Fire without smoke Koba is a popular, moderately priced and casually pristine Korean restaurant in Fitzrovia. To me, the reason that distinctly sets this little place apart from other Korean hubs – most notably those on St Giles High Street – is not its food but its most effective smoke extracting system. While I usually …
ACE!? I felt marooned at Ace Hotel (where hip boys and girls play dress-up and doormen can tell a Raf Simons from a Prada bling) on the cusp of Midtown and Koreatown. In that premise there are a Michelin-starred (where I had an underwhelming breakfast), an oyster bar (I gave it a miss) and a …
The black one.. Po Cha is one of those dodgy-looking Korean eateries on the strip off St Giles Central that I have frequented for years but never got round to remember its name. I just call it “the black one” due to the black paint on the restaurant’s facade. Unappealing from the outside, but intimate …
Despite Pyongyang Hae Dang Hwa’s being on the other side of the globe, I had the opportunities to dine there four times in the last two years. The Other Bib stumbled across it.. a North Korean restaurant (now with four branches in Beijing) rumoured to cater high-profile NK officials and affluent businessmen in China. A …
Assa is one of those rather run-down-looking Korean restaurants on St Giles High Street that survived the cross-rail demolition for London’s better quality of living. It doesn’t seem to attract punters as much as the quirky looking “Post It” Seoul Bakery next door (where in fairness the food doesn’t taste half as good!) BUT.. Assa …
Right the title speaks for itself and I shall not ramble. There you go – all the cheap ones I have recently come across in and around Soho. MD SANDWICH Canape-looking open-top “German” sandwiches priced at £1 per piece. Handsome toppings on soft white bread. All made at the premise. While one quid won’t get …