At Hurwundeki in London, you get can a sharp haircut and a plate of bibimbap and plenty of other restaurants, bars and cafes now offer dual services too
Outside, a more than faintly surreal urban beach scene in a June downpour: battered garden chairs and tables, dripping merry-go-round horse, Cinderella's pumpkin. Inside, blasted brick walls hung with stuffed birds, quaint hats and old handbags; chipboard tables and junk-shop chairs.
So far, so Hackney. The food, Korean, is cheap (starters less than a fiver; mains under £8) and very good: bibimbap, of course, also crisp fried mandu (dumplings) with homemade soy; tangy blanched and pickled veg; sizzling marinated beef; fat pork belly with garlic, kimchi and spicy doenjang sauce.
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