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2010-10-05
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After the long overdue birthday party made with pals, because of winning a $200 korean restaurant voucher, I decided to choose Chang from the list given of where I could use the voucher simply because it was located very close to my premises!In any way, I was craving for samgyeopsal (pork belly) and teokbokki (spicy rice cake), the usual!So I ordered mostly with the 'recommendation' icon in the menu.So far, I recall in getting the pork bulgogi, the recommendation on page 2, which the waitress sa
In any way, I was craving for samgyeopsal (pork belly) and teokbokki (spicy rice cake), the usual!
So I ordered mostly with the 'recommendation' icon in the menu.
So far, I recall in getting the pork bulgogi, the recommendation on page 2, which the waitress said the portion is good for two persons. Two teokbokki ($9.80), the pancake (~10), boiled pork with kimchi as the appetizer (forgot), and the rest was the usual side dishes koreans serve for free! The best part when eating out in a korean restaurant and not in food court stalls.
I was there with 6 others, and we were enjoying the side dishes although the portion is so little compared to Indonesia's serving (but these are refillable. You could ask for more! I recommend the sesame spinach and kimchi)
The first to come was the meat and I was surprised since we haven't received our rice!
So while waiting for our other foods to come, the appetizer came.
Instead of fried or BBQ, the sliced pork is boiled, with a bit of sauce. They've prepared lettuce/leaves on the side, so the usual Korean style way is to eat by taking a leaf, a slice of meat, and the kimchi serves self-explains that it should go together in the wrap. Then you fold it, all inside, and stuff the most delectable thing to your mouth.
I can tell you, this is my first time eating this kind of style of appetizer (I've never seen this before, or usually we wrap if we do the usual BBQ style) but the juice when boiled is thicker and how they slice is pretty thick! So I hope to Chang restaurant that you won't start slicing it thinner and thinner!
Teokbokki came along, and it was interesting with a mix of noodles underneath. Not to be so recommended because it's not spicy at all, and portion is small for $10! Comparing to my previous review which I think has more portion and inside 'meat', this should be given a pass.
Pancake and potato salad (which was ordered by my friend because he wanted to try) said that it's delicious! Koreans are particularly famous with their flat omelet pancakes, and with the sweet sauce it's crispy and lightly delicious. Although for like a personal-pan pizza size, it's pretty expensive but it's a restaurant anyways! Potato was interesting, I ate this for the first time. Served cold when I thought it's hot (because I thought of it like a baked potato kind of thing) and it has two colors - potato and purple sweet potato! It is sweet but it could actually be an appetizer or a dessert.
The lettuce pack with garlic is an additional $3, to eat the meat-wrap style. They give a pretty petty amount of garlic so do ask for more (however in the end they didn't give any). The bulgogi sauce was sweet and when the meat is cooked, dip it onto the sauce first! Then add the soybean paste, garlic and wrap! Friends' verdict says that the meat is also not bad, pretty good for the branch! (I'm not to comment because I can't compare with other restaurants yet!) But I did enjoy it with the sticky rice which i know it's Korean rice - rounder and more succulent. I had a great time eating the pork, and had another extra serving to be added.
Service kind of slow, even though there are a couple of staffs and even the manager himself, who's a Korean, serves. This shows that the Korean standard is there. And whilst sitting there's quite a few people coming over (for Iluma, this is already good traffic!).
We enjoyed the food and there was still leftovers which I swiped down (I should change my name to the eatrubbishbin ) and when I wanted to pay, I only spent 135! I was like, oh deaaaaaaaar me! In the end, the 5 of us sat own again and ordered a round of desserts!
Ginseng ice cream, which is their specialty, comes with the waffle for $5.50. It does come with ginseng bits, so for the adventurous eaters, this is a try! But not the usual sweet dessert you're finding for! The special fruit ice thing is also not recommended, instead of ice cream, it's shaved ice. But fruits portion are noteworthy. Pretty good!
Chocolate and Cookiescream blends for $6.50 are good! Chocolate is sweet and cookies is very thick. I think it'll be a good experiment to actually mix them both.
To top things off, a bottle of soju! Cheers to the rest, a good ending after a really, really big meal.
I was expecting to top up but then, the manager came over and gave the bill, EXACTLY $200. The awesome day ever, I couldnt' eat anymore till the next day. It gave me stomach ache alright. My tummy was too full.
For a place in the city, with bright lights and place is spacious, and have a special room for our own BBQ cooking, not bad at all!
A good lunch indeed.
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