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Seven pages of restaurant reviews

start here with hot-to-trot tataki

and tempting tempura at Kurobuta

Kurobuta

312 King's Road, SW3 5UH

020 3551 2809 Price £50

This is Kurobuta's third incarnation - and its best yet. The �zzy,

impromptu energy from the original King's Road pop-up has

survived the move over the road to premises that are twice

as big but have lost none of the original's spirit. In essence,

Kurobuta has taken the Japanese fusion template of Nobu

and Zuma and turned the volume up to 11 - and we're talking

about the acoustics as well as the food.

It's a let-your-hair-down kind of place, where 90s indie rock

blares from the speakers and laid-back Aussie sta† take their

lead from Perth-born chef/owner Scott Hallsworth (ex-Nobu

Park Lane). Meanwhile, big, bold, in-your-face ‘avours swoop

and swing on a sweet and salty pendulum, heady with chilli

spicing and umami savouriness. The result is the kind of

food you only want to share because you're keen for your

companions to taste how good it is.

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PHOTOS: LAURIE FLETCHER

BMW's Byron Dudding presents

Scott Hallsworth with his award

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