Naoko Biot

This attractive new Japanese place with cobalt blue walls and pale wood tables just a few steps from the Place de Clichy provides a welcome alternative to the mediocre brasseries and soulless chain restaurants preponderant in the neighbourhood. A lavish number of fixed price menus around the 75F mark brings you miso soup, salad, different varieties of yakitori and a dessert, or you can go à la carte. You can choose between real crab maki, delicate gyoza (tiny meat-filled dumplings) or sashimi. Finish up with green tea ice cream with preserved plums, and try the Coteaux d'Aix rose or Japanese beer.