Yaki Yaki is located on New Row between Leicester Square and Covent Garden, and they specialise in taiyaki fish sweet and savoury treats and ice creams. Taiyaki is a dessert or cone in the shape of a fish. The treats are filled with a sweet (red bean, custard, nutella, matcha) or a range of savoury fillings. This is the third cafe in London that I have discovered that serves this trendy Japanese treat, and both of the others are around the corner (maybe a five-minute walk away) in Chinatown.
Ice cream flavours range from coconut to vanilla to chocolate to matcha and can be mixed. I had the chocolate and coconut flavour. This isn't a creamy ice cream; it's a water-based ice one and probably suitable for vegans, but I am not sure. It was not my favourite ice cream because it was water-based instead of being creamy and decadent. The cone also was not good, and I felt that the combination did not work at all here. I ended up throwing half of it away; I actually did not enjoy it. It looks nice, but it was not edible.
The miniature taiyaki sweet fishes, however, were nice. They came in a selection of five, and visitors can mix and match flavours. I had one of each flavour: custard, vanilla, matcha, and red bean. The red bean reminded me of the taste of a fig, such as the little fig biscuits we were fed as children.
Inside the cafe was plenty of place to sit, including this wonderful little table surrounded by balloons. It is perfect for getting photographs of the taiyaki treats.
For more cafes in London offering taiyaki creations, visit one of these posts on my blog:
Unicorn and Mermaid Ice Cream and Fish Cones at Taiyakiya (Chinatown, London)
Fish Ice Cream Cones from Bake in London's Chinatown
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