Bincho Yakitori
TypePrivate
IndustryRestaurant
FoundedJuly 2007 (2007-07)
FounderDavid Miney
DefunctJuly 2014 (2014-07)
Headquarters
London
,
UK
Number of locations
Key people
ServicesJapanese Izakaya-style dining
Owner
  • David Miney
  • Dominic Ford
  • Ronnie Truss
Bincho in the OXO Tower

Bincho, also known as Bincho Yakitori, was a London-based Japanese restaurant styled on the traditional izakayas found throughout Japan. Yakitori, literally translated as "grilled bird", is prepared on skewers and cooked over dense coals known as Bincho-tan made from oak.[1]

History

David Miney, formerly of OXO Tower Restaurant and Rick Stein, had the idea of opening an izakaya in London whilst he was living in Tokyo in the late 1990s. Miney spent several years delving into the dingy late night izakaya scene, usually the traditional haunt of drunken salarymen and young Japanese hostesses. In 2007 he teamed up with Dominic Ford opened the flagship Bincho Yakitori at OXO Tower near Blackfriars on the banks of the River Thames. Experienced Yakitori Chef and Bincho Head Chef Hidenori Ohata was brought over from Japan in 2009 to help with the menu and expansion of the Bincho chain. Malcolm Simpson, originally from Australia who had been working in Tokyo restaurants for many years, was also brought over from Japan to manage the expanding chain.[2]

Awards & reputation

Locations

London/OXO Tower

Bincho OXO has a massive open-floor plan and seats around 140 covers. Opening in 2007, their OXO Tower flagship restaurant closed in early 2008.

Yakitori cooking over Bincho coals

London/Soho

Opening in 2008, Bincho opened a second location in the heart of London's theatre-land on Old Compton Street in Soho.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bincho, a Japanese Robata Restaurant, Fills a Long-Vacant South Street Spot". Eater. 12 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Bincho Yakitori, Old Compton Street". Foodepedia. 10 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Restaurants (25 August 2007). "Restaurant reviews: Bincho Yakitori, London". The Daily Telegraph.
  4. ↑ Jay Rayner (11 August 2007). "Jay Rayner reviews Bincho Yakitori, Oxo Tower, London | Life and style | The Observer". Guardian.
  5. ↑ "The Times & The Sunday Times".
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