OKAN South Bank
In the tourist thicket around the London Eye and Westminster, you’ll be grateful for an affordable lunch option that isn’t pre-fab sandwiches or fried chips. Squeezed into a lobby space on the east side of County Hall (the opposite side from the London Eye booking hall) and fitting no more than 25 including 6 at a grill-facing counter, OKAN (slang for “mom” in Osaka) serves up hearty non-sushi Japanese that’ll fuel you for more touring, including onigiri savory rice cakes, gyoza dumplings, fried noodles, donburi meat-and-rice bowls, teppanyaki, and the Osakan street-food delight okonomiyaki, an umami bomb of fried batter, vegetables, and stripes of a gorgeous Japanese mayo topping. It even serves simple, clean cocktails. A flavorful, non-touristy find hidden amid the heaviest tourist crush in town.
In the tourist thicket around the London Eye and Westminster, you’ll be grateful for an affordable lunch option that isn’t pre-fab sandwiches or fried chips. Squeezed into a lobby space on the east side of County Hall (the opposite side from the London Eye booking hall) and fitting no more than 25 including 6 at a grill-facing counter, OKAN (slang for “mom” in Osaka) serves up hearty non-sushi Japanese that’ll fuel you for more touring, including onigiri savory rice cakes, gyoza dumplings, fried noodles, donburi meat-and-rice bowls, teppanyaki, and the Osakan street-food delight okonomiyaki, an umami bomb of fried batter, vegetables, and stripes of a gorgeous Japanese mayo topping. It even serves simple, clean cocktails. A flavorful, non-touristy find hidden amid the heaviest tourist crush in town.
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