Abeno Japanese Restaurant

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With its modest facade & side-street location, Abeno would barely seem to merit a second glance. In fact this small, friendly Japanese _restaurant offers something out of the ordinary: a rare chance to sample okonomiyaki or ‘Japanese pizza’ in London. It’s actually more of a thick, savoury pancake cooked to order in front of you by a friendly waitress on a hot plate that doubles as a table. ‘Okonomi’ means ‘as you like’, so you can choose from assorted toppings: the ‘London mix’, for example, offers pork, bacon, salmon & cheese. Once cooked, your pancake is dressed with Japanese mayonnaise, a fruit-based sauce (a bit like HP sauce), dried seaweed & bonito flakes. Don’t fancy it? Go for fried noodles, though that would be missing the point of coming here.
Email: okonomi@abeno.co.uk

Bloomsbury Village Neighbourhood Plan, London. UK

Bloomsbury Village sits directly in front of The British Museum and is the historic area that the government tried to demolish in the 1970's but was won by George Wagner and the Bloomsbury Association in The Battle of Little Bloomsbury.

Now the Village looks to the future with the formation of the Bloomsbury Village Neighbourhood Plan in July 2011.

For more information please contact The Bloomsbury Association: info@bloomsburyassociation.org.uk