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Fulham folk who love a bit of Korean fried chicken will probably have already taken note of the arrival of Kokodoo on their high street just over a week ago. After years in the business, first as a street food stall, and then with a series of franchises across town, head chef and founder Mary Yoon has picked South West London to be her first owner-run restaurant. Yoon trained up at Le Cordon Bleu before deciding to concentrate on Korean comfort food.

The flagship Fulham location will serve up all the basics that have won them devoted fans across the capital. The chicken in

If you were one of the many fans of the much-missed Korean tea shop be-oom on Exmouth Market, then we've got some news that should gladden your heart. Founder Sooji Im has another venture in the offing. She's moved into central London, where she'll be opening TOKKIA, a luxury Korean matcha house.

On offer will be finely whisked Korean matcha, paired with saltbreads - a traditional Korean roll that looks

They already have a Korean restaurant in Canary Wharf with 3KOBROS, and now the same team are coming to St Martin's Lane with SOOM. 

The new restaurant, taking over the space that used to be The Theatre Cafe, will be all about Korean BBQ. So there will be individual stone tables, each with an electric BBQ grill and you'll be cooking your own meats and vegetables.

Well, this IS a story. If you've been roaming through Mayfair recently and wondered what's happening with the building site on the corner of Curzon Street and Bolton Street (where Mirabelle used to be), then we have big news for you. It's going to be the first UK restaurant from acclaimed New York restaurant duo Ellia and Junghyun Park.

The pair are behind Atomix, which right now not only boasts two Michelin stars but is No 6 on the World's Best Restaurants list. It's going to be Kiji, a Korean BBQ restaurant but one that, we're told, "will take diners on an unmatched culinary

14/2/25 - updated with the opening date

For seven years chef Joo Won was responsible for holding the Michelin star as the head chef of Galvin at Windows. But opening his own restaurant was always the dream and after he took a trip back home to Korea with the restaraunt's then GM (now TV star) Fred Sirieix and the Galvin Brothers, it cemented his decision to break out on his own. "We went for a week just to get

Taking over the Hoxton Grill space at the Hoxton in Shoreditch until the end of the year is Korean fried chicken pop-up Oh Gee. We went to try out their award-winning KFC.

Updated 29/9/24 with extension to dates

With all the time we've wasted watching absolute bilge on Netflix we don't understand how we missed out on the eminently watchable K-Chicken War. As the name suggests that was a cooking competition focusing on Korean fried chicken. It was won by South Korean chef Byung Tae Ahn, who was crowned Grand Champion. Now the chef is gearing up for a busy autumn having

A somewhat quiet opening in Hackney earlier this month is already starting to get a lot of positive reactions. Miga bills itself as a "modern Korean kitchen" and it's a family affair coming from two brothers and their chef father. Originally starting in New Malden, their mother currently has a takeaway in Morden while their father runs the kitchen at this restaurant in Hackney. 

They have a different menu

Over the past few years chef and Million Pound Menu winner Jay Morjaria has popped up with residencies all over London involving different iterations of Korean food. Now he's back with a Korean diner which he's showcasing for the next three months with a residency at Shoreditch cocktail bar Callooh Callay.

Park & Kim is going to serve up Korean food in an American diner environment. "Imagine an American opening

8/5/24 - Updated with the opening date.

They've only just gone east to Westfield Stratford and now Bunsik are heading in the opposite direction, opening their latest Korean corn dog restaurant in Earl's Court. 

Opening just up the road from Earl's Court station, it's a big site by Bunsik standards with space for 40 inside. As for the main event, all their popular

A new taco bar is coming to Victoria Park as Mexican Seoul makes the leap from street food trader to permanent restaurant. 

Coming from chef Ashley Chipchase, the restaurant is a fusion of Mexican and Korean food. They've already been a big hit on Brick Lane, and they also won quite a few awards at a recent Wingfest event. 

As for the menu at Victoria Park, alongside those

Soho has a hot new Korean restaurant that's offering something a bit different with its Pyeonbaek steam boxes. We went to try it out. 

There’s a new place in Soho for all your Korean-BBQ needs, with Chungdam now open on the former YMing Chinese restaurant site.

Well-travelled destination diners might twig that it’s named after one of Seoul’s major food districts, Cheongdam-dong, and at Chungdam restaurant it’s about both modern and traditional Korean cooking techniques. Expect plenty of interactive dining experiences in a sleek

Chef Akira Back is really taking on London in 2023. Not only is he opening various restaurants and bars at the upcoming Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, but he's also got a side hustle in the form of AB Steak which he's working on in Soho.

The chef has already opened one in Los Angeles, so we

Having already torn up the scene in Chinatown and Charing Cross, the stupidly popular Korean corndog vendors Bunsik are heading to North London. For their third opening they've found a space on the high street where Camden locals can enjoy all their usual corndogs and a whole lot more.

The Camden branch will, it seems, have more to offer on its menu than the first two branches. So there'll be