurant various sushi dishes and other Japanese cooked foods are prepared in a theater style kitchen in plain view of customers and then set on the thin conveyor belt.
Wasabi is a fast food restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom, focused on Japanese, East Asian-inspired fast food, especially sushi and bento, and operating primarily in London, England, with further branches elsewhere in England as of 2022. [1] Wasabi was founded in London in 2003 by Dong Hyun Kim, a South Korean entrepreneur. [4]
Supermarkets such as Waitrose and online shopping services now provide a wide range of Japanese specialist food and beverage products. The Piccadilly Circus area continues to support a number of smaller Japanese bookstores, food shops, restaurants, and travel service offices, the longest established being the Japan Centre first opened in 1978. [9]
The chain was founded by Julian Metcalfe, co-founder of sandwich chain Pret a Manger, in partnership with Clive Schlee. [5]In 2006, following the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, traces of the deadly isotope Polonium-210 were found at the Piccadilly branch of Itsu in London, where Litvinenko had dined on the day he was poisoned.
Japanese food popularity also has penetrated street food culture, as modest Warjep or Warung Jepang (Japanese food stall) offer Japanese food such as tempura, okonomiyaki and takoyaki, at moderately low prices. [99] Today, okonomiyaki and takoyaki are popular street fare in Jakarta and other Indonesian cities.
Afuri; Ajisen Ramen – Japanese ramen soup fast food chain; Bincho – a London-based Japanese restaurant styled on the traditional izakayas found throughout Japan; Hokka Hokka Tei – a bento take-out chain with over 2,000 franchises and company-owned branches throughout Japan
Instant ramen, and the first to be exported from Japan, by Nissin Foods starting in 1971, bearing the name "Oodles of Noodles". [1] One year later, it was re-branded "Nissin Cup Noodles" and packaged in a foam food container. [citation needed] Currently the largest instant noodle brand in Japan and sold in around 80 countries. [14]
Yaohan estimated that over 40,000 Japanese lived in the vicinity of the planned shopping centre, and further cited the 1991 Japan Festival as evidence of growing interest in Japan. [7] They planned the shopping centre with the dual-aim to serve the large Japanese community and introduce Europeans to Japanese food and culture.