itsu is a British chain of Asian inspired food that boomed in 2017 with over 90 branches in the UK with 50 in London.
It appealed to me recently because of the Asian inspired buns and the Christmas dumplings.
Went to three different branches.
The first branch I visited was in Camden where there were lots of customers.
Dumplings were selling like hot cakes and replaced quickly by the kitchen.
There were so many gyozas to choose from: prawns and spinach, chicken and spring onions etc as well as the Christmas Cracker.
The Christmas Cracker gyozas appealed to me as it was like a Christmas dinner inside a gyoza.
They are filled with cranberry and turkey in a red dumpling wrap.
Overall, the Christmas gyozas were quite nice but a little sweet because I was expecting the dumplings to be tart.
On another visit, I was at itsu, Westfield where I did not buy anything but observed the decor was nice.
Another time, I was in Farringdon where I went in for the hoisin duck steamed buns which is another creative pairing not seen in Hong Kong yet.
I liked the idea of duck and hoisin sauce in a bun but sadly I couldn't taste any hoisin sauce and it just tasted like a BBQ roast pork bun.
Although I was not wowed by their food, I love their creativity and probably will come back and try other new creations.
https://www.itsu.com/
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