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[onejamtart]

Korean Dinner Party

Korean Dinner Party is a new addition to the Korean restaurant scene in London but rather than being a truly Korean place, Korean Dinner Party is supposed to bring a flavour of LA’s Koreantown to London instead. You can see that in the dishes with a very fusiony take on things but a lot of it looked pretty interesting so we popped down to give it a go.

You can’t have Korean without having fried chicken. These were fried nuggets of chicken thigh that came with a layer of grated parmesan, garlic cream and you can’t see them but there were toppokki rice cakes underneath that. I was a little underwhelmed by the chicken itself but the cheese and the garlic cream were really yummy. The rice cakes were also fried so had a bit of a crunchy crust which I really liked.

These were bacon wrapped mochi. These were delicious. I’m a big fan of mochi and a big fan of bacon so to put them together just seemed to make sense to me.  It was all caramelised as well so there was a nice bit of sweetness to go with the saltiness of the bacon and the chewiness of the mochi; I’d definitely get this again!

To make ourselves feel a little healthier after the fried chicken and the bacon mochi, we went for the crudites for something a little fresher.  It came with an edamame hummous that was a little different but exactly what we were looking for in terms of freshness and a bunch of crispy veg.

This was our kimchi stonepot. It’s a little like just a potato and vegetable stew that comes with a bowl of rice, essentially a vegetarian jiggae. Flavour was good and not bad for a cold winter’s day if you are looking for something to warm you up but I think I still like my jiggae’s with some seafood or meat.

It definitely came piping hot! The pot basically had a rolling boil even 5 minutes after it arrived at the table!

On the side, we had some “white kimchi”.  Not sure if this is a Korean thing or just another way of saying pickled veg but either way, it was sharp, crunchy and refreshing.

Then just to hammer home the fusion nature of this place (if the parmesan on the fried chicken hadn’t made the point), our main was pork neck al pastor tacos. It came with ssamjang and a chilli relish along with some asian slaw. I’ve definitely never had tacos at a Korean restaurant before but these were pretty impressive! The pork was flavourful and tender and the ssamjang and asian slaw actually brought together the dish quite nicely. 

So the place is on the top floor of Kingly Court off Carnaby street so super convenient location. For me, it seems a great place to take a break from some shopping and get  bite, even if it’s just to get a bacon mochi!

Korean Dinner Party, Top floor Kingly Court, Kingly Street, Carnaby, London, W1B 5PW

Cheers, JL

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