Perilla

You'll find Perilla tucked away on Green Lanes, in that sweet spot where Newington Green still feels like a proper neighbourhood rather than a postcode on the property ladder. The room itself is deliberately unfussy—bare brick, simple wooden tables, the kind of place that trusts the food to do the talking. What arrives on your plate is Korean cooking that's been properly thought through; this isn't fusion nonsense or Instagram bait, it's refined technique applied to ingredients that matter. Expect small plates designed for sharing, punchy flavours, and a wine list that actually knows what it's doing. It's the sort of restaurant you keep coming back to because it never tries too hard, but never cuts corners either.