Comments on: Itadaki Zen, Kings Cross

By: Krista

Krista — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:29:22 +0000

Watch for my post coming up "soon" about Kikuchi! (Sorry am a little behind these days!)

By: Reiko

Reiko — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:11:46 +0000

I was the lucky victim!
Krista don’t forget to buzz me when you go next time – I really liked Spring Roll (Haru maki), it was so good. Agree Vegetarian Sushi is not my taste…. I love real SUSHI 🙂

By: mobistro

mobistro — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:32:01 +0000

I drive past this place whenever I go into town, and stopped to have a look the other day. It looks very authentically Japanese with all that beautiful wood and minimalist decor. You ordered some of the same things I ordered when I tried this place! I really liked it on the whole because it was simple, not too over the top, and I could trust there wouldn’t be fish products.

By: Wild Boar

Wild Boar — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:48:13 +0000

Vegan sushi sounds very very odd to me. I’ll probably give this a miss but sounds like you had a more than decent meal.

By: London Chow

London Chow — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:07:42 +0000

Hmm… vegetarian sushi. Not sure I would be in a hurry to try that. Then again, it’s just me, I can’t live without my meat. 🙂

Just curious, what did Itadaki Zen use to substitute its ‘tuna’ (found on the sushi rice roll) with? As for agedashi tofu, I’m definitely for some salt sprinkled on top. Wait a minute, does that make me a ‘salty’ as well?

By: gastrogeek

gastrogeek — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:29:48 +0000

Interesting to read a positive review of this place, I’d like to try those spring rolls and I am such a fool for agedashi tofu.

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:02:34 +0000

I’ve been wanting to visit this place out of a sick fascination (vegan? VEGAN?). Glad to see the food looks and tastes good.

By: Chowpatty SupperClub

Chowpatty SupperClub — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:41:15 +0000

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By: Krista

Krista — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:30:57 +0000

Spring rolls…wish I could tell you! Tofu, for sure. They were really dense and, well, savoury. (Did I say that before? I forget and am too lazy to check post again so apologies for the narrowness of my vocabulary here.)

I'm a salty fan myself, which is why I thought the agedashi was one of the better examples I've tried.

Re dominant Japanese flavor…is there one? Can be quite varied, right? And they're certainly not pouring raw salt on their food like we are. (OK, I know they use soy sauce.) What about mayo? Japanese love mayo!

Yes, definitely barley tea…one of my favorite things. Had a nice big cup of it at Itadaki Zen.

By: msmarmitelover

msmarmitelover — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:06:57 +0000

I hung out there for hours the other day. Good food and people.

By: Mr Noodles

Mr Noodles — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:56:43 +0000

The food looks beautiful. BTW – what was in the spring rolls ?

Reading your review and then T**e Out’s, I have some observations. On the agedashi tofu, it seems that Dimond has a salty palate (previously I thought it was just bitter). In fact, he bangs on about ‘salt’ being the dominant flavour of Japanese cooking. Now I’m no expert but is he sure ? Oh and the tea that he thinks smells like ‘Shredded Wheat’ is probably barley tea.

By: Krista

Krista — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:41:02 +0000

I have a TasteLondon card too so now I will definitely have to go back!