Bi Won (Bloomsbury)
- 24 Coptic Street (map of this place)
- WC1A 1NT
Excellent Korean restaurant just around the corner from the British Museum.
We had a large spread of jellyfish salad, fried tofu, fried chicken, barbecue squid, barbecue beef, rice and two servings of kimchee and a pint of lager that came to under �20 each. Food and service were excellent. The "sauced fried chicken" is spectacularly good: fried chicken in a spicy, oniony salsa type sauce.
The usual Korean dishes are there, including beef bulgolgi, spicy soups, lots of squid. Barbecue dishes are cooked right at the table. Most mains are around �9-12, beers are �2.50.
Lunch specials are much cheaper starting around �6 and are great spreads with a main or soup, rice and kimchi all included.
There's an upstairs room with karaoke machine (mostly Korean) that can be booked out for larger groups.
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