Very active today aren't I? Catching up on 2 years' worth of backlog kinda forces that on you...
I actually read about this place on some blog, though I can't remember which one exactly now, otherwise I'd credit the blogger.
Wife and I tried to have dinner at this place a few months back (vague time and dates, a result of not posting earlier...) and found the place full. Think it was a Saturday. We both thought it was certainly worth another attempt, judging from the crowd, and we eventually got round to it on the 30th Sep, a Sunday. This time we made reservations.
When we got there at 6.30pm, it was quite empty, and at its peak around 8pm the place was about 3/4 full. Saw the All-you-can-eat deal at RM38+ (no tax) and went for that. Banchans (side dishes) started coming and we ordered refillable iced Korean tea and green tea. The banchans numbered around 10 (again the effects of memory or lack of) and were nothing particularly special. Few types of kimchis, beansprouts, fried anchovies and peanuts, potato, radish, etc.
For the price you get a long list of food you can order. We started off with pig intestines, samgyeopsal (pork belly) and the "beef with egg yolk and pear" whilst waiting for our 3 friends. Barbecued the intestines and samgyeopsal. Former was tasty though chewy, and latter was like unsalted bacon. Great stuff! Samgyeopsal was however one of those few items on the list you could only order once. Pity...
Our friends then arrived as we were downing the pork belly, and the gluttony then truly began! Suffice to say the list of things we ordered were too numerous to recount one by one.
Notable ones include the beef with pear and egg yolk mentioned earlier. I had no idea I actually ordered the (in)famous Yook Hwae! And in doing so I conveniently forgot that it was to be eaten raw! Now, I'm not the squeamish type, but the raw beef and raw egg yolk did have me fazed for a while. Sounded like a salmonella nightmare... All was well though, as it tasted very good with the crispy Korean pear. And with the benefit of posting this weeks later, I can safely report that it was not diarrhoea inducing.
The soups which my friends ordered were also very nice. Both the seaweed soup and the beef soup was flavorful yet light. The pancakes were also good, though I preferred the kimchi pancake to the seafood one.
Our friend who had been to Korea ordered a can of some sort of rice wine that was milky in appearance, and tasted slightly sourish. Not really my tipple of choice, but hey, here's to variety.
Good points were the fast and friendly service, and they were very diligent in changing the grills after every round of barbecuing. Price-wise no complaints at all. All in a good experience although food wise I'd say that Dae Sa Kwan is slightly better, though that's ala-carte only.
Only complaint from wife at the end of the meal was that we reeked of barbecued meats, but then that's not something that's specific to this place.
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