Celebrating the Launch of the New Evening Lounge at Tokimeite
Japanese cuisine is having a moment, as people switch to healthy eating and embrace new flavours. One of the best Japanese restaurants in London, in my opinion, is Tokimeite. Located on upmarket Conduit Street, it’s a haven of calm in Mayfair. As soon as we stepped inside, we were warmly greeted by the maître d’ and his team. The restaurant is beautifully designed with stylish lighting and subtle decorative touches. They’ve recently launched their lounge bar, open from 11.30 pm to 1 am on both Friday and Saturday evenings.
I’ve been fortunate to experience Tokimeite before and was particularly impressed with the relaxed ambiance and gourmet cuisine. They are one of the rare places in London specializing in classic Japanese wa-shoku cuisine, to which they give their own contemporary twist. Our dining experience kicked off with a welcome signature cocktail. It had some unusual ingredients including cucumber, mint, Luxerdo, Hendrix gin, sugar and lime. It tasted very refreshing and the flavours blended together beautifully.
Tokimeite has an open kitchen, in fact the work-space is directly behind the bar. It was fascinating to watch the chefs working whilst we dined. They were busy chopping up ingredients finely – if only my knife skills were that good! It’s actually a great place to dine solo as the chefs chat to you whilst you’re eating.
Our first course was a pretty as a picture lobster carpaccio of lobster tail, vegetable c...
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