OKAN London

OKAN London is the independent Japanese restaurant group of Osaka-born founder Moto, who arrived in London in 1998 and went from a Brick Lane market stall and a kitchen at The Jazz Crypt in Camberwell to Brixton Village, sharing Osaka's comfort food. It runs two concepts: OKAN ("mum" in Osaka dialect) — okonomiyaki and izakaya tapas at Brixton Village, Brixton East, County Hall on the South Bank and a take-out kiosk at Coal Drops Yard — and OTON ("dad"), a sushi-ingredient home-cooking diner led by executive chef Takuma Shoji at Brixton Village and Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross. Family-run with a zero-waste kitchen policy; catering and event enquiries via info@okanlondon.com.

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OKAN

OKAN — "mum" in the Osaka dialect — serves Osaka's beloved comfort food: okonomiyaki (including wagyu and kinoko-truffle versions), yaki soba, ebi donburi, spicy miso udon, oden, dashimaki omelette, Japanese curry and izakaya small plates with sake and Japanese drinks. Founded by Moto, who came to London from Osaka in 1998 and built the business from a Brick Lane stall to Brixton Village; today it has four London sites (Brixton Village, Brixton East, South Bank at County Hall, and a King's Cross kiosk at Coal Drops Yard) and runs a zero-waste policy in the kitchen. Part of OKAN London alongside sister concept OTON.

OTON

OTON — "dad" in Japanese — is OKAN London's sister concept: sushi-grade ingredients served with the warmth of Japanese home cooking. Executive chef Takuma Shoji, born in Sakai, Osaka, has been a fishmonger and sushi chef since 2006; his menu of ebi ten, unagi, chirashi and onasu donburi, hand rolls, Hokkaido scallop carpaccio and isobe yaki is honest, generous and made to share. Two London sites: a walk-in diner in Brixton Village and the Little Japan Diner at Coal Drops Yard, King's Cross.