Pick A Bap, a Korean restaurant in a grotty shopping centre.
Pick a Bap opened a couple of years ago. It was not good then. Had it improved? Yesterday I paid a visit, ordered some food, in many ways surprised it was still open.
It was empty when I walked in. The shopping centre in which it is located, deserted, many empty units.
I asked of what was sitting in the tins, sitting for how long I hate to think. It was mid-afternoon. From ther look of the contents I guess all day.
A sign says all need to know, Food Prepared Fresh Daily. Bread fresh each day yes, food no, I want cooked fresh.
Asked to tell me what the food was, they refused.
I pointed at one dish, spicy chicken. Yes, with rice please.
It was not good, a fair description would be to say disgusting.
I asked for water. They refused, pointed to a chiller cabinet with bottled water.
Awful music blaring out.
Plastic utensils. Wooden chopsticks loose in a box.
Covid biosecurity non-existent: No hand sanitiser as I walked in, or on tables. Staff not wearing masks. On leaving I used hand sanitiser outside the barber shop next door (it too was empty).
Compared with a couple of years ago when it opened, it was no surprise I was their only customer, it was not good then, if anything, has got worse. Food and service poor.
I cannot compare with food in Korea, but compared with Korean street food in Berlin, two Korean restaurants in Guildford, it compares very unfavourably.
Tags: Farnborough, Korean, lunch, Pick a Bap
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