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Pacific Plaza has closed. I went all the way from ...

2011-05-21T10:07:30.667+01:00

Pacific Plaza has closed.
I went all the way from Nottingham to purchase some authentic Japanese cookware from Doki and it was all shut up. I was tasting the green tea cake and the Azuki sweet from Totoe too :(
I hope they manage to open up again somewhere else as it was an excellent shop. Please DOKI and Totoe open again.

Shaun x

@Anonymous - Oh no, that's sad! I hope they ma...

2011-04-17T17:59:27.447+01:00

@Anonymous - Oh no, that's sad! I hope they manage to sort things out - thanks for letting me know.

On Saturday 16th April 2011 I went to the Wembley ...

2011-04-17T10:56:28.125+01:00

On Saturday 16th April 2011 I went to the Wembley Retail Park where the Pacific Plaza and Doki are located and found it closed due to rent negotiations with the landlord. If you look on Wikipedia, it appears Doki has been closed since 08.04.2011.

@name which I cannot reproduce - I would have LOVE...

2009-12-07T19:41:36.252Z

@name which I cannot reproduce - I would have LOVED a kissaten! I'm mad obsessed with Japan so yeah, I am triple gutted I missed out on Yaohan Plaza.

@Ibzo - Fantastic - thanks for checking it out - will update my post above :)

Hey there. I went here today, thanks to your blog ...

2009-12-07T16:32:25.432Z

Hey there. I went here today, thanks to your blog post. I really liked it. For me, as someone who grew up near Oriental City, this is so exciting!

http://willeatformoney.blogspot.com/2009/12/pacific-plaza-wembley-park-new-oriental.html

Thank you.

If you thought Oriental City was good you would ha...

2009-12-07T02:23:49.140Z

If you thought Oriental City was good you would have loved it back when it was Yaohan Plaza. It used to have cute little Kissatens and supposedly Europe's largest Japanese book shop. Utsuwa-no-yakata was the only original shop that was there from start to finish.

I received the Doki flyer yesterday in the post. I'm gonna try to head down there after class this week or next. I&

@Kavey - You're such a softie :) @Niamh - Thi...

2009-12-06T22:54:57.198Z

@Kavey - You're such a softie :)

@Niamh - This is only the beginning - Pacific Plaza will rise like a phoenix and we will eat like kings ...

@Dennis K - Thanks! Yeah, I'm hoping it'll be fab :)

Loved the walk through you did of the place.. Was ...

2009-12-06T12:02:57.234Z

Loved the walk through you did of the place.. Was sad to hear what seemed like a bustling place close.. Anyway, the new bakery sounds cute!

Very excited about this! I adored Oriental City. W...

2009-12-05T19:01:43.130Z

Very excited about this! I adored Oriental City. We used to drive out there frequently. The food court was fab, wasn't it? How sad they allowed it to close, or forced it to, rather :(

It hit me hard too. We used to go often, as it was...

2009-12-05T17:21:01.458Z

It hit me hard too. We used to go often, as it was a 10 minute drive and we work from home a few days during the week so... great lunch option. Not to mention the shopping.

On the last day of the food court, despite driving ALL the way home from Islay in Scotland (look it up, it's far far and involves a ferry and much road mileage) I insisted we drop in. And I actually cried. Yes,