Kim's Mini Meals

Following on from my heavenly encounter with Korean food in London town, my walk to lectures down Buccleuch street led me to a little gem called Kim's Mini Meals. The name is tacky, yes, the front window is baby blue with lace curtains, yes - but for a third of the price, and triple the love, Kim's Mini Meals won.

In an attempt to avoid Pollock Halls JMCC, myself and two friends booked a table here at around 7 o clock on a tuesday evening. Kim's Mini Meals wasn't a restaurant, it was a families home - with hopelessly adorable decor and an authentic charm. We were greeted by a Korean Grin, and fussed over as if we were royalty- we were only students. But as students, we needed a bit of family love- and that we certainly got.

Kim's Mini Meals offers you 5 'mini' starters before your ordered courses, i.e. Free. Free food? Free food for students is one of the most appreciated acts a person can consider. Kim considered it 5 times: and while the leek and potato soup was a bit iffy, the miniature portions of Asian spicy cabbage, Korean omelette and other variations allowed our palettes to be tamed and introduced to the style of her home cooking.

The seafood pancake here was as divine as before, as was the bibambop (although the meat was rather more associated with school spag Bol than fine shredded bead), Hermione decided on a pork and squid marinated dish, unique in flavour yet not dissimilar to a subtler sweet and sour pork, this was served with Asian cabbage with a thick yogurt-based dressing, infused with chilli and lime.
We three, sat in this cafe cluttered with bobbing cats and tacky red placemats and chattered. Bizarre music in the background combined with the lampshade lighting made us feel at home. Even the Kitchen was only borderline passing health and safety regulations due to its organic flow and feel. this place indeed special.

Mr Kim made it even more special by offering us one of their pear and cinnamon cakes for free. We walked away content and delighted with our gem of a discovery, and even though we soon realised we'd forgotten to claim our student 15% off, we simply didn't care.