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Looking at the menu, nothing jumped out from the typical line of Korean food for me. Since I was craving for some meat, I had ordered the gamjatang (pork bone soup), and my cousin ordered the jajangmyeon (blackbean noodles) + jamppong (spicy seafood noodle).
The banchan (side dishes) were red kimchi, bean sprouts, chives kimchi, katugi (radish kimchi), salad with thousand island dressing and seasoned spinach. The spinach and salad was a little bitter to my taste but the red kimchi served made up for it. I was a little disappointed in the taste, which was quite bland and bitter, and the lack of variety. (I might be biased since I love fish cakes and soybeans the most for sidedishes...)
The waitress was friendly as she served our food, reminding me to be careful of the hot stew bowl. The pork bone soup was massive in size, nearly 4 large pieces and some potato, in which I was grateful for since I was hungry. The soup was flavourful, for the lack of a better word, and the meat was soft and juicy. However, it was missing a spiciness level to it. The owner explained to me that their soup is boiled for 24 hours, and the recipe is from the countryside of Korea. It is supposed to be not spicy but she said she could modify it with notice next time. Nevertheless, I was still impressed with the richness of it!
The owner also added that the noodle in the jajangmyeon and jampong was hand-made. We jumped to taste it, and indeed, the noodle was extremely chewy. There was plenty of seafood, including mussels, squid and shrimps, in the jampong and the spiciness level was perfect to my cousin's taste. All in all, we were very impressed with the noodles.
The service was friendly, and the owner was extremely helpful in catering to our needs. The overall price range was typical for a Korean restaurant. I noticed that they had a lunch menu, for weekends only, and it is a good deal!
Would I go back? Definitely. The flavour is there and the price is right!
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