This be the signboard and entrance of the restaurant. It's situated in Gadong area, same block together with where Excapade and Grazie Mauri is, upstairs on the first floor. Though initially I was wondering if we were at the right place because it gives off the feeling that we're going to Excapade instead of our intended destination XD
This be the interior of the restaurant. Somehow, despite the fact that the furniture and whatnot (including colour theme) had its own taste, it still gives off the Excapade feeling, especially the setting and arrangements of the furniture and the private rooms location. LOL! But I give kudos to their colour theme and the music background. It does feel Korean in a sense
This be their menu, which consist of one Korean and one Japanese. Not much pages, just two of each, and they have really interesting names and dishes in there for the Korean side, and Japanese side pretty much have the familiar dishes that we've seen in other Japanese restaurants, so we decided to order one main dish and one side dish
Trigger-happy on the surrounding areas, including the private room and also the decors
The stove for steamboat, for those who are here to have steamboat ala Korean style
The exhaust above our heads to suck away the heat and steam while we're eating our steamboat, but of course, too bad we're not eating steamboat, or we would've put this thing to the test
Interesting call buzzer that is connected to the intercom at the podium to call for waiter service. We certainly put THAT to the test XD
Settled for green tea since we're eating Korean/Japanese fusion. Tastes pretty alright, at least it doesn't taste like one of those that are from packets or instant powder or whatever
These are the appetizers that are given to us while we wait for our food to come in. Looks yummy and has much more choices that the other Korean restaurant we went to. Some of the dishes were actually made pretty well and has the perfect tasteful feeling to it, especially the eggs and the kimchi. I am utterly satisfied with it
Close-up shots of each appetizer dish, each of them just as tasty as the next one
I ordered kimchi ramyon, which the name speaks for itself, obviously, as kimchi noodles. I had not expected that a one person portion would be YE HUGE!! It's enough to feed at least two people, let alone for one!! It's just frickin' huge! Thank goodness I was hungry enough to finish everything. It's got that really nice sweet and sour taste to it, and it's not one of those spiciness that lingers like forever in your mouth, but just the right amount, so you wouldn't feel like you can't handle it anymore because it's too spicy or anything. And it only costs $7 for it! So cheap! Really worth the money to get this!
My friend ordered dolsot bibimbap, which is rice with mixed veggies and runny sunny-side up egg. Looks amazingly delicious, though I didn't try it, and it is cooked ala sizzling style, so better be careful where you touch on that bowl. I made a mistake of trying to use the bowl as leverage to get a better shot and got burnt for it >.<''' 
My friend also ordered a side dish of modeum ggochi, which is basically a shishkebab version of mixed grill. There was chicken, beef and prawn. I didn't try it though, since I have my own side dish and main course to finish, but the sauce is teriyaki-ish, and tastes pretty cool
I ordered salmon sashimi. At first I was a little disappointed, because it looked so uber little, and paying $6 for it, but when I think about it and compared it with the amount other Japanese restaurant had prepared and the price, I think it's a fair price. I'm basically paying half for half the size of the usual amount others give. So it's no big. Though they kinda took forever to prepare and serve it
Hard-workers of Pines Restaurant, smiling for support and patronage~!This is my two-cents of this restaurant. Technically it has pretty good potential and all that, what with the creative Korean/Japanese fusion food, but sadly there was not much people in the restaurant and no one seemed to actually notice this place and it's quite empty to begin with. So, if you're feeling a bit of Korean and/or Japanese at half the price of what other restaurants offer, go ahead and give this restaurant a shot. They need the support as well
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