Red Monkey

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - Three Japanese lagers sit alongside a list of classic cocktails made with an Eastern accent and created using Oriental ingredients such as persimmon (sharon fruit), or yuzu, a small Japanese citrus fruit similar to lime...Little and lots (and lovely) is the approach to the food, with sharing platters of kushiyaki (grilled skewers), tempura (battered deep-fried snacks) and katsu (various meats deep-fried in breadcrumbs). The maki (sushi rolls) were fantastically fresh and flavoursome, and so too was tori karaage - a sake and soy-marinated chicken tossed in cornflour and deep fried.