Kiva ravintola — Restaurant in Helsinki sub-region

A cozy restaurant located in Malmi Nova shopping mall, ground floor, which serves Korean cuisine. The portion during lunchtime range around 11.90 euro including water, coffee and tea. Waiting time during lunch varies 10 - 15 minutes. If you're rushing, I would not recommend you to choose this restaurant at lunch. I had a bibimbap which served in a sizzling hot stone bowl. The representation is eye-catching. However, the side-dish kimchi isn't spicy, it holds a sweet flavor after taste which is a little bit off to me. Yet I understand that, majority customers are locals, who barely can tolerate the real hot spicy kimchi. I would consider this is a fusion cuisine, rather than an authentic...

The waitress didn’t greet us as we entered but just stared at us. I think she was disappointed as we were disturbing her peace. So I’d give 2-3 stars for the service. Our food came pretty quickly though. The bibimbap was quite good. I missed the egg yolk though. A small minus for having only one sauce (gochujang based I believe) - would have needed some soy based sauce for saltiness. I had the tofu and my husband the chicken bibimbap - we were both pretty happy. You have to order the kimchi separately (7e). It’s very sweet but it’s ok mixed into the bibimbap. I wouldn’t order it separately as a proper side though. Will try the Tikkurila...

A welcome suburb Korean with friendly service and lively colorful decoration. Very positive impression of beef dolsot bibimbap and kimchi! Extra kimchi was a bit too much together with the default served with bibimbap but still I could finish both. Number of small sides is way less than one would get back in Korea with bibimbap, but it is quite usual to Finland.

And a few words more concerning kimchi. It is not basic standard standard classic usual recipe. It is a bit special tinting to a bit creamy vibe. Definitely not too far for being too peculiar. Actually I liked it a lot. Cilantrilo brings fresh...