Korean BBQ

I'm a sucker when it comes to korean food. Last nite, went for dinner at Korean BBQ Restaurant or otherwise known as Dae Jang Gum at Bandar Puteri Puchong (behind Citibank, next to Giant Puchong), with Adrienne and Stephanie. In case you didn't know, Dae Jang Gum (Jewel in the Palace) is a popular korean historical drama. As you stepped into this restaurant, you can already see a big poster of Lee Young-Ae (the main actress in the drama) hanging on the wall. In fact, as I recalled, her posters are also everywhere in Korea...even at the World Cup Stadium in Seoul. This place has a simple decor. Each table has a suction fan hanging from the ceiling, placed over a BBQ pit. A plate of hot charcoal is placed into the pit and the fan will suck the smokes off the pit, when the meat is being barbequed.

We started off with BULGOGI, sweet marinated beef with mixture of soya sauce, sesame oil, black pepper , glass noodle and onion. This comes with rice and 8-9 side cold dishes, which is very typical in a korean meal. We have anchovies with nuts, spinach, bean sprouts, sotong in chilli seaweeds, several varieties of kimchi, mashed potato sweetened with apple and a few other dishes which I have no idea what they are but we makan saja. Unlike our local rice, korean rice is more starchy and moist. Nice! Just like in Korea, we can actually request for extra helpings but for the amount of food that we already had on the table, it was enough to satisfy our appetite.

We also had JOO MOOL LUCK (hope I got the name correct), thick marinated beef, cooked in the BBQ pit. You can actually attempt to barbeque this yourself but usually the waiter will be most happy to do it for you. This dish usually comes with dip and a basket of lettuce.

The kimchi soup is real tasty although a little too spicy for me. It has kimchi, tofu and lot of chillies. We also got complimentary dishes from the restaurant, GYE RAN JIM, an egg custard and kimchi cake (no idea what is the korean name for it). Korean BBQ served a variety of canned drinks, beer and of course, SOJU, which is rice wine. The restaurant served complimentary refillable traditional korean tea known as BORI-CHA.

(pictures are courtesy of Hayana)

I didnt get to check out the toilet in this restaurant but according to Steph, it's decent.

Korean BBQ is open from 11am - 11pm daily.

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