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2012-06-20
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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
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.
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