our food
Most people in the UK know Japanese food as sushi from a chain. That's a small slice of it. Street food is so much more, and koji would love to share that with you.
where it began
Japanese street food started life at yatai, the small mobile stalls that once lined festival grounds, markets and busy city corners across Japan. It's food built for eating on the move: quick to cook, quick to eat, and full of flavour. Good ingredients, handled well and served fast, often right in front of you.
At Irori, here are a few examples: yakitori, tempura, chicken, croquette, prawn or pork katsu curry and rice, chicken or salmon teriyaki, chicken oyakodon, pork katsu sando, chicken karaage, Japanese potato salad... the list goes on and on.
koji’s favourites
These are Koji's favourites: the dishes he grew up on, cooked in kitchens across Japan, New York, Paris and London for 25 years. Now he wants Brighton to try them properly. There's so much more on our menus, which we update regularly on our socials.
Yakitori
It's the dish he'd point to first if you asked what Japanese street food actually is. Chicken, charcoal, a few vegetables. Yakitori looks simple, but it's hard to get right.
Koji learned it the traditional way, over real charcoal in Tokyo, where the difference between perfect and overdone is a matter of seconds. Twenty five years on, he's still cooking it the same way: watched closely, turning it by hand, and always over a charcoal grill (which will be in the food truck).
Karaage
Karaage is Japanese fried chicken: crisp, golden and full of flavour, with tender juicy meat inside. It’s one of Japan’s most popular everyday foods, found everywhere from homes to izakaya, (WHICH ARE casual Japanese drinking spots similar to a tapas bar or pub). For Koji, it’s a dish tied to memories of eating, sharing and enjoying good food with friends.
Potato Salad
Not what people expect from a Japanese street food truck, and that's exactly why it's on the menu. Soft, lightly seasoned, and the kind of thing you order without thinking twice when there's karaage and a cold beer on the table.
Drinks
Japanese craft beer, including hitachino nest, brewed in Ibaraki Prefecture and one of Japan's best-known craft ales AND KOJI’S FAVOURITE. Alongside CUP sake and Japanese soft drinks.
bring us to you
Looking to bring Irori to your event? We cater weddings, private celebrations, corporate events and more, with our truck or as a stall, food and drinks included. Tell us your date and guest numbers, and we'll take it from there.