A pancake pit stop specialising in this traditional Japanese street food. Park at the kitchen bar (the best seats in the small house), choose the toppings for your personalised creation and wash it down with sake or chu-hai (a fruity Japanese vodka concoction). Their green tea ice cream is an, um, acquired taste.
YAMAZOTO | Ferdinand Bolsstraat 333 | (020) 678 8351 | www.okura.nl
Refill your wallet before heading to this exclusive Michelin-awarded Japanese restaurant serving more than 20 different types of freshly-prepared sushi and sashimi, and open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Authenticity travels from the taste-buds right through to the traditional Tatami room, décor, private-dining spaces and Kimono-clad Japanese waiting staff. Located on the ground floor of the luxurious Okura Hotel (also home to the 23rd-floor French restaurant, Ciel Bleu.
ZUSHI | Amstel 20 | (020) 330 6882 | www.zushi.nl
A bright, spacious modern sushi restaurant where you can grab the sushi straight from a conveyor belt. The colour of the plates denotes the price of each dish: stash the empties for paying the bill later. Additionally, chefs prepare additional hot dishes such as Pork & Garlic Dumplings, Prawn in Bread Crumbs, and the daily-changing grilled specialities. Douse the wasabi-induced burns with Japanese beer, such as Sapporo, Kirin or Ashahi.