restaurant

Haikara

Haikara (Paris)

© The Social Food

  • Date
  • share

Chef Sho Miyashita and his sidekick Jérémy Mégaly abandoned their food truck Munchies to set up shop in Chambre Noire’s old wine hotspot (which is now popping open more than just bottles on Rue Saint-Maur)! The pitch? An izakaya with a radical look (a bar made of wooden planks, red faux leather benches, spotted mirrors), where Japanese small plates get fused with junk food…. Served à la carte the other night: glistening tonkatsu pork breaded with Doritos and covered in a sharp Pitbull sauce; an incredible XXL gyoza stuffed with juicy steak; 24-carat karaage chicken drizzled in an ultra-gooey mayo; lovely fatty tuna and sea bream sushi sourced from the Ebisu fishmongers; sizzling mackerel doused in soy sauce on the smoking hot plancha; before a dessert combining whipped cream, tapioca pearls and apricots. It’s worth noting that there are donburi lunches – eg.: eggplant-zucchini-tomato, marinated chicken and soy sauce, etc. // A.A.

FEELING THIRSTY? A tiny selection of nomadic natural wines (a German Riesling at €7 a glass, a Maori Pinot noir at €30 a bottle) or an iconic highball, Japan’s most famous cocktail – whiskey, soda and lime, €7.

 

PRICE: Plates €4-14.

Save this spot in the Fooding app, available on iOS! Download it now in the app store.

Le Fooding’s brand-new France guide is available for pre-order!

In the latest sizzling edition of the Fooding guide, discover 350 new hotspots that will define France in 2025, along with our highly anticipated awards list, a special section featuring articles like “oui oui baguette” that dissect modern French society, plus a family-friendly magazine supplement for cool kids.

Enjoy free shipping until November 20th.

Le Fooding’s brand-new France guide frontcover
I want it!
About

Le Fooding is a print and digital guide to all the restaurants, chefs, bars, stylish hotels and B&Bs that make up the “taste of the times,” plus an annual awards list for new establishments across France and Belgium, a series of gastronomic events, a tool that allows you to make reservations at some fantastic bistros, and an agency specialized in event planning, content production and consulting…

Fooding® is a registered trademark.