Toconoco
London, United Kingdom
The read// why locals go
A canal-side Japanese café on Hertford Road in De Beauvoir Town, Toconoco cooks the kind of food Japanese households actually eat. The daily set lunch arrives as a full tray — a main dish with rice, miso soup and a small salad — and the rest of the counter reads like a Tokyo lunch stop: onigiri filled with ume, kombu, tuna mayo or salmon, hot or cold soba and udon, teriyaki chicken or pork don among the daily specials. Prices stay in single figures, which is why the room fills with locals rather than visitors. A separate kids' play room sits off the main space, and there are Japanese teas and desserts for anyone stopping in between meals.
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Hertford Road 28 — London
The read// why locals go
A canal-side Japanese café on Hertford Road in De Beauvoir Town, Toconoco cooks the kind of food Japanese households actually eat. The daily set lunch arrives as a full tray — a main dish with rice, miso soup and a small salad — and the rest of the counter reads like a Tokyo lunch stop: onigiri filled with ume, kombu, tuna mayo or salmon, hot or cold soba and udon, teriyaki chicken or pork don among the daily specials. Prices stay in single figures, which is why the room fills with locals rather than visitors. A separate kids' play room sits off the main space, and there are Japanese teas and desserts for anyone stopping in between meals.
