I visited a restaurant that I never expected to see in Rugeley and found to have a nice atmosphere, friendly staff and good food
Our resident foodie James Vukmirovic visited a restaurant in the heart of a town he has a familial history with to try the unique and authentic cuisine on offer.
As a foodie, it’s been fun to try out food from across the world near to my own home.
From the staples of Indian and Chinese food in and around Wolverhampton to a Mongolian BBQ in Shifnal and the wonders of Texas BBQ in Stafford, there’s a wide world of flavours to try just a short hop from my house.
However, one phrase I never expected to utter and to follow up on was “a Japanese restaurant run out of a former Indian restaurant, in Rugeley.”
For context, I have a family history with the town, with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins all living there and I’ve been a regular visitor there over my life, but I have to admit, I didn’t believe it when I heard of a Japanese restaurant opening there.
It seemed a little far-fetched that the town, a former mining one, would have people lining up for sushi, sashimi and temaki, but then I was given the details about Tokyo Toro on Market Street and decided to take a look.
On a cold and very rainy December evening, I made the trek over to Rugeley to see what it was like and whether the idea of east Asian cuisine could become a vogue thing in this Staffordshire town.
The place isn’t hard to find, as you walk past the Morrisons supermarket on the edge of the town centre and see it with big orange signs and a smaller white banner on the bottom of what had the shape of a pub building.
