Yocoko

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This review is taken from the current (2012) edition.

Open ‘til 11.30pm every night of the week, Yocoko is the kind of place you find yourself in when everywhere else is closed and you really need some salty snacks to soak up that last pint. It’ll satisfy that craving, but it probably won’t do a huge amount more. There’s a vast and somewhat overwhelming Pan-Asian menu, featuring noodle soups, wok fried noodles, rice dishes, curries, grills and almost everything in between. Dishes are cheap, with most dishes around the £5 mark, but the results are hit and miss. A Japanese seafood grill arrives sizzling but is disappointingly gloopy and watery and doesn’t taste very fresh. Roast duck fried rice is tasteless and greasy. Starters such as spring rolls and sesame prawn toasts, served in cheery red boats, fare slightly better. However, if you ain't fussed about quality and what you’re looking for is a cheap, hot, salty meal washed down with a cold beer, then this might be just the place.

• High point: Hot food served late …
• Low point: … but it may not taste that good