Interior of Fusion 381 restaurant, showing the depiction of a lady in a large at above the bar. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.
Fusion 381
The new restaurant, was new to me, and my family, in June 2022. The location is Hatch End. It is in the old, former Natwest bank building. 381 The Broadway, Uxbridge Road. When I pushed open the door, the manager or owner rushed forward to greet me.
Decor
Above the bar area is a big picture of a lady in a large hat.
The table are wipe clean wood or wood effect. The chair backs lean back and are orange at the front and blue on the back.
Some of the words on the menu which you might like to get familiar with before a visit.
bao - bun
canai - roti canai is Indian flatbread
ebi - shrimp or prawns in Japan
edamo
galangal - also called Siamese ginger (Thai ginger)
gelato - Italian sorbet/ice cream
Gyoza - sometimes described as a dumpling but more often a pasta wrap pressed together with a filling of stuffing of minced meat and vegetable, like a fan shape fried ravioli, but can be larger like a semi-circular samosa, but on this menu dumplings with apple filling.
Katsu - means cutlet in Japanese, strips of fried meat (or vegetables) in batter which you eat dipped in a sauce
julienne - sliced into short sticks, flat edged
king prawn - large prawns
mangetout - french for eat all, tiny peas served in the pod
Massaman - rich, mild, Thai curry
mirin - like sake, which is rice wine, but with more sugar and less alcohol
miso Miso (みそ or 味噌) is a Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and kōji (fungus) and sometimes rice, barley, seaweed, or other ingredients. The thick paste is used for sauces, spreads, pickling vegetables, fish, or meats, and mixing with dashi soup stock to serve as miso soup.
Mochi - moulded rice cake, could be a white, ball, a dome or an oblong, and can be coloured
mouli - a type of radish
pak choy - a green vegetable. I don't like it. Asians love it.
panko - crunchy small breadcrumbs
ponzu - citrus based sauce which is colourless but brown when soy sauce is added
roti - round Indian flat bread
rotishallots - onions
shichimi - spice of chilli pepper with 7 ingredients, such as
- coarsely ground red chili pepper (the main ingredient)
- ground sanshō ("Japanese pepper")
- roasted orange peel (Chenpi)
- black sesame seed
- white sesame seed
- hemp seed[5]
- ground ginger[3]
- nori or aonori (seaweed)
- poppy seed
tamarind - brown, sweet, tangy fruit from trees grown in Africa
Tamarind, picture from Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarind#/media/File:Tamarindus_indica_pods.JPG
tempura - Japanese fried food
tofu - vegetarian food, often white cubes like a solid mousse or feta cheese, can be fried
wok - bowl shape frying pan for quick cooking vegetables and sliced up meat or fish or other items which are tossed about
yakitori - Japanese style, grilled with tasty brown sauce which might be based on a soy sauce
V=vegetarian (vegetables, no meat)
VE=vegan (vegetables, no meat, no milk, no eggs, no animal products - which will mean no gelatine from animals)
I have already chosen what I would like to order. I am allergic to shellfish. So no prawns or squid for starters. My choices of starters would be Indian bread with curry, or chicken skewers with sesame seed, and if we order a second different starter the duck with Peking sauce is a favourite of my family although you can order that at other places.
For my main course, there are three chicken dishes, two dishes with lemon grass, and an extra of sweet potato fries.
Fusion 381 restaurant
381 Uxbridge Road
Hatch End
HA5 4JP
TEL 020 3859 8722.
The menu is on the outside wall on both sides of the front door, also on their website. The menu choices include
Starters
Main courses
Sides and salads include coconut rice and sweet potato fries.
I like the menu. Desserts include chocolate brownie with coconut ice creams, or apple dumpling (called gyozo).
Drinks include cranberry juice, lychee juice, prosecco, sake, cocktails, wines.
Location
By car
You can park outside. Easy to find near the Tesco Express, on the opposite side of the road to the Hatch End railway station.
By bus and train
Hatch end has two buses. The H14 goes to and from Stanmore.
The H12 goes to Harrow Northwick Park.
Website
Food menu
https://www.fusion381.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/381food-v2.pdf
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/h12/
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/timetable/h12/
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