Japanese street food in Brixton Market
Okan is an awesome little Japanese restaurant in Brixton Market, one of the coolest markets in London if you’re looking for interesting new restaurants. Okan specializes in okonomiyaki, a kind of savory street food pancake from Osaka, but they also have a good selection of Yaki Soba and Yaki Udon noodles on the menu.
If you’ve never had okonomiyaki before, basically it’s a fluffy pancake covered in in dried bonito tuna flakes, a thick and sweet sauce, and Japanese mayo. You can customize your okonomiyaki with a variety of toppings like crispy pork belly, prawns, kimchi, or tofu. I got the thinly-sliced pork belly and it was amazing. Basically, they pour the pancake on the griddle and lay strips of pork belly on the top. When they flip the pancake over, the pork belly crisps on the bottom and melds with the pancake. Each okonomiyaki costs around 7-8.00 pounds depending on what toppings you get and are enough for a light meal.
