This be the signboard and the entrance of the restaurant. It's situated in the Kiulap area about a block away from the Chong Hock Music Station. We've known of this place for a long while and I have always been curious as to how the food is (even though I heard a bit of a bad rep from my hubby), and besides, I never really actually tried authentic Korean food in a while, so yeah.
This be the interior of the restaurant. Nice, quiet and cozy, though we settled for sitting somewhere where we're not entirely exposed to air-conditioning, because I bloody cannot handle cold as well as typical Bruneians do. Though I must say it feels kinda...cramped in a way.
Trigger-happy moments where I took piccies of the display items they have while we were deciding on a seat. Really cute tiny porcelain dolls dressed up in Korean style, and awesome-tastic footballs that had been signed, sealed, delivered! And also a weird and disturbingly delightful ginseng concoction
They actually have a stove there for the sake of eating Korean steamboat, but since we're not eating Korean steamboat, no pot for us XD
They actually have an actual Korean seating booth for us to dine more authentically, but my friends didn't want to sit with their legs crossed. Meh~! Whatever happened to fine dining aesthetics? -_-
Another trigger-happy moment while we were waiting for our order, although we actually browsed through an interesting clothes catalogue of tradtional Korean outfits that really gives off the illusion that the women are tall because of the HUGE puffy skirt
Here are the complimentary side-dishes and appetizers that came in with the food that we ordered. There's kimchi, yam dumplings, fish cakes, broiled veggies, anchovies and vegetarian crabsticks, each of them having their unique taste. Yummy and flavourful, that's all I can say Xd
Close up of the side dishes
This is what my friend ordered: Korean ginger tea (or something like that, not really sure). The one thing I'm impressed is the cup itself. Looks very orientally retro and cute.
This is what I ordered: carrot juice. It's been a while since I drank this, and I kinda miss it. Tastes pretty good. Just the right texture and flavour and all.
This is what my friend ordered. I'm not sure what is it called in Korean, but it's basically a huge assortment of vegetables with a sunny-side up egg and rice. I swear I've never seen rice buried undeer so much veggies! LOL
This is what my other friend ordered. Again, I dunno what it's called in Korean, but it's basically chicken smothered in red sauce with rice. I didn't try it, but it looks pretty tasty
This is what I ordered, and it has almost the same pronounciation as the Chinese counterpart of this dish: Ja Jian Mian, which basically translates as noodles in fried sauce. The obvious difference between the Korean version and the Chinese version is that for the Chinese version, the noodle is clear and you have to mix it together with the layer of mince meat fried sauce on top of it, and the condiments is usually just cucumber and carrot strips, whereas here, Korean version is that the noodles is already mixed together with the sauce and we have egg strips instead of carrot strips. Ah well, to each its own. It tastes pretty good anyways, though I can't shake off the nagging feeling that the noodles and the texture feels like the Maggi instant noodles style.
Another few more trigger-happy moments on the cashier counter while paying the bill, though oddly it's one of those Chinese mini arts rather than KoreanSo, fancy a little Korean? Go ahead and give this place a shot, and do try the original Korean seating style to feel the experience better. I wish I could, but maybe next time
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