Sushi Hotaru
Posted: October 7, 2013 Filed under: Japanese, Melbourne | Tags: food blogger, melbourne, Melbourne restaurant review, restaurant review, scampi nigiri, sushi hotaru, sushi hotaru melbourne Leave a commentSushi Hotaru is a famous yet almost hidden Japanese restaurant on Bourke street. Its reputation as an “affordable and yummy” sushi place is well known especially to those living around Melbourne CBD. It was my first time visiting Hotaru and really fueled by the hype my friends gave about this place. The three of us managed 18 plates at the end, not bad huh?
When we arrived, there were some people sitting down at the regular tables area so we were directed to sit on the bar stools. I am not very keen on sitting at the bar area since forever but we had no choice. Later on we realized that those people sitting on the regular tables are the bosses (we reckoned) and some staffs having their break. Oh geez!
All the order are made using the provided touch-screen pad therefore we can order anything in anytime without calling the waiters. Efficient!
My favorite was the scampi nigiri sushi which came per 1 piece for each plate. The plating was interestingly incredible by putting the whole scampi over the nigiri. I love how fresh and sweet the scampi was with a pleasant chewy and smooth texture. This is worth to try and highly recommended!
Soft-shell crab hand roll was also our favorite and yes it was soooo good! My friends excitedly insisted to order this and I have to thank them that we did. Well seasoned and crunchy soft-shell crab rolled by rice and crispy nori was just perfecto! The size of the hand roll was quite big too, such a real deal for the AU$3 price!
Wagyu beef Tataki was the first plate that disappointed us. You can even see from the picture that those sliced wagyu were dry, not juicy and or even tender as we expected!
Scallop and salmon sushi was also a light up, divided into 4 sections and the burnt on top was the crucial touch that make the dish scrumptious.
Jelly fish sushi was quite good too in sweet-savory and refreshing after taste. The mix of crystal jelly noodle with the jelly fish was really nice to add more texture.
Agedashi Tofu and crispy soft shell crab was pretty nice. As Sushi Hotaru has a really good fried soft shell crab, the combination with fried silken white tofu served with tentsuyu sauce was a good match.
Who doesn’t love snacking crispy salmon skin? I myself is also a fan of salmon skin but if there is anything to add, I would like to have crispier and thinner salmon skin for sure! The salmon skins were really escalated because of the lemony soy sauce (shoyu).
The service at Sushi Hotaru can be considered prompt but not very friendly. I don’t really mind as long as they do the service quickly. I mean, for affordable eating where most of the menu merely cost you AU$ 3, good service is kinda bonus! Too bad we didn’t get that bonus from Sushi Hotaru though.
We spent around $60,00 for three people, sated and happy as we ate many different dishes. Everything is in balance regarding the price and what you get. If you are strolling in the city craving for affordable Japanese eatery OR if you are a student study around the CBD, this place is not a bad choice to dine in.
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Isthmus Of Kra Melbourne
Posted: September 17, 2013 Filed under: Asian Food, Melbourne, Recommended, Thai Food | Tags: food blogger, food review, Isthmus of Kra, Isthmus of Kra Melbourne, Melbourne restaurant review, restaurant review, Thai food in Melbourne Leave a comment“In southern Thailand, where the land between the Gulf of Siam and the Andaman Sea is at its narrowest, lies the Isthmus of Kra.”
Last Sunday was a super well-spent day by having awesome foods with great companies. Me and 3 of my friends had dinner at Isthmus of Kra, a Thai restaurant situated on Parkstreet in South Melbourne. We were as hungry as a bear at 07 p.m. on Sunday evening and it had made us ordered 5 entrees, 4 mains, 2 companion dishes and 3 desserts. We are not kidding when we say we’re hungry right?! 🙂
As a brother of Shakahari and Shakahari Too vegetarian restaurants, Isthmus of Kra gives similar ambient with Shakahari Too as I haven’t been to Shakahari. From the dim lighting, meditational music, aromatic incense to viscous Asian’s ornaments including the iconic “kra” statue near to the entrance’s door of Isthmus of Kra. The name of the dishes are intriguing and appealing that you’ll find out really soon in my review. Let’s start the 14 courses Thai degustation!
Monsoon Oysters
The half dozen oysters came on a an artistic terracotta plate and each oyster placed inside the 6 holes on the plate. The oysters bathed in refreshing lime and lemongrass red sauce and topped with herbs. I usually prefer my oyster raw but having it slightly grilled was nice too.
AU$ 17.50
Barbeque Quail Secret
This was my favorite entree which is grilled jumbo-sized quail on top of kimchi/pickles and herbs sauce. The taste was not deceived by its beautiful presentation as it’s just stand out on its own. I love the well marinated and tender quail combined with the sauce made of garlic, chilli and corriander.
AU$ 17.50
Isaan Beef Tenderloin
From the look, I was worried that the tenderloin would be tough since it looked dry but my logic quickly told me that would not be happened in such a restaurant of Beh Kim Un’s. Of course the thick slices of the beef were succulent and really flavorful. It’s kind of heavy but the freshness of cucumber, onion, tomato and the dressing balance the flavor.
AU$ 21.50
Roast Duck Nonya Style
This duck salad won the diners’ choice that night for entree category. Yesss, we all agreed that the duck salad was exceptional! Slices of roast duck breast combined with cucumber, green mango, carrot, mints in plum sauce.
AU$ 23.50
Tom Yum
Our 5th entree didn’t get the chance to be in frame as we vivaciously finished our bowls. 🙂 The Tom Yum soup came with chicken, seafood and mushroom with a really strong combination of salty-sweet and subtle sourness soup base. It is quite strong even can be said too strong for me. AU$ 12.50
Red, Red Roast Duck Curry
Red duck curry was the star for me and it’s just effortlessly being my favorite dish of the night. Dominated by star anise, the thick red curry was very rich in flavor with generous fillings of vegetables and fruits such as pineaple, melon,broccoli, eggplant, capsicum and of course big slices of skinned-on roast duck. I need to highlight the duck skin since it escalated the whole dish for me!
AU$ 29.50
Lamb Gulai
Gulai came in yellow curry of lamb and chunky potatoes sprinkled with fried shallot. The yellow color resulted from turmeric cooked in coconut stock was very filling and I expected it to have stronger kick in flavor. The lamb chunks were succulent, some falling apart and some not and I loved the whole pieces more. This one was my friend’s favorite dish of the night.
AU$ 27.50
Seafood Trilogy
The three peeps including myself were craving for seafood and decided to go for this dish! There were large prawns, fish fillet and scallops in lemongrass prawn sauce. The seafood was cooked perfectly especially the prawn was superb good but I wasn’t really in love the tangy sauce. Actually the prawn stock sauce was fresh especially with the cut of herbs and veggies but I found it a little bit too bland for my liking.
AU$ 32.50
Roti bread
Crispy sweet and savory roti bread served with satay sauce.
AU$ 4.00
Mango Pudding
Caramelised diced mangoes arranged on top of black rice pudding and sprinkled with toasted shredded coconut. The shredded coconut gave an inviting yummy aroma. The texture and flavor of this three components complemented one another, crisp and savory coconut, juicy and sweet mango, lastly the smooth and sweet black rice pudding.
AU$ 13.50
Pandan Bavarois
A unique French style dessert of bavarois in pandan flavor that’s more Asian. The very light texture and not too sweet dessert was my favorite, a perfect outro for the dinner.
AU$ 12.50
In term of service, I couldn’t ask for a better one like, really. I say this based on the caring and thoughtful service from the staffs. They changed the plates and cutleries from entree to main, cleaned up the table before dessert and our glasses were always filled.
Isthmus of Kra was an exceptional and not ordinary Thai dining experience for me. Having dishes made of fresh ingredients and beautifully crafted presentation made me happy and truly satisfied. My geek bf is dying to eat here but we didn’t have the chance to go during his 2 previous visits to Melbourne last December and May. He was a little bit upset when I sent him the pictures and probably reading this post will make him even sadder. Oh boy! That’s why you should visit me (again) 🙂
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Izakaya Chuji
Posted: September 15, 2013 Filed under: Asian Food, Japanese, Melbourne | Tags: food blog, food blogger, food review, izakaya chuji, izakaya chuji bento, izakaya chuji melbourne, melbourne, Melbourne restaurant review, restaurant review 4 CommentsI would say it’s hard to resist the temptation for the goodness of Japanese food especially when you are in hunger. Me and my friend, L, were craving for Japanese food and we kinda starving that day. Walking down through Lonsdale street in Melbourne CBD, saw the bento lunch deal on Izakaya Chuji’s entrance and then decided to try the “make your own bento box”. Giving another shot to Izakaya Chuji this week after a not-so-good sushi dinner experience last year. I keep in mind how expensive I had to pay such small portions in mediocre quality foods. But this time I had a much better dining experience 🙂 
I remember how crowded this restaurant was on my first visit but surprisingly not too many people dined in even though it was lunch time. The waitress quickly came bringing the menu and explained how the “make your own bento box” works. So we can choose one main dish from part A, one side dish from part B and one vegetable dish from part C and they will come with free rice and miso soup. I got myself Soft shell crab, prawn gyoza and horenso (chilled spinach) while L chose salmon teriyaki, prawn gyoza and wakame (seaweed) salad.
The star of my bento should have been the soft-shell crab but poor him the prawn gyoza was more tantalizing! Crunchy gyoza skin was really crisp and fresh with fluffy and tasty minced prawn. They were even better when eaten with Japanese mayonnaise (It’s Kewpie, I reckon). The Japanese mayonnaise is very creamy and thick in texture, savory with subtle sweetness in flavor.
The soft-shell crab itself was a little bit too flat for me, texture also kind of soggy in some parts but again, Kewpie escalated my crab. Horenso was good, not to say it’s great but the rice and miso soup were tasty. In terms of the portion, this bento comes pretty small except the 3 pieces of gyoza. But hey, it’s 14,00 bucks anyway! 🙂
L’s salmon teriyaki was cooked nicely with the teriyaki sauce but she also loved her prawn gyoza more than the star dish.
The ambient and service were also good compared to what I experienced last time. I’m not sure if the hustle in the restaurant will affect other aspects down or what.
Ah well.. I love the idea of creating the bento based on our personal likings of the dishes. And I would be willing to give the bento another shot and try to make a different bento combination box next time!
*The lunch deal is over at 3 p.m. in the afternoon so make sure to drop by earlier if you want to eat without rushing since the restaurant will close for several hours before dinner time.
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Wonderbao
Posted: September 9, 2013 Filed under: Asian Food, Melbourne | Tags: food blog, food blogger, food review, melbourne, Melbourne restaurant review, wonderbao, wonderbao melbourne 1 CommentOne afternoon in Melbourne Spring, wait! Is it even Spring already?!?! Fortunately yes, here we are in the best Melbourne’s weather of the year! I love Spring the most among three other seasons and I believe many of you are on the same side 🙂 I dropped a visit to Wonderbao last week to grab a quick lunch and to meet my curiosity of one of the most popular eatery on Urbanspoon.
Lunch for two resized to be a lunch for one since my friend couldn’t come to meet me up. I was subtly screwed by the heavy wind and my not-so-warm outfit. Hahaha. Wonderbao is located on A’Beckett street in Melbourne CBD. The location is inside a building and I had no idea about this before so I walked round and round looking for this hideous Bao shop.
I went for Braised Pork Belly Gua Bao, Nai Wong Bao (egg custard) and Homemade hot soya milk. I was slightly tempted to order another pork belly bao but I knew I wouldn’t finish them properly.
The order came as quick as 30 secs and tadaaa all of my orders sat nicely in front of me. The homemade hot soya milk is kind of comforter for me with the right sweetness. It reminds me of old good times at home when my mom used to make ones for the family. Really good company in such a chilly day!
Braised pork belly gua bao is to die for! The bao is heavenly fluffy and moist, big chunk of sweet sauced braised pork belly, pickled mustard (I know it as salted cabbage in my country), cilantro and crushed nuts. The dominantly sweet pork belly is well seasoned, very tender and juicy, then combined with crisp pickled mustard (sour-salty), crunchy peanuts and all of them made a great texture combination in one bite! Later on, I just realized they provide Sriracha and almost everything tastes better with Sriracha right?
The Nai Wong Bao is just ok for me. The bao is as good as the one for pork belly but the egg custard is not something special. Yes it’s fluffy, lightly sweet and smooth but I wasn’t WOW-ed by the whole package of the bao.
I spent AU$ 9.20 for my lunch and satisfied with my spending in Wonderbao. This hideous bao shop is a nice escape in busy buzzing Melbourne city where you can get fast and affordable hot foods.
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White Tomato Melbourne
Posted: August 16, 2013 Filed under: Asian Food, Korean Food, Melbourne | Tags: food blogger, food review, lunch bar, melbourne cbd, Melbourne restaurant review, sundubu jjiggae, White Tomato Melbourne Leave a commentThis miss little clumsy is back! She was walking down along Bourke street in the Melbourne CBD when captivated by a pretty looking restaurant with “White Tomato” written on the signage. She has noticed this signage before but as long as she knows, this restaurant has not opened yet. In addition she always has in thought this is an Italian Restaurant. But then she found it wrong, it’s actually a Korean eatery.
Well well well..
I was the first guest for the dinner round there and seated in a strategic location to observe the whole restaurant. Okay I am a bit exaggerating, not the whole but let’s say most part of the restaurant. :p White Tomato is a modern yet beautifully designed Korean restaurant. I love the modern ambient and still got the Korean touch from the K-POP songs, smoke duct and the staffs talking in Korean. Those K-dramas and TV series have made me enjoying to listen people talking Korean. Lol.
I hate to have a dinner on my own and I even more hate it since this is Korean food! I tend to have massive batches of food every time I have Korean diner. Too bad my best Korean diner partner distants miles away from here. Ouch.
As a single fighter, I didn’t really have any choice unless went for solo portion and Sundubu Jjiggae was the winner. I know rite…I always couldn’t resist the temptation of Sundubu when it comes to Korean food. Have a look my other Korean food reviews in CJ Lunch Bar, Oriental Spoon, Gami etc. and this menu is always there!
I was considering between Tteobokki and Sundubu at the beginning but the combination of silken tofu and seafood in spicy soup always sound promising. I got my rice and side dishes came first. There you go, pickles, kimchi and creamy tube pasta. Honestly none of them caught my attention. The pickles was okay but kimchi and pasta were too bland for me.
Finally the most awaited star coming, my Sundubu in sizzling pot landed on my table in simmering mode. Yes, me likey! It felt like a treat in a super windy winter evening for me.
White Tomato is such a generous in terms of soup filling. I got big cuts of tofu, numbers of clams, prawns, squids and mussels more than I usually get from other Korean eateries. The soup savoriness and spiciness was perfect but I found the broth savoriness kinda too intense. It was alright at first but later on, I felt both the smell and flavor strongly remained in my mouth. I don’t really like the after effect. Honestly the dinner was a little bit overwhelming by having a full pot on my own. *even though in the end I still finished my dinner, clean and sound* 🙂
I must say this is not my favorite taste of Sundubu Jjiggae, but I will consider to revisit White Tomato. I really crave for Korean BBQ and theirs look tantalizing! I should try 🙂
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Meatball & Wine Bar | Degraves Espresso Bar | Nama Nama
Posted: August 14, 2013 Filed under: Asian Food, Australian Food, Italian Food, Japanese, Melbourne | Tags: creamy polenta, degraves espresso bar, espresso bar, food blog, food review, meatball & wine bar, melbourne, Melbourne restaurant review, nama nama melbourne, risotto 2 CommentsOne stop quick lunch for three days in a row last week! I had tea classes with other tea enthusiasts for three days in a pretty tight schedules therefore twas like a rushing one hour lunch each day. But lucky us! Even we dropped by randomly, I could say all of them were yummo!
MEATBALL & WINE BAR
The first stop on the first day was Meatball & Wine Bar at Swan Lane. Well, I’m not very familiar of this region of Flinders-Flinders Ln-Swan Ln-etc..etc.. and we ran out of time so we just quickly bumped in here! Since it was like 12.30 pm, the cafe was fully packed by guests and guess what, we had to wait to get a table for six. Well to be honest, we only waited for about 2 minutes. Lol.
Everyone ordered meatballs with different combo and mine was Beef Angus balls and creamy polenta in creamy white sauce. I regretted at the end by combining 2 creamy stuffs in one plate! I should have ordered another sauce like Red tomato or the Green pesto one…
My order was great! As a meat lover, I am easily addicted to anything meaty and those meatballs were awesomely juicy! Creamy polenta also nice but it mixed up with the creamy white sauce, so too bad I could barely recognize the sauce. Everyone was satisfied and agreed the meatballs were nice. Twas a great quick lunch, yummy foods in a nice place! I hope to revisit without hurry next time… The only con was the small portion. Ishhh I’m still hangreeehhh :p
AU$ 18,00
DEGRAVES ESPRESSO BAR
The second day we splitted to smaller groups for another lunch express. My group of two walked down along Flinders street and ended up at Degraves Espresso Bar. Ohmagawd! We didn’t have much time and I was worried seeing the crowds but going to another place would take longer time. So we just sat down and quickly ordered the same menu, Risotto! As our prediction, it took a long time to get our order came out and we started to become impatient. Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock….
Then right after we raised our hands,,,,,,intended to ask for our risotto, two bowls coming out from the kitchen and we got the signal that they belong to us. Fiuhhh. Eating Risotto in rushing style is not recommended or delightful at all. It was challenging to keep eating in frequent speed in the war of time and heat. Holy Moly, the Risotto was scrumptious, the texture was good and the richness of creamy risotto went very well with melted blue cheese. The overall texture was also a nice combination of crisp olives, tender sliced mushrooms, soft pumpkin in creamy sauce and cheese.
AU$ – 18,00
NAMA NAMA
Our third day lunch back to bigger group of five! We decided heading to a noodle soup bar at Smith street. We were luckier this time to be arrived at 12 and still not too many people coming there. FYI, in no time after we arrived, the cafe quickly packed by crowds! We felt like a winner watching the waiting list’s guests waiting…
Again, all of us went for the same menu and this time, Udon noodle soup was the star! Some chose beef and the rest went for pork including me. Nama Nama is a cute and playful noodle cafe in modern-Japanese ambient and lucky we were seated in a small room so there were only the five of us inside a small interestingly-decorated room. Nama Nama is also serving coffee that is supplied by Market Lane Coffee but since we all are tea people, we ordered three pots of sencha by LUPICIA instead.
Udon was served in a tall white bowl which is beautiful-looking but to be honest, I am not very fond of this shape. The bowl makes it pretty hard to scoop the soup, in addition the spoon is also pretty small so we really need to do more effort in order to sip the broth.
Well, but how’s the udon? It was nice, the savory broth seasoned fit to my liking and smelled so good as well. The thick pork slices were succulent and quail egg perfectly half boiled. Again, everyone was happy with the lunch express.
AU$ – 15,00
Out of the three lunchies, I chose Meatballs from Meatball & Wine Bar as the winner for food experience and Nama Nama for the winning ambient.
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Storm in A Teacup Melbourne
Posted: July 24, 2013 Filed under: Breakfast and Brunch, Melbourne, Tea | Tags: ancient moonlight tea, baked eggs brunch menu, fukamushi sencha tea, melbourne, Melbourne restaurant review, storm in a teacup melbourne, tea, tea bar, tea blog, tea review Leave a commentI never really get the idea why quite a lot of people that I know, could not enjoy themselves in a solemn me-time. I was thinking this is influenced by the strong collective culture in my country which might be true, or not. However for me, I love it, I just really love and cherish those kind of moments! Be grateful as I got the chance of enjoying some of my-all-time-favorite-things at once, which was having a solo brunch and tea time.
So last week I went to Storm in a Teacup, a tea-shop and tea-bar in Collingwood suburb, which is a hype area close to Melbourne CBD. Collingwood is one of the hypest and trendiest district for the Melbournian young professionals these days. This tea bar is only serving and selling specialty tea selections which means they only have the high quality single origin teas or those rare type of teas in their shop. Oh me likey!
Initially my first intention of going there was not for having a relaxing morning brunch or tea time even in the end I found myself did it. After a brief talk with the passionate and gracious owner, I decided to stay for eating brunch and trying their tea selection!
Oh well, actually I also just want to treat myself for a while from the busy buzzing days. Maybe I’m not that busy anyway, but my mentor said even when you’re not, just pretend that you really are. Hahaha. This is not applicable for everything though so don’t take it wrong, folks!
Storm in a Teacup is a lovely tea bar and tea shop with dainty decoration on the entire corner of the shop. I could feel the lively, young and dynamic atmospheric here that perhaps kind of unusual for a tea place, really interesting. Storm in a Teacup’s capacity is probably 20-22 seats including the small terrace area. And even the shop is pretty small, it is comfy and well-concepted with domination of turquoise color or let’s say it mint.
I was a little bit puzzled looking at wine bottles and liquors are lining on the bar area at the beginning. Later on I got the idea of the tea-bar which I reckon very impressive. They don’t only do the “traditional” fashion of drinking tea with the specialty tea selections but they also serve tea coctail (combining tea with liquor). Apart from that, there are sweet bites, brunch, booze and also organic wines on the menu list.
For my brunch, I ordered Baked Eggs with smoked ham in tomato ragu sauce which also came with greens, Labneh and toasts. Ragu sauce is the Italian meat-based tomato sauce that we usually meet is paired with pasta. The tomato ragu was a little bit too sour for me but actually it went well together with the eggs and ham. The combination of greens, labneh (Greek yoghurt) and toast were such a pleasing combination that I personally have always loved.
Oh well, not to forget they also sprinkled sesame seed and nuts over the top side of the baked eggs. The sprinklers gave more texture and flavor to the whole dish. If I have to describe, it was just tantalizing when being eaten together!
Baked Eggs – AU$ 16
For the cups, I had Fukamushi Sencha (Japanese green tea) and Ancient Moonlight white tea. I am not a newbie for Fukamushi Sencha and have been quite familiar with the taste.
Ancient Moonlight is white tea that I have heard but never tried before. After scanning the tea description, I was even more attracted. How wouldn’t I??? It is said “This tea is handpicked and processed from 400 years old trees. The name is due to its unique shape and color, white on top and shadowy black underneath which resembles the moon.”
This is my second infusion, the color is darker compared to the first picture.
I really like how they serve the tea in a clear glass so we can see through the real gradient of the tea. What a good place with such a nice tea experience. Even it takes me almost 50 minutes, I would love to come back to Storm in a Teacup. Probably to have a cup of tea with their sweet selections, a slice of brownies or Turkish delight will do.
Anyone?
*PS : They do retailing all of the tea as well, so you can either have a cup of tea on site or buy the tea leaves to take home!
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Oriental Spoon – Melbourne
Posted: June 15, 2013 Filed under: Asian Food, Korean Food, Melbourne, Recommended | Tags: food blog, food blogger, food review, korean food, korean food in melbourne, Melbourne restaurant review, Oriental Spoon, Oriental Spoon Melbourne 2 CommentsHi guys! Finally I’m back and being able to make a new post on my blog. It’s been quite long time since my last post last month, right? I just finished my exam anyway, lucky enough to have all of them squeezed in the first week. But well, assignment is still ongoing until the end of this month.
So, as you read on the title, you might think it is going to be a Chinese Restaurant review or what. Actually this is another Korean eatery review! I’m so into Korean foods and when I was looking for a new eating place, Celi & M took me and the coffee geek bf to Oriental Spoon Korean Restaurant. I know if by its name, it doesn’t sound very Korean but this is one of the famous Korean Restaurant in Melbourne though. I have been passing by Oriental Spoon for many times and almost never seen it empty during the opening hours. The restaurant is quite big, strategically located in a modern, bright and clean ambient.
As all of us are big eaters, we ordered 5 dishes and were a little bit shocked by the jumbo portions. 🙂 But we could manage them quite well in the end (actually that the girls who kept eating and cleaning up the foods while the boys gave up first! sigh.. I am such a big eater now! Forget it, diet starts tomorrow… :p )
Beef Bulgogi
Beef Bulgogi was thinly sliced beef marinated with Korean Bulgogi sauce with buch of mixed mushrooms and clear noodle. Bulgogi served on a large pan over a portable stove. I am not really a fan of bulgogi but this one was nicely marinated. The bulgogi beef was tender, juicy and the sauce was perfect in between sweet and savory. 
AU$ – 37,00
Assorted mix dumpling soup
The soup was served on a large bowl-pan over a portable stove as well. There were 3 kinds of dumpling, tofu, vegetables and ham with kimchi-based soup. As I expected, the soup was spicy and very well to warm up your body during this cold weather! oh HOT so HOT! In my opinion, the small dumplings’ filling were tastier than the big ones.
If you could not manage spiciness very well, it is highly recommended to ask them make it less spicy! My bf had a hard time eating this soup even though he has improved his spicy tolerance, haha. Poor him 🙂
AU$ – 37,00
Sundubu Jjiggae
I really love sundubu jjigae and the one from Oriental Spoon has been one of my favorite! The soup base was so spicy that really perfect my liking combined with generous amount of soft tofu and mixed seafood. Absolutely good!
AU$ – 15,00 (or 17,00)
Combination Chicken
This one is kind of typical Korean fried chicken but they use boneless chicken fillet instead. The chickens were crispy outside but so tender once you bite them. As this is the combination one, we got sweet chili and original fried chicken which both were so good but the sweet chili was our favorite that night! The sweet chili fried chicken rolled with sweet-savory and slightly spicy sauce that was sprinkled with spring onion and sesame seed. YUMM! I reckon this as the best Korean fried chicken I’ve tried so far 🙂
AU$ – 33.00
Jap Chae
Jap chae is pan-fried Korean clear sweet potato noodle with thinly sliced beef and vegetables in sesame oil sauce. The jap chae was quite good but nothing very special.
AU$ – 16.90
I have been here for two times in a month and the restaurant always super crowded! I booked a table for my first visit but didn’t manage to make it for the second one so I ended up on the waiting list. Haha. So I suggest you to make a reservation before coming here especially if you come in hunger 🙂
No wonder they got 85% likes rating on Urbanspoon over more than 1000 voters. That’s a lot of number though! I think because of the restaurant’s ambient, good service and yummy foods, they do deserve high rank!
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