Address: 205 Upper Thomson Road, Singapore 574392
Tel: +65 6452 2112

I was told by my girlfriend that the eatery is reputed to be one of the best Korean Restaurant in the country. Be warned that there is a severe lack of parking spaces at the location. Finally securing a lot, I was smacking my lips in anticipation of the feast.

The interior of the restaurant looked simple enough. Wooden furniture, check. Oriental vases and paintings, check. Waiters and waitresses in their Korean costume get-up, check.

Even though I do not really like the pickled appertisers that Korean restaurants normally serve, I appreciate the fact that they come free.

Kim Chi, pickled Zucchini, bean sprouts.

Vegetables, mashed potatoes (something identifiable) and alas, another dish of pickled something or other.

We went for the Beef or So Jung Sik (S$16). The menu states that the beef would be marinated in special sauces. However what I experienced was meat that was dry, tough and almost devoid of any form of sauce (special or otherwise). I felt that some of the pseudo korean food/hot plate beef that is served at food courts tasted better.

My girlfriend defended the dish and commented that she liked the beef and that she found the sauce indeed special.

The Doen Jang Chigae or Bean Paste Soup (S$14.50) fared slightly better in my books. Although tasting the Bean Paste Soup provided reminders of why I do not particularly like Bean Paste Soups. First off, it was not spicy. Secondly, there was Bean Paste in my soup along with other assorted vegetables.

At the end of the dinner, the waitress presented a surprise to us. We were given two boxes of Korean tidbits (some form of rice cakes/muah chee). I whispered with some pride to the girlfriend that maybe I had been identified by the establishment as a food writer and that they were trying to appease me by giving me freebies. My girlfriend without any hesitation pointed out the fact that every occupied table had a similar package. I sheepishly acknowledged that I was probably not so famous after all…