Kaki

"Kaki is a casual Chinese restaurant near the King’s Cross end of Caledonian Road where the menu options go into triple figures. Don’t let that overwhelm you because this is a restaurant you want to come back to a couple of times. The food comes from the Sichuan, Xinjiang, and Shandong provinces of China, meaning you can try everything from a hot pot or meatballs, to mapo tofu—and it’s all very good. There’s also one huge round table, lazy susan and all, that’s ideal for a big group." - Heidi Lauth Beasley, Jake Oliver, Rianne Shlebak, Daisy Meager

"For all the cold hard cash packed into Granary Square and Coal Drops Yard, it’s Caledonian Road where you want to head for a meal around here. Kaki is a Chinese restaurant where the menu options go into triple figures. Don’t let that put you off though, because this is a restaurant you’ll want to come back to. The food moves around different regions of China, meaning you can try everything from a hot pot or meatballs, to mapo tofu. There’s also one huge round table, lazy Susan and all, that’s ideal for a big group." - Heidi Lauth Beasley, Jake Oliver, Sinead Cranna

"Kaki enters into London’s noble blackboard menu tradition with a new range of specials, recent stand-outs bringing braised pork in oolong and soy to this canalside, Caledonian Road-side looker. Classically Sichuan dishes are the move on the main menu, and this is a place to bring a group, jumping in and out of dishes like the frogs whose legs are now on the table. If wishing to impress fellow diners or just look like a fool absolute boss, order the 800g — 1 kilogram seabass, which arrives colossal in a metal tray brimming with chilli oil and Sichuan peppercorn." - James Hansen

"Located off Caledonian Road by the canal, Kaki is out there on its own, one of London’s newest Chinese restaurant openings: Sichuan peppercorns (high grade green tops rather than red tops) in an excellent, face-numbing seabass in chilli oil offer a dictionary perfect definition of ma la, but the more subtle dishes are the most intriguing. A dish of cold, sliced tofu comes with the sour hot heat of pickled chilli, an umami rich soy dressing and then fresh, briny oysters, creamy and barely steamed from the sauce — a simple dish turned into something riotous. The chef is from coastal Dalian in Liaoning, rather than Sichuan, and there is clearly an affinity with fish and seafood here." - Angela Hui, Jonathan Nunn, James Hansen

"For all the cold hard cash packed into Granary Square and Coal Drops Yard, it’s actually Caledonian Road where you want to head to for a meal around here. Kaki is a Chinese restaurant where the menu options go into triple figures. Don’t let that put you off though, because this is a restaurant you want to come back to a couple of times. The food moves around different regions of China, meaning you can try everything from a hot pot or meatballs, to mapo tofu. There’s also one huge round table, lazy Susan and all, that’s ideal for a big group." - Jake Missing