Soho sushi shop Saltwater launches festive specials including Wagyu nigiri and confit duck donburi

Saltwater Sushi on Berwick Street in Soho has introduced three seasonal dishes for the festive period. The specials will remain on the menu until Christmas, adding winter-themed options for lunchtime and takeaway customers in central London.

The shop opened recently and comes from the founders of Milk Beach. Its menu is Japanese-inspired, and the festive additions combine Japanese preparations with ingredients more often associated with British Christmas tables.

Two of the new dishes are nigiri, which are hand-pressed rice topped with a single ingredient, and each costs £3.90. The first is made with Highland smoked salmon and finished with crème fraîche and caviar. The second uses seared A5 Japanese Wagyu. A5 is the top grade in Japan’s beef grading system, which is based on yield and meat quality, including the degree of marbling.

The third addition is a donburi, a Japanese rice bowl, priced at £14.90. It is topped with confit duck leg and served with a spiced umeboshi sauce and crispy Brussels sprouts. Umeboshi are Japanese pickled plums, known for their sharp, salty and sour flavour, which is often paired with rich ingredients. In this dish the sauce accompanies slow-cooked duck, and the sprouts give the bowl a recognisably seasonal element.

Saltwater works with leading supplier True World Foods, known for providing sushi-grade fish to restaurants including Nobu and Roka, and accredited by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC). Bluefin tuna is sourced from Balfegó in Spain, while salmon comes from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands. Premium short-grain rice from the Hadong region in South Korea has been carefully selected for its soft, sticky texture and perfect slightly-sweet taste. 

Like the rest of Saltwater’s range, the specials are sold in a grab-and-go format, so they can be bought to take away. This places them alongside the shop’s standard menu for office workers and shoppers in the Soho area during the busy pre-Christmas weeks.

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For further information and orders, visit Saltwater’s website here.