What I ate: Buffet at Jimmy's in Wimbledon

When going for a buffet I always imagine that I'll  be able to eat  4 or 5 plates of food yet I never manage more than 2 plates, 3 is pushing it. This is despite the fact that I've not eaten anything beforehand so am really quite hungry. I don't know if it's because I sometimes pile my plate with too much food and as a result get full quickly but it literally happens everytime I go for a buffet.

Moving onto Jimmy's, I went to see the the Hobbit: The Battle of The Five Armies with my friend yesterday and we ate at Jimmy's before seeing the film. Jimmy's is a buffet restaurant serving food from around the world: Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Italian. 

There was so much different food to choose from that I didn't know where to start. Did I feel like eating pizza or maybe sweet and sour chicken? In the end I went for both, so my first plate (see photo below) had sweet and sour chicken, spring rolls, rice, prawn crackers, beef in black bean sauce and pizza. The spring rolls were my favourite, I found myself eating all 4 and wanting more. 

Plate 1

Plate 2

I have been to Jimmy's once before and on that visit had been to the wok cooking station where fresh stir fry is made for you while you wait. How it works: you add noodles and vegetables onto a plate which you then hand to the chef who will ask you what meat you would like on the stir fry (you can choose from prawn, chicken or beef) as well as how spicy you would like the stir fry to be. I can't remember what I had on my first visit to Jimmy's but yesterday I chose peppers, mushrooms, bean sprouts, pak choi and chicken with medium spice. The chef took all the ingredients (noodles, vegetables and meat) and cooked everything in front of me. I couldn't wait to eat! 

Dessert

Moving onto the best thing about a meal: dessert! At Jimmy's you can choose desserts ranging from ice cream to cake to marshmallows and chocolate fondue (my favourite!) Although the meat at Jimmy's is halal some of the desserts at Jimmy's contain gelatine (this is labelled) so I wasn't able to try everything. I love ice cream so that was an obvious choice for me. You choose a flavour of ice cream (from chocolate, strawberry and vanilla, there were a few other flavours but I can't remember what they were now) and a range of toppings, I chose vanilla ice cream with mini egg chocolates. Mmm! Next, I obviously went for the chocolate fondue (I seriously need a chocolate fondue kit at home!) where I dipped two marshmallows (they are halal) into the chocolate. The melted chocolate was lovely, it tasted like melted galaxy! The other dessert I chose was red velvet cake but I was so full by this point I couldn't eat it.

Christmas prices apply from 1st December to 24th December, so the buffet on Saturday (we went around 1.30) was £12.99. I don't know how much the buffet usually is (outside Christmas prices) but here is the link to the website: http://jimmysrestaurants.com/restaurants/wimbledon/

Post written by Nabs

Atmosphere- 7/10

Service- 8/10

Food- 7/10

Chocolate Sushi Rating- 7/10

Seoul Bakery

by Sammii

The first thing you will notice when stepping into this small cosy Korean Restaurant is that the walls are covered with post-it notes! These post-its are written by customers-its pretty much toilet graffiti except that its on pretty colourful post-its! 

The place it self is very small, the whole restaurant only seats 13 people! One a table of 6, one a table of 4 and the other is table against the wall which seats 3. Its no wonder me and my friends waited 20 minutes on a Saturday afternoon to get seated! And indeed, it was no disappointment!

Seoul Bakery is 2 minutes walk away from Tottenham Court Road Underground station. It is one among a row of Korean restaurants on this street. 

Ok. Lets quit the small talk! Bring out the starters! 

[Left: Beef Boulgi Ghimbap £3.50, Right: Vegetable Ghimbap £2.50]

[Vegetable Pancake £6.50]

The food was oh so fresh! The rice in the Ghimbap was so soft and you could tell it was made straight out of the rice cooker as the rice was still warm! The pancake was just the right texture, crispy on the outside and a good amount of vegetable on the inside. I can fault nothing with these starters! It was cute and had a home made mummy's cooking feeling. I am feeling snug just thinking back at it ^^

Belly's all warmed up our main courses came out in good time. 

[Beef Bulgogi Bibimbap £4.50]

This was the main dish which I ordered.

My verdict is that I loved it! I glimpsed over at what the couple next to us ordered and asked what the guy had- the taste was as yummy as it looked! I was pleased to be a nosey one! Again everything was so fresh, I particularly liked the beef.... It was so perfect, perfectly flavoured and was the added ribbon to this dish. 

[Dumpling Topokki £5.50]

My friend was displeased at the size of her main dish, and I think this dish would do for a side rather than the main. I tried out a topokki piece and felt like I was robbing my friend of a quarter of her dish! The piece I did try however was all dandy! :)

[Topokki & Noodles £5.50]

Another of my friends that had this dish commented that "it was full of flavour and not too heavy which is perfect after being out all day in the cold."

I will definatly be revisiting this place again. The food was in the words of myself: "soooooooo good!" It tasted great without the feeling you would get when you just ate a  big greasy pizza. It was cooked fresh and the food was one that warmed my heart. 

Another thing I would comment on however was the service, our waitress did not crack a smile! I think it was a kind of i'm-just-here-to-serve-food kind of service. Any way I like you cause you're quick and you serve me great food! I can let this one slide...

Atmosphere 9/10
Service 7/10
Food 10/10
Chocolate Sushi Rating 9/10