K2

Next door to Kaizan is a little brother café called K2, an eating house filled with the constant sound of chopsticks against bowls, that specializes in Izakaya, Japanese small plates similar to tapas. Everyone builds their own meal here by selecting from small and individual plates of meat, fish or vegetables, according to your particular taste, this enables you to try many different combinations so you are able to enjoy many different tastes from a variety of ingredients and cooking methods, and all at café prices…

K2 is packed every night sometimes even with an overflow to Kaizan proper.

- Itamemono are sautéed dishes.

- Agemono are fried dishes.

- Korokke are croquettes of sweet potato or there is a different version made from soya bean.

- Nimono are stewed dishes.

- Shirumono are a variety of soups.

- Mushimono are dishes that have been steamed, and naturally are predominately seafood.

-Yakizakana are grilled dishes and here there are many to choose from as they also include all of the Yakitori (meats, seafood and vegetables on small bamboo skewers grilled over charcoal) options. The chicken and leek Yakitori comprises a long thin strip of tender chicken with skin still attached at the top, attached to a skewer interspersed with tender chunks of leek.

If confused and game to eat anything then order the Yakitori Moriwase, a mixed plate.

- Namamono are raw dishes, served cold of course. They are more than just plain sashimi. Maguro Natto is tuna sashimi but with fermented soy beans whilst Okura Maguro is with poached okura and Maguro Nuta with a sweet miso sauce. Ikura Oroshi is just salmon roe on grated radish and Shirasu Oroshi is white bait (small sprats) served the same way. Once again, the easy way out is the Sashimi Moriwase, a mixed plate of sashimi.

As with most Asian cuisines there is a large variety of pure vegetarian dishes available here at K2.

K2 even has a small but reasonable wine list, available by bottle and glass, a rarity for a Japanese restaurant. Many Sake options as well, of course. Open for Lunch and Dinner and it does not matter whether you go alone or with friends, as you all do your own thing here anyway!