It’s not often you see a Korean restaurant featured in Time Out, still less one that’s not in Central London. But in the Christmas double-issue a New Malden eatery gets singled out: Jee Cee Neh (지씨네), 74 Burlington Road, New Malden, Surrey, New Malden, KT3 4NU, 020 8942 0682.
Our bowl of yukkaejang (a rich, chilli-infused broth of beef shreds, egg and green onions, with a kick that a mule would be proud of) could easily have fed two. We barely had space for the main course: tender belly pork fried with chilli and ssam jang (fermented bean paste). Enormous jeongol stews, served bubbling at the table, seem the dish of choice for locals. [Full review here]
Congratulations to Jee Cee Neh.
My own discovery of the year is Yeon-ji, also in Burlington Road (#106) where they do a superb 주물럭 등심 – an up-market variation on your standard beef barbecue. And, in the centre of town, Arang is now my restaurant of choice for the West End (and Asadal for the Holborn area).
Han Kang on Hanway Street, just off Tottenham Court Road is a really nice cosy restaurant. Its tucked away, but does some really good bbudae jjige
Yes, Han Kang is on the recommended list – it’s just that I’m never in that part of town so I don’t go there very often.