Miga
Korean restaurant · Haggerston
1 Mare St, London E8 4RP, United Kingdom
Highlights
Modern Korean eatery with family warmth, soy-braised short ribs
Modern Korean eatery with family warmth, soy-braised short ribs
"This modern family-run Korean spot in Hackney has a warmth to it that goes far beyond its finger-licking king prawns in gochujang sauce. Siblings run the show, dad’s in the kitchen, and diners salivate over tender soy-braised short ribs that will collapse from the rumble of an Overground train." - rianne shlebak
"Meet the Migas. They’re the family behind this modern Korean restaurant in Hackney, with dad in the open kitchen and his kids, the cool, unabashedly kind siblings, who are responsible for the warm welcome and service. It’s a calming, white-washed blank canvas of a room we want to spend the majority of our time in, even if a fleeting thought of the gochujang sauce didn’t already make us blush. The gelatine-adjacent glass noodles carry the exquisite smoky flavours of the oyster mushrooms straight to your sinuses, and we have no words for the beef tartare—only dazed mumblings of “love you pear slivers”. Whether you come for lunch or dinner, the crowd is treated as one big extended, blended family." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"When you step through the door of this minimalist Korean restaurant in Hackney, you’ll instantly feel like part of the family who runs the place. The siblings at Miga greet everyone warmly while their dad cooks in the open kitchen. Beef tartare with sesame oil and slivers of crunchy Korean pear is a revelation, sweet, tender short rib falls off the bone at a nudge, and meaty prawns come on a gochujang sauce we want to mainline. Our adoption papers are in the post." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
"This modern Korean restaurant is a home-away-from-home for people into The Modern House and extraordinary vinaigrettes. First bite of the yughwe, a rich, expletive-worthy beef tartare that will change your perception of time and yolk. We talk about it a lot. Like, constantly. Sorry. Nothing says romance like spooning prawns. The maeun saeu arrive cuddled up on a bed of sweet, shouting gochujang. Wearing Issey Miyake, supremely talented bloodlines, illicit affairs between soy-braised short rib and its twin flame poached Korean pear." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, jake missing, heidi lauth beasley, heidi lauth beasley, sinead cranna, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, rianne shlebak, jake missing, rianne shlebak, jake missing, jake missing
"You’ll find Miga on a corner of Mare Street, but the modern Korean restaurant feels different to the nearby bedlam of Broadway Market. The calming family-run spot has a warmth that goes far beyond its finger-licking king prawns in gochujang sauce. Siblings run the show, dad’s in the kitchen, and diners salivate over tender soy-braised short ribs that collapse from the rumble of an Overground train." - jake missing, sinead cranna, daisy meager
