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Tokidoki is a Japanese restaurant at Chaussée d'Alsemberg 128 in Saint-Gilles, Brussels, and Le Fooding listed it in 2026. The cook is Loic Sturani, a former Italian filmmaker.
Sturani cooks Japanese food for lunch and dinner. Le Fooding described a plate of katsu-style celeriac with Bulldog sauce, tricolor pickles and leek rolls, served with kimizu, a sort of Japanese sabayon. Dessert was a plump donut in white and dark chocolate sauce, with caramelized pear.
A recent lunch offered veggie and meat plates at 17€, with spelt, courgettes and mint beside a carrot salad. On Saturdays a vegetarian brunch set runs four dishes, then tea, dessert and coffee. The Smart Green Guide gave Tokidoki 2 Radishes in 2026.
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Apart from the flash of gray in his beard, former Italian filmmaker Loic Sturani has little to do with a Japanese grandma, whose cuisine he nevertheless promises to serve at Tokidoki. The fact remains that he puts his heart and soul into serving Japan on a plate, come lunch and dinner. That evening, the menu at this mish-mash of an eatery (DIY wooden suspension lights, Japanese display cabinet, framed traditional fabrics) featured: sliced katsu-style celeriac and Bulldog sauce with added tomato powder, served with crunchy tricolor pickles and tender leek rolls, to be dipped in a creamy kimizu sauce – a sort of Japanese sabayon. What else? A plump donut floating in a white and dark chocolate sauce, painted like a smiley, plus caramelized pear. Boy, aren’t we spoilt at granny Loic’s! // Molly Kale
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