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| - A friend suggested this restaurant for lunch the other day and since they've only been open for 5 months (opening date was February 2012), we figured we'd give them a shot!
This place is so quirky it made me laugh... and I'm still not sure of story behind the spaceship! Perhaps somethings are better left to the imagination. There is plenty of seating here and plenty to look at.
As soon as we were seated, we were presented with, what I thought was a cup of green or jasmine tea... not the case!... it was a refreshing cup of cold Barley tea! What a pleasant surprise!
Our waitress then brought us six little dishes which contained vegetable pancake (my favourite!), bean sprouts, spicy eggplant, kimchi, deodeok and seaweed.
We both ordered the Beef DolSotBiBimBap ($8.95):
Shiitake mushrooms, bean sprouts, zucchini, carrots and Asian style spinach all served over rice with a beautiful bright yellow egg yolk sitting on top.
Within minutes of placing our order, our waitress was back with our 'appetizer' (which I thought were the little six dishes but apparently not)... a beautiful bowl of warm delicious squash soup! So creamy and sweet - it was the perfect start to, what turned out to be, a wonderful meal.
Our main arrived accompanied with a bowl of Miso soup (a little too salty for my liking but because everything else was so absolutely brilliant, I didn't care).
I found the BiBimBap to be quite similar to a beef donburi that I get a Japanese restaurants; although the seasoning is slightly different and the vegetables were cooked al denté so their colours remained vibrant and their texture fresh and crisp.
I thoroughly enjoyed this dish!! Unfortunately, I was so excited about digging into my BiBimBap, I forgot to snap a picture before I stirred in the egg... the presentation was quite beautiful. Oh well, it gives me an excuse to go back again!
Our waitress was extremely attentive and walked us through every dish placed before us which was appreciated because I'd never had Korean food before.
When our bill arrived, instead of receiving candies or mints on the cheque tray, we received two little bottles of a yogurt drink that was absolutely to die for! To us, it tasted like it might be strawberry lychee but I'm not sure. It was really good though and a perfect end to our adventure.
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