Otogo, specialises in onigiri and soba noodles at sharp price points. Chef Mitsuhiro Yashio wants to provide a healthy alternative to Big Fast Food. To do so, he matches the tempo of Big Fast Food, embracing technology in order to contend.

At the CBD counterpart to its Ultimo eatery, touchscreens are at the front to order onigiri and tumblers of buckwheat soba noodles paired with an intensely umami kelp broth.

Technology is also at work here in the form of Otogo’s sushi robot, which was trained by AI – after studying 1000 onigiri makers at work – to mimic the pressure of human hands. It can form a perfect triangle of Haenuki rice every six seconds, before kitchen staff add fillings like miso mushroom, teriyaki duck or prawn tempura.