Dinner
Tonkotsu Ramen
The milky, collagen-heavy pork broth that made Hakata famous, boiled hard for eight hours until the fat and gelatine…
4.9(4,177)Rated 4.9 out of 5 from 4177 reviews
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Dinner
Chicken Katsu Curry
Japan's favourite comfort food: a panko-crusted chicken cutlet sliced over rice and flooded with a thick, gently…
4.8(3,520)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 3520 reviews
Quick Meals
Chicken Teriyaki
Real teriyaki is a technique, not a bottled sauce: chicken pan-fried until the skin crackles, then glazed in a…
4.7(2,965)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 2965 reviews
Desserts
Japanese Cotton Cheesecake
The jiggly cotton cheesecake — somewhere between a soufflé and a sponge, barely sweet, and impossibly light. It…
4.7(2,570)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 2570 reviews
Appetizers
Pork Gyoza
Pan-fried pork dumplings with a lacy crisp base and a juicy, cabbage-sweet filling. The steam-fry technique gives…
4.8(2,411)Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 2411 reviews
Lunch
California Roll
The inside-out roll that introduced the West to sushi: crab, avocado and cucumber wrapped in seasoned rice and…
4.6(2,033)Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 2033 reviews
Drinks
Iced Matcha Latte
A properly whisked iced matcha latte, with no clumps and no bitterness — the difference is entirely in sifting the…
4.7(1,966)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 1966 reviews
Healthy
Miso Soup
The five-minute soup that anchors every Japanese meal: a clean dashi broth, silken tofu, wakame and miso whisked in…
4.6(1,780)Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 1780 reviews
Appetizers
Crispy Vegetable Tempura
Tempura batter should be lumpy, ice-cold and barely mixed — everything you would consider wrong in any other batter…
4.6(1,477)Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 1477 reviews
Appetizers
Yakitori Chicken Skewers
Charcoal-grilled chicken skewers lacquered in a tare that gets richer every time you use it. The Japanese izakaya…
4.7(1,355)Rated 4.7 out of 5 from 1355 reviews
Lunch
Kake Udon Noodle Soup
Thick, bouncy udon in a clear kake broth of dashi, soy and mirin — restorative, restrained and on the table in…
4.6(1,128)Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 1128 reviews
Dinner
Osaka Okonomiyaki
The Osaka savoury pancake — cabbage bound with a dashi batter, griddled thick, then covered in sweet-sharp sauce…
4.6(1,042)Rated 4.6 out of 5 from 1042 reviews