Nipp-iLicious Japanese Takeaways is a Japanese restaurant at 142 Palmerston Street, Westport, focused on takeaway food and rated 4.8 from 39 Google reviews. A good Japanese takeaway lives or dies on freshness and timing. Sushi rice should be warm, lightly vinegared and distinct rather than clumped, and fried food is best cooked to order, because katsu and karaage lose their crunch quickly in a box, with tempura travelling worst of all. Heartier fare such as donburi and noodle bowls holds up better on the drive home, so regulars order delicate things to eat straight away and save the rest. Above all, judge the kitchen by its rice first and its frying second. For a small town on the West Coast, a well-rated Japanese option on Palmerston Street is a genuinely handy thing to have.