Restaurants

Most people come to Woo Jung for the prices rather than the atmosphere. The faded dining room looks like a fish and chip shop in a down-on-its-luck seaside town, but the menu covers all the usual Korean favourites and the low prices attract crowds of Asian students. If you can, sit in the small dining room at the front instead of the rather isolated seating area on the first floor. As on previous visits, our meal was a little hit and miss. We liked the beef and dumpling soup, which was packed with beef strips, egg threads, wun tun-like dumplings and chewy tteok (rice cakes), but the accompanying mung bean pancake was heavy and oily. In Woo Jung’s favour, the food arrived quickly and we left with change from a tenner per head, but there are better Korean meals available at similar prices in more appealing surroundings in neighbouring Soho.

Time Out Eating & Drinking Guide 2009