The five of us had such a lovely dinner.
Took a lot of photos to share!

We started off with a lot of appetisers that were free!
My Korean friend noted that the banchan changes often here and that in all Korean cuisine they all serve these as small nibbles before the main course We ordered 3 main dishes, 2 soups and had 3-4(?) servings of raw meat to grill!!!!

The seafood pajeon was delicious. Crispy and chewy.
The mix between the vegetables, the seafood, and the dough was very nice. The bulgogi, marinated beef was very tender.
I really like the sauce they used to marinate the beef.
Not too sweet (like other Korean restaurants that I've tried).
The servings are also quite generous! Next, we had the yokhoe.
This was my first time trying it, and the taste was really quite unique.
The raw egg with the raw meat and pears!
Strange combination but very very tasty.
My korean friend was surprised that I really liked it haha. (I ended up eating most of it)
And again generous portions.
Recommend it to anybody who hasn't tried it yet!!! Now the 'soups'!
I put inverted periods because these aren't really soups.
It's just like a soup based main dish.

The short rib beef soup was my personal favourite.
Soooo tender. The meat melted in your mouth.
We were all able to try a serving of the meat!
My korean friend said it takes ages to cook this dish!
And indeed, it was hot and very very delicious.... The spicy tofu soup was very very satisfying.
Although I'm not a fan of spicy food, I was still able to appreciate this dish.
The tofu and the seafood goes very nicely with the soup.
And when you mix it with the rice.... Last but not least the grilling of the pork belly meat!!!
It was fantastic. 'Very traditional. Very yummy' - quote my korean friend haha
I used to wonder why pay a higher price for meat to grill yourself at your table..
and now I finally understand why.

It's just a lot of fun and very interesting grilling at your own table.
Very different to the other cuisines I've tried.

The sauce my korean friend ordered - the spicy chili paste sauce served in a stone pot along with lettuce and garlic and this leafy thing i forgot the name of was great too.
You have to wrap everything together - rice, meat, sauce, veggies, and some of the banchan if you want and ... its amazing If you're around Hong Kong, looking for something unique and delicious try it.
I hope you too, have a wonderful meal!

Oh and this place opens till 5 AM!
Shame we didn't try any Korean drinks (we had to wake up early the next day) but next time!

Went to Kimchi Garden after my friend suggested a new Korean place in cwb.
I really enjoyed the food and am so glad I found a restaurant I would definitely to back to!

There were 4 of us and we were seated right away.
My korean friend who is here on exchange ordered and amongst us we got the "dolsot bibimbap" stone pot rice, "galbi jjim" the beef short ribs, soft tofu stew, seafood pancake, and cold buckwheat noodles.

the stone pot mixed rice was the best ive had in hk so far and my friends all agreed.
the seafood pancake was really crispy and not too oily.
and the soft tofu stew was spicy but i love spicy food so
my korean friend ordered the cold buckwheat noodle, and I've never had it before but she said it was really chewy, the way it is supposed to be!
the portions were really generous, especially with the ribs, 5-6 pieces and they were hugee

She complimented to a korean staff there that she really liked one of the free side dishes they gave us with our meal (we got 7 in total) and they refilled it for us!!!! great service!! so nice

ALSO we were given a free traditional dessert drink which they explained is made from rice.

the bill came up to around just over $60 for each of us


so this place got a thumbs up from my korean friend here on exchange
and also a thumbs up from all of us who went.


definitely going there again!

Korean culture is very popular in HK, my friends talk about Super Junior, 2PM, Bigbang everyday. There is no denial that Korean culture started to invade HK. More and more korean restaurants pop up, not only the traditional ones but also the korean fast food stores. I am not a fan of korean music but i love korean food!

One week ago, me and my friends were wondering where to go for lunch in causeway bay. We decided to have korean food and my friend suggested this new restaurant "Kimchi Garden".As the prices seemed pretty reasonable so we all agreed to give it a try.

We ordered three lunch sets - Japchae (stir fried noodles with vegetables), Mixed bibimbap (mixed rice in stone pot) and Korean braised beef short ribs.

Some small dishes came right after we ordered the food. I did not take photos of them but as i remembered, there were kimchi,dried seaweed,boiled spinach,fried bean sprouts, preserved radish slices,etc. They were not bad.

After like 10 minutes, our food came one after the other.
First it was the Japchae.The price of it was around $60 something, i think the size was reasonable with that price.
There were spinach, onion.bean sprouts,carrot and pork inside the stir fried dangmyun(starch noodle).
The dish looked pretty oily. To be honest, i did not have high expectations on it.
I tried a little bit of it and i was right! The starch noodles were too oily and the ingredients were not nice, especially the pork slices
It was like fried noodles in hk style rather in korean style, i could not taste any korean flavor in it.

Second it was the mixed bibimbap(mixed rice in stone pot).It came along with a spoonful of chili paste.This was the best among the three things we ordered! The chili paste brought the whole dish to a higher level. We mixed the paste and raw egg well with the rice, the texture of it was tremendous.Perhaps it was because of the stone pot which kept the rice heated for so long, the flavor was enriched and the rice at the bottom of the pot turned a bit burnt and became crispy. That was the best part of the rice, yummy!

Third was the korean braised beef short ribs. It came with a bowl of rice.The ribs were tender and soft. They were rich in the taste of chinese medicine, maybe the taste of ginseng? i was not so sure about it.
The portion of ribs was huge! There were like 5-6 pieces of ribs in the pot, the shop was very generous The price was very reasonable as well, i remembered it was like $70 only with that large amount of ribs!

Before we checked the bill, a waitress served us with korean style sweet soup. I took a sip of it, hmmmmm i did not really like it. It was like syrups with iced water.

All in all,I can't say it is not a traditional korean restaurant but i believe there are many alternatives in Causeway Bay.