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Tosokchon and their famous Samgyetang

Published on December 12, 2008 by in Restaurant reviews, Seoul

If you have to try Samgyetang, then you have to try it at Tosokchon. Samgyetang (삼계탕): Chicken ginseng soup. A whole spring chickenstuffed with glutinous rice, dates and gingko nuts boiled in a herbal ginseng broth. Every restaurant has a their own unique Samgyetang recipe. Tosokchon is liked by so many because their Samgyetang broth is rich, flavourful and simmered to perfection. While in Seoul, the K-popped! Trio met up with Seoul Sista twice. On our second meeting, Seoul Sista took Liz and I to Samcheong-dong for some comfort food. During the first meeting, the Trio were whisked to a Hanok style restaurant for some darn good Samgyetang. We met Seoul Sista in Myeongdong one evening. Almost immediately she asked us what foods we’d like to try. Upon hearing “Samgyetang”, Seoul Sista clapped her hands and went, “AH! I know just the place!” I’m so glad I have friends who love food just as much as I do. ^_^ Arrival: Seoul Sista leads the Trio into Tosokchon. Tosokchon’s samgyetang is extremely popular among the locals and visitors alike. The restaurant is also a favourite of the previous South Korean president, President Roh Moo-hyun. At night, the exterior of Tosokchon is

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K-popped! Trio tries Korean Street Food

Published on November 20, 2008 by in Restaurant reviews, Seoul

Patrons at a street food cart in Jongno One of the things i wanted to do before going to Seoul was to try typical Korean street food. We have Korean restaurants here in Malaysia, but we do not have food vendors by the side of the street, serving Korean style street food. That, my dear friends, you’ve got to experience in Korea! Our first taste of street food was when we were in Hongik University area (yeah, visiting the Coffee Prince cafe). It was around 6pm and we were slightly hungry after walking around on a chilly autumn evening. We spotted a couple of street food vendors near the subway station. We decided to stop for a bite and ordered a serving of tteokbokki. Orchid (left) and Liz (right) waiting anxiously for their tteokbokki to be served. The friendly ajumma dished it out from a large simmering square tin pot. Tteokbokki is a popular Korean street food offering made of sliced rice cake. It is cooked in a thick red pepper paste stock and simmered at the street food vendor’s cart, waiting to be dished out for patrons. The friendly ajumma dished it out from a simmering pot, and served

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In search of authentic Korean Food in Malaysia

Published on October 31, 2008 by in Culture, Restaurant reviews

Let me tell you about a slightly different Korean dining experience Liz and I had a couple of days ago. We went for lunch with our Korean teacher (선생님) on Deepavali day. We decided to visit Sri Hartamas which is densely populated with Korean restaurants and marts. There must be lots of Korean expats living in this area. no? Okay, we were about to go to a local (meaning Malaysian) or Japanese food restaurant because we were all sick of the commercialized Korean fare you get at the restaurants here. Kimchi Jjigae, Korean BBQ, etc. We don’t want those…WE WANT AUTHENTIC KOREAN COOKING! At least our 선생님 is pining for some! Then we spotted Han Sung Korean restaurant with its menu proudly displayed outside the restaurant. After a quick flip through the menu, 선생님’s eyes grew larger and she was excited to see “sundae” on the menu. “Sundae” (순대) is typical Korean style sausage made from pigs innards. Okay, it is at this point in time that i will tell you that this Korean food joint is non-halal. Leaving all notions of going to another restaurant, 선생님 wanted to eat at this place now! And so we ventured into the

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Liz celebrates her birthday on Chuseok

Published on September 14, 2008 by in Restaurant reviews

Hi everyone, Have you had your fill of songpyeon (Korean rice cake) or mooncake yet? Besides it being the Mid-Autumn and Chuseok holiday, the auspicious Sept 14 is also Liz’s birthday! C’mon, everybody together now….HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZ! To celebrate Liz‘s birthday, we had a very nice family lunch at Pavilion KL today. And to make the birthday lunch extra special, Rooster was there too! She just flew in from Beijing yesterday! So it was also a K-popped! Trio reunion of sorts. We went to Food Republic at Pavilion for some upmarket hawker style food. Liz really likes the “o-chien” (oyster omelet) at the Thye Hong stall. So…what birthday girl wants, birthday girl gets! We had a double helping ofjuicy oyster omelet – the birthday girl’s favourite Thye Hong stall at Food Republic is famous for its Singapore prawn noodle which comes with giant prawns. They also serve oyster omelet and fried kuey teow (flat noodles) at the stall. Both the Singapore prawn noodle and fried kuey teow are served on a unique lotus leaf bed. Yummy Singapore prawn noodle from Thye Hong.The signature fragrant stock makes the noodles delicious.(Squeeze some lime onto the piping hot noodles and dig in!) Fried

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Kim Tae-hee loves her Paris Baguette

Published on July 31, 2008 by in Buzz, Restaurant reviews

Yummy bread: After the CF fimling, Tae-hee carts hometwo loaves of freshly-baked baguettes Korean actress Kim Tae-hee (28) is the new spokesperson for Paris Baguette – bakers of breads, pastries and cakes. The Stairway to Heaven actress inked a one year contract with the popular franchise, and was recently spotted filming the commercial at the Paris Baguette outlet in Kangnam, Seoul. The CF will be aired in South Korea in August. Big sandwich: ‘Move over Subway, the Paris Baguettesandwich is the best.’ Source & Pics credit: Hankooki Much more on Kim Tae-hee!

 
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Jang Shou – where Rain dined in Singapore

Published on July 4, 2008 by in Restaurant reviews

I was in Singapore last weekend, and guess what? I visited the Korean restaurant where Rain and his crew dined at when he was in Singapore for the 2007 I’m Coming World Tour! This is where Rain and his crew dined at when he was in Singapore for the 2007 I’m Coming World Tour~ Jang Shou Korean BBQ at Esplanade Mall I’m not bluffing…Rain left his mark and was there on 21 January 2007 How did it all happen? While in Singapore i meet up with K-popped! reader Fraulein and since the both of us love all things Korean, what better way than to have our very first meeting over a Korean barbecue dinner! Before meeting up, Fraulein gave me a list of very enticing Korean restaurants to choose from, and of course – we decided on Jang Shou – for obvious reasons. Jang Shou restaurant is located at Esplanade Mall. The Esplanade is a magnificent building with state of the art architecture, but to put it bluntly, it looks like the “durian”. Esplanade – theatres on the bay is where you go to watch plays, attend musicals, art exhibitions etc. It is the center of arts in Singapore. You

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Dining at Koryo-won Suria KLCC

Published on June 8, 2008 by in Restaurant reviews

I’ve been telling myself that i need to blog about this before i forget. So here goes… Last weekend, before the book fest, Liz and i met up at Koryo-won for lunch. We were in Suria KLCC in the heart of Kuala Lumpur and wanted to try out a Korean restaurant there. The one and only Korean food place we found is this restaurant. Koryo-won Korean restaurant @ Suria KLCC Located on the top-most (that’s the 4th) floor at Suria KLCC shopping center, Koryo-won prides itself in serving fine Korean barbecue and traditional Korean cuisine. I must warn you though, that this place is not cheap. It’s pricey and if you want a taste of premium wagyu beef (wagyu = Japanese beef also known as the caviar of beef) on a Korean barbecue, well, you can get it here. One serving of wagyu beef on the barbecue stove can set you back RM360 (USD110)! So if you don’t want to burn a huge hole in your bank account, order carefully. But if you are a tourist or earn USD or Euros or some other currency, then this place would probably be all right. The interior of the restaurant as you

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Bae Yong-joon sells lunchboxes

Published on May 12, 2008 by in Restaurant reviews

Is the Hallyu star cashing in on the food crisis we are currently experiencing? I’m not so sure about this star, he’s already the top earner in Hallyuwood, he owns his own health food restaurant, but it looks like he’s still trying to make $$$ out of anything. ‘Don’t like my lunchbox set Liz?Well, eat me.’ Japan‘s largest convenience store 7-Eleven will be selling special lunchbox sets of Korean food produced by Bae Yong-joon. The lunchboxes will be on the store shelves for three days from June 13 to 15. Called the Gosire Bento, orders for the lunchbox sets will be taken from today (May 12) to June 8. Each bento set costs a whopping 2500 yen (25,000 won or RM76.58)! What an expensive lunch. The sets include 16 different dishes from the Goguryeo dynasty, such as bulgogi and ssam-bab. Whatever. Just give me a fistful of rice and a couple of side dishes and I’m set. No one owns a money tree in their backyard, you know. Paying so much for food is like eating gold. The targeted suckers group for the set lunch are middle-aged female Yonsama (Japanese ajumma) fans. No surprise there. Would you buy a RM76.58

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Korean teacher craves for Klang Bakuteh

Published on May 5, 2008 by in Restaurant reviews

Warning: This is a non-halal entryLast weekend, 선생님 was showing a Korean friend around and wanted to eat Bakuteh for dinner. So she rounded our Korean classmates up and we all drove to Klang (around 45 minutes away from Kuala Lumpur / Petaling Jaya) for the famous Klang Bakuteh. It is good that one of our classmates is from Klang. Bakuteh contains pork, mushrooms, tauhu pok, fu-chok in herbal soup Bakuteh is pork (and i mean large, chunky pieces of piggy meat) stewed in a herbal broth. It is now served all over Malaysia, but was said to originate in Klang, Selangor. Nowadays people still travel from far away to sample the Bakuteh in Klang. It is said to be still the best Bakuteh around. People in Klang eat Bakuteh for breakfast! Urgh…not my cup of tea. How could one eat such a heavy piggy breakfast? Anyway, i have heard of people waking up at 6am just to drive to Klang for a Bakuteh breakfast. But i digress… Bakuteh was first created in the 1950s as the basic meal for Chinese immigrants in Klang. Since the early laborers were poor yet hard workers, they created a dish that is easy

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Affordable Korean Food at HanChon

Published on May 1, 2008 by in Restaurant reviews

Wanna know where to get really affordable Korean cuisine? My friends and i went to HanChon in Sri Hartamas and the set lunch there cost RM9.99 nett! For RM10 (that’s like USD3), you get Korean side dishes, soup, your choice of main course and drink (Green Tea or soft drink). A pretty good deal if you asked me! All of us were very full and satisfied after lunch. HanChon restaurant is located at a shop lottucked away in Sri Hartamas Entrance to the restaurant – you may dine outside too Hanchon’s cosy, colourful interior HanChon seems to be famous for its fried chicken. Besides the set meals, you can order fried chicken in medium or large amounts (10 pieces or 24 pieces). They have two flavours – standard or hot (which my friends say isn’t very spicy). They also claim that their fried chicken is fried in canola oil which is healthier. HanChon restaurant does delivery of their famous fried chicken.Okay, now back to our set lunch meals. For main course, you have a choice of: THE HANCHON SET HanChon Chicken (Wing / Drumstick) – Fried chicken (wing or drumstick) served with rice, salad & mash potatoes (potatoes + rice

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