this retaurant was a little bit of korea brought into a very english town", says young-il park, the manager of the asadal retairant in new malden. The asadal is famous for its kimchi-salty, spicy chilli peppers and vegetables. Young-il's father opened the asadal in 1991-the first korean retaurant in the town. Young-il was the only korean in his school. "The thing i noticed most was that people stared," he says."now you see a lot of koreans here.