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| Outside Bibimbap Soho |
I’m surprised they don’t use their Korean name outside of their restaurant, but it’s modern age, so thumbs up (^_^)b for keeping up with the times! At the time I was just searching for a cheapish Korean restaurant to go to. There have been mixed reviews from a lot of people in London, Koreans and non-Koreans about this place. I suggested to my friend Mr Bear a while ago to go with me… and we were supposed to go here for his birthday in September 2012, but he is such a busy social bear!!! And now it’s February 2013!!! So hurry up Mr Bear, find us a time and date for us to go! And don’t forget to bring along Mr Smiles!! 😀
Bibimbap 비빔밥 (pronounced: pi-pim-pap) is a national Korean dish which means ‘mixed rice’ according to Wikipedia and on Bibimbap Soho’s website. ^_^ In this dish is a mixture of egg (raw or cooked), meat (mainly beef), vegetables and the most obvious ingredient white rice, which is served in a warm bowl! (More like a very hot stone bowl!). The ingredients are mixed in the bowl and cooked at the same time. Bibimbap Soho offers 10 varieties of this dish, and I couldn’t wait to try one of these out. 😀 But as well as the national dish they serve other food, like noodles, salads and rice dishes…
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| Had to take a picture of Girls Generation ^_^ |
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| Bibimbap menu |
This is a very modern Korean restaurant. It has a lot of photos surrounding the walls. Unfortunately we didn’t have our picture taken… I guess it was because it was too busy, there was a long queue of people and service was running more smoothly than usual… Keep guessing geek… 😛
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| Inside Bibimbap Soho… Couldn’t get a better picture… 😦 |
Here’s what we had…
Drinks first
I had the ice lemon tea, Mr Bear had a hot root tea and Mr Smiles had a coke.
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| Coke, ice lemon tea and hot root tea |
Side dishes
Mr Smiles started off with the Chilli Squid. It was very crispy, and the dip that came with it was very tasty! I like! Mr Smiles really liked his starter too!! 😀
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| Chilli Squid |
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| The dip is very nice!! Mr Bear said he could have it with anything! ¬_¬” |
I had the spicy rice cake a.k.a ddukbokki. Oh wooooow!! This was soooo tasty! Next time I make ddukbokki I want it to be as tasty as this!! 😀
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| Yummy Spicy Rice Cake ^_^ |
Mr Bear had the kimchi pancake. Now, when I made kimchi chigae one time and brought it to the office it really smelled and I had put him off kimchi… Luckily, these didn’t smell that bad and were very, very yummy 😀 Mr Bear said he LOVED them AND wanted MORE!! ^_^
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| Kimchi Pancake – Thumbs up from Mr Bear!!! ^_^ |
Pickles
Both Mr Smiles and I ordered the kimchi. I’ve had several types of kimchi before. The tinned one which is my favourite, the chilled one in a jar is very tasty and my least favourite the refrigerated packet version shipped from Korea. This one tasted like the refrigerated packet. 😦 It has this bitter taste that I don’t particularly like. But for some reason Mr Bear and Mr Smiles enjoyed it!
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| Kimchi |
The Bibimbap!!!
The moment finally came. The three of us ordered three different bibimbaps. Mr Smiles had the Dol Sot with a fried egg. Very light in taste, and nutritious looking. Yummy!
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| Dol Sot |
Mr Bear had the Beef Bul-go-gi with a raw egg. This was great, well the beef was! The beef tasted like it would melt away in your mouth.
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| Beef Bul-go-gi |
And I had the Beef Fillet. I have never eaten raw beef before. But it tasted so good. I think I could sense there was some sesame oil. And the mushrooms were so tasty. ^_^
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| Beef Fillet – tasty ^_^ |
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| Beef Fillet all mixed up and ready to cook in the bowl! |
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| All three bibimbap dishes ^_^ …. tasty….! The sauces were tasty too! 😀 |
All in all, it was a good meal. I think I wanted more of the side dishes than anything else! By the way, they don’t serve desserts (probably because of customer turnover as Mr Bear pointed out), but there is a coffee shop opposite called Lick that serves ice cream… although it’s very expensive ice cream!
I think Miss Pinky is going to be jealous… I did invite her, but only if Mr Bear didn’t want to go. She wasn’t happy that she was second choice over Mr Bear! Hah! Next time Miss Pinky, next time. 😉
I can say that Mr Bear and Mr Smiles were very happy with what they had! I felt like I have introduced them to Korean food of which they have never had before. ^_^ I am such a proud geek.
As we were leaving more people were coming in…
I would definitely come here again but probably when it’s more quiet.
감사합니다
– Friendly and polite service (even when rushed and had a busy service)
– Love the pictures on the walls
– Enjoyed the bibimbap
– Didn’t have a reserved table
– Service charge of £5 (that’s too much)
– Not entirely cheap but worthwhile
A Simple Geeky Life 
I went here last week! It was my first time trying bibimbap and it was soooo good!! I had the korean pancake too, so delicious! Korean food is def a new love of mine but I wish there were more restaurants where I live 😦 I took loads of pics at bibimbap to post on my blog soon lol
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😀 I know what you mean! If you need to find more Korean restaurants, there's a bunch of them in New Malden, as there's a whole Korean community there… (I passed there many months ago and wanted to stop and eat – but didn't 😦 )…Look forward to your review!
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