A friend had told me that Gaya was pretty good several months ago, but I had never got round to trying it out until colleagues gathered a small group for a birthday lunch. We arrived and were seated pretty quickly, with the staff being flexible and joining two tables together to seat the five of us. One colleague – a bit of an aficionado here – ordered two kimchi pancakes to share and four of us ordered the plat du jour at CHF 24 each, which was 'beef and rice in hot stone bowl'. Ultimately, this was a bibimbap to me, pretty much like others I have had in London but without the egg. It came accompanied impressively by a whole range of sides including kimchi and other pickles, as well as bean sprouts, as well as incredibly good spicy sauce to mix into the rice and a bowl of miso. It was delicious – all of it. From the kimchi pancake, which had a real kick to me and was really well-cooked, to the bibimbap, it was a delight to eat. The stone bowl did a fine job of keeping the dish much hotter than I have usually had, and was plentiful in beef and salad leaves (strange but worked well), which is super reassuring when you order the plat du jour and expect to get measly portions. The Korean tea was nutty and came with a neat little lid that kept it super-warm. All in all, a really enjoyable meal in chic but not over-pretentious surroundings, for about CHF 35 a head. Not bad at all for Geneva and a great flag-bearer for Korean cuisine in these parts.