{"id":161,"date":"2011-09-15T13:20:55","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T13:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matdoeschiswick.co.uk\/?p=161"},"modified":"2012-04-30T13:29:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T13:29:43","slug":"makoto-sushi-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/makoto-sushi-bar\/","title":{"rendered":"Makoto Sushi Bar, Devonshire Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Although I’ve only given this 7\/10 for ‘dining experience’, that rating is precisely what I want from a local sushi bar. I don’t want bells \/ whistles \/ gimmicks, I don’t want silver service, and I definitely don’t want any emphasis on interior design.<\/p>\n

What do I want? Aside from raw fish, of course – a chef who prepares the food in front of you, a decent menu, and an agreeable atmosphere to chat. I’m easy to please.<\/p>\n

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Well, that pretty much sums up Makoto Sushi Bar, which is a small but lovely little sushi bar on Devonshire Road.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried a good number of sushi joints in London, from the truly excellent Pham Sushi on Whitecross Street (Barbican area) – the sushi restaurant by which others are judged – to the tacky Yo! chain types dotted all around the place (and which I must say I make it policy never to visit any more). Makoto is definitely more humble than, for example, Hammersmith’s favourite sushi bar, Menato; the interior isn’t quite as cool, and the presentation of the food is a notch below, but I think the taste and freshness of the sushi is definitely comparable.<\/p>\n

They use the plastic grass for effect…<\/p>\n

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The sushi bar has high stools and you are up quite close and personal to the sushi chef…<\/p>\n

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Personally I love the sushi plates. It’s just the right amount for a dinner for one.<\/p>\n

Pictured below is the “Tokuyjo” set which is \u00a313.50. Actually I think that’s quite pricey for the amount of sushi you get, but I don’t really mind paying that considering it’s freshly prepared, and filling to boot.<\/p>\n

Also pictured here is the plum wine, \u00a35. Again, a lot for a beaker of wine, but again it’s quite a treat. A really interesting taste if you haven’t had it before.<\/p>\n

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The sushi bar itself…<\/p>\n

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Fresh fish on display at the counter…<\/p>\n

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The salmon avocado hand roll is \u00a35, but absolutely delicious.<\/p>\n

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I’m not sure if Makoto is named after the owner, but here’s the Kanji \/ Kana on display in a frame…<\/p>\n

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Gladly, an assortment of kawaii cats, too…<\/p>\n

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Makoto do take-out. I can’t quite work out if the take-out menu is the same as the dine-in menu. The sushi sets have the same names and prices, but I think what you get is slightly different.<\/p>\n

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Although I’ve only given this 7\/10 for ‘dining experience’, that rating is precisely what I want from a local sushi bar. I don’t want bells \/ whistles \/ gimmicks, I don’t want silver service, and I don’t want any emphasis on interior design…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,37,7,10],"tags":[24,41,33,35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":954,"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions\/954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chiswickish.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}