| Decent korean food.
Ok, I shall change my style of review this time - Structured and according to what we ordered.
Grilled chicken on a pan (Ddak galbi) - $19.5
Only 3 pieces of rice cake, and few pieces of meat. Rather dry. Taste-wise, it was done the right way. If only it has more gravy and includes potatoes, like they do it in Chuncheon, hometown of ddak galbi.
Seafood pancake (Hae mul pajeon) - $19
Instead of the floury, chewy pancake you typically get, this is heavy on the egg they used. Good for those who loves to eat omelette pancake, bad for those who miss tearing the pancake apart with their metal chopsticks, while downing bowls and bowls of makkeoli on a rainy day ;)
Spicy ham, hotdogs cabbage soup in a pot medium sized (Budae cchigae) - $43
Warned by Teck, but we ordered anyway. We expected yummy thick soup caused by the rice cake, but there was no ricecake, so end up having watery soup. The noodles were also not springy. Well, at least it retained what it had to - hotdogs, spams. It's known as military soup because of the american military in Korea, thus the use of hotdogs, hams and spams. Oh ya, where were the hams? Anyway, the only saving grace was the spiciness that kept it exciting.
Hotstone bowl mixed rice (Dolsot bibimbap) - $15
I didn't try, no comments. My dear chingus, care to comment?
2 rice for mixing into grilled chicken leftovers to make fried rice - $8
Not sure if they added extra gravy and ingredients to make the fried rice as we left some cabbage and sauce from the grilled chicken for them to work with. If it's just rice, then not sure if $8 for 2 rice plus work to cook it slightly is worth it.
Ricecake ice cream (from King's) - 6 balls for $10.5
They loved it. Not me. I prefer going to the nearby hawker center or dessert shop to chew some ah-balling.
Service charge - $11.5
I am happy to pay the service charge. They were very friendly and attentive. Probably because the restaurant was pretty quiet. It's a monday, that's probably why. They also helped to serve the soup, etc. If there isn't any service charge, I'll gladly pay 10% or more for the tips. i still believe in the tipping system.
Gst - $0!!
A pleasant surprise :D
Total - $126.5 for 4 girls and 2 guys.
Food/beverage
6 marks for falling below expectations. It may be unfair to them as I'm judging based on my 4 months experience in Korea, but since it's korean food, why not?
Ambience
8 - We were seated in a private room. It was good as we could dine and laugh and joked comfortably.
Value
7.5 because I can't really decide. Since it's korean food in SG, price tends to be slightly high. Mee Goreng in Korea cost 9000 Won (about SGD15 during the time we were in KR). We feel full. Who wouldn't if they have ate rice, drank all the soup and stuffed the side dishes into their mouth non-stop (free refill, typical of KR restaurant)? Ok, there wasn't much meat. Just carbo, pickles, soup. Full, but not satisfied. Unanimous view from 6 people who spent 4 months eating and drinking in Korea.
Service
9.9 on a Monday evening. Quiet day. Other days, I can't comment. I believe it won't differ too much. Koreans are known for good services, at least in my opinion. |