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| - Food here is hit and miss. I've had more misses here than hits unfortunately so I won't be so adventurous next time I visit this place.
Menu: http://www.songcooks.com/menu.html
Also one annoying thing I found about their menu is that they include pictures, but no labels so you don't know which item corresponds to which picture!
What we had: A whole lot of items over multiple visits, let me see...
Special jajang noodles (the one with a bunch of vegetables and seafood mixed in), seafood pancake, ddukbokki (spicy rice cake), spicy pork, bulgogi, sengtaetang (spicy fish soup), soondobu (soft tofu) soup, cham pong (spicy seafood noodle soup), pork & kimchi soup, kamjatang (pork bone soup), a salmon sashimi salad (forget what it's called on the menu), boiled dumplings, sweet and sour pork (chicken? couldn't tell), stewed beef short ribs with carrot & radish, and more I can't remember...
Taste: 7/10
As I mentioned, food here is hit and miss. The solid ones that we keep coming back for are the jajang noodles and the spicy pork. Their noodles are a good level of chewy and very flavourful. The pork is well seasoned and yummy as well. The beef short ribs are also good, and Steven's friends always come back for that dish. Their soups are generally good, oddly except for their kamjatang, which was lacking in flavour. They did give a lot of pork bones in that soup though.
The remaining dishes were not so notable. Their bulgogi was very dry and bland, that one was disappointing. I'm a big fan of ddukbokki and theirs didn't have enough kick. The cham pong had so much undercooked onion in it, I spent most of my time picking out the undercooked onion from the soup. When I was done picking out the undercooked onion, it filled up a good half of a bowl.
Their side dishes were lacklustre. It's a small selection of different types of kimchi, so I thought maybe they offer quality over quantity--nope, the cabbage kimchi was barely fermented.
Value: 5/10
Portions are generally more than enough to fill you up, although one thing I don't get is that they charge extra for rice. Really?? This is the only Korean restaurant I've been to that charges extra for rice on their soups, when their soup prices are already on par with other Korean restaurants.
$12-15 for most single serving plated dishes (spicy pork, bulgogi, etc), $10-13 for single-serving soup, $15-25 for single serving main dishes (stew short-ribs, fried chicken etc.), $30-50 for double serving main dishes (these are more worthwhile, there is usually more than twice the amount compared to the single serving). Pre-set group combos cost anywhere between $20-25 per person
** Average cost per diner: $20-25 after tax and tip
Service/Convenience: 9/10
Service is generally prompt and the food came pretty quickly. The servers don't keep napkins around so when we asked for extra napkins, they just took it from an empty table lol. The location is a little hidden away in the plaza and may not be so easy to locate for the first time.
Would go back? Occasionally, if we're craving some spicy pork or their special jajang noodles.
Would recommend to friend? Sure if they already like Korean food.
Similar places: So many Korean places around that area
**Disclaimer: Average cost per diner constitutes the amount (per person) we eat to get full without drinks. Total cost is usually divided between 2 diners, one of whom can regularly eat 7 slices of XL pizza
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