Jidori (Hoxton)

• Then this Dalston restaurant is the first to serve yakitori in the capital
• Dedicated yakitori restaurants are a much rarer breed
• A nameless and now closed downstairs dive restaurant on Goodge Street served up some of the best I've had in London
• Then broadcasting that information via social media is not only the polite thing to do but a bloody necessity
• You would want to look out for an eatery with a mixture of white to cream coloured interior of stools and bar seat
• Jidori prides themselves on their poultry (Jidori is a special breed of free range chicken) hence the menu has a spectrum of chicken dishes from eggs
• The distinction of starters to the yakitoris (skewer food) was mainly because Jidori specialises in skewer food
• Larger groups are also welcomed but an odd number of people would make it difficult to split the dishes evenly
• Taking for granted that as it was midweek there would be no problem
• I did silently pray she was going to save some room for dessert
• The easy part of the dessert was that there was only one choice
• I'm starting with my favourite two
• The udon I felt was so slightly overdone because of the mushiness but the onsen egg was fabulous and was undoubtedly the best egg among the dishes we had
• They didn't have the strips of crab meat filling that I had hoped for but the croquettes did haul a good crustacean flavour and were delicious with the chilli mayonnaise
• Mizuna salad with tofu £
• Perfect meaty aubergine with a salty
• The curry sauce sounded strange at first but was imperative
• Even if this was our third egg dish on the night
• Flavour combination and texture were a winner for me
• The presentation is an artful mess that I would want to look at
• The ice cream was gingery but the cream was somewhat stronger and overtook the taste of it and the miso caramel gently curbs the taste to a savoury finish &ndash
• Japanese in East London was almost too perfect for me
• I'd guessed that the portions were tiny but even with the spread I found myself having a Frikadellen
• Seeing that we were scooping the traces of egg yolk like gold
• Only stopping short of licking the plate because we were in the public eye
• Three words is all it is needed
• I'd better then say that two words is all that is needed
• Bite sized dishes) hangout that has nothing to with food and all to do with money spinning
• What it does is delivering Japanese street food (mostly chicken)
• I've been looking forward to a visit to Jidori for a while The first time we attempted was during the soft launch and there is queue out the door in the rain
• The second time was on a Sunday night
• Decor is pretty with pastel blue laminate tables
• Our vegetable starters of marinated cucumber and spinach ohitashi were both very good
• Hunks of cucumber were lightly pickled
• Both sweet and spicy with plenty of garlic
• Spinach was dressed with dashi and very slightly sweetened sesame paste
• Nicely charred with a a delicious sauce of raw egg yolk beaten with soy
• Wings were pleasant with a squeeze of citrus
• Yaki onigiri was truly unpleasant
• The aubergine with miso butter yakitori was bad as well
• Ice cream garnished with crunchy bits of candied ginger
• Just beautiful with an intriguing balance of flavors and textures
• One of the best things I've eaten in a long time
• We came back to try the things we missed before and they were quite amazing
• On entrance we were asked if we'd like to sit at the bar but actually it was more of a rhetorical question as the place was fully booked
• Or set menu basically which consisted of a couple of different skewers with accompanying pickles
• (chicken wings with shiso and lemon)
• (aubergine with miso butter) and "
• I like the way they stick to the ethos of a yakitori ya by only serving various types of chicken along with veggie options but just maybe they could expand to some kushiyaki
• The atmosphere was pretty relaxed and casual and the staff were easy going
• The aubergine was delicious as well
• The other items were decent but a bit light in taste

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