Written by: Felix K., London

There are two Taro restaurants in London and both are located near China Town (one in Old Compton Street and the other one in Brewer Street). This time we went out for food for one of my housemate’s birthday and we opted for the Old Compton Street branch. The restaurant is spacious, has a simple but comfortable interior and because of its location in Soho you get a very diverse clientele there.
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With 16 people in our apartment, we felt a bit crowded - but in a good way. When you just sit down and get served food in your own kitchen it’s kind of weird, but in the skilled hands of Arne Austbø from Taku Catering, we were so taken care of. It was a wonderful evening and a sushi experience out of the ordinary!

Mr. Austbø is kind of a novelty in the Oslo restaurant scene. You know this when he comes with his own photographer from the most prestigious financial newspaper in Norway following him around. We’re trendsetters… Really!! Taku Catering is just this one guy who comes to your house and cooks fantastic sushi for you. Here is how an evening like that can look like.
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Cosmo Thai and Sushi has been around for about a year, but it was only recently that I heard about this place. Weird really, considering their food and also quite stylish interior and restaurant look-and-feel. To cut it short - I really liked this place!

They are located just on the opposite corner from one of my favorite Thai restaurants in Oslo - Yaya’s in Aker Brygge.
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We had the need for a late night snack and were really aiming for the kebab place just around the corner from this restaurant. I had never noticed this tiny sushi take away place before. They opened in the winter of 2007, so not been around too long. Another sushi restaurant opened just around the corner in oktober, so they are getting competition. According to the woman behind the counter the neighbors prefer their food to the new one. Maybe competition is a good thing. At least they have to work hard to always be better than the other place…
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We walked by Sushi King just on a Saturday for a quick lunch, because that was the kind of place it looked like. And it was. It is another typical hamburger place turned sushi bar.

The whole place smelled really bad, which the guy behind the counter explained to be from the fact that he was making sushi rice vinegar. But to do that at the same time serving people in this tiny place… Not pleasant. It did not make us want to try much of his fish, so we went for cooked and spicy this time.
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Japo Sushi looks like a tiny place from the outside. But it has some style. I actually was surprised by how much bigger it felt when we came inside, using four gigantic mirrors on each side giving the room an imaginary depth and space.

We got lucky and came in front of a huge line of take away orders. I guess friday nights are busy, which our next table guests got to feel in particular. They got their food, but never their drinks, so they ended up leaving before even touching their sushi. Quite upset it seemed like. Hmm.
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Frogner Sushi Bar just happened to be there when we needed lunch one Sunday afternoon. And it was that kind of place. Nothing special, but ok sushi to go.

Not quite sure if I would like to have their sashimi menus, because their fish looked quite sad and unappetizing actually. Again - this was on a sunday, so they might look and smell better on a “fresh fish day”…
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Nydalen is a bit unknown territory for me. It seems like a nice area, with lots of businesses and since the business school moved up there, they also get a lot of young kids wandering around, which makes the whole place feel like a happening place. We ventured up there to have lunch and try out “Eat Nydalen”, a viet-thai-sushi place… Did I hear sceptical? Yup. And founded.

This place is not run by Japanese and they have no respect for the Japanese food traditions. They have some of their stuff on the menu in Japanese, but get plain outright annoyed if you say you want unagi for eel, to mention an example.
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A new sushi bar opened in Tøyen about a month ago (August 2007). I have been a bit reluctant to go there, because I really wanted it to be good, hoped it at least would be ok, but expected it to be mediocre or plain out bad. It was mediocre.
Restaurants have been opening and closing in this venue with all kinds of different food as long as we have lived here. This time sushi was going on the menu. Not because the ones who run the restaurant are trained sushi chefs from Japan looking to open their perfect sushi bar and serve you a both visually and palatable meal, but more because they are in the “opening another restaurant business” and sushi is the type of food you can charge more for than any other asian type (fast) food.
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From a restaurant review of Sushi of Gari in New York. Masatoshi “Gari” Sugio both looks and sounds like a very inspiring man and sushi chef. I would love to go to his restaurant! Some day…

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