Monday, December 21, 2009

Korean meal set by a traditional family

Got brought to a restaurant run by a whole family from grand ma to kids - very warm-hearted. So the family already set the meal set for you and you just needed to choose "beef", "fish", "pork" for your main course. The chef would just cook the main course in his way.

1. When we sat down, the table was put with all these big and small dishes, and so occupied. 2. Then a flat wok was placed next to the dishes, with some rice on the bottom, various veggie and a semi-pan fried egg on top. Just seeing all these is already an eye-candy.

3. Kimchi tofu pot. 4. mini-burger with tomato/veggie sauce. Both are good and not too spicy.

5. OK, the main course - beef casserole. The stone pot kept boiling the food inside and by the time it got cool, the soup was almost gone, leaving the food inside very tasty and aromatic. 6. pan fried yellow fish - very nice too!

7. I somehow thought of Paela. It's quite a big portion and moreover you are given another bowl of steamed rice. 8. Miso soup with veggie. Very nice aroma of miso!
9. Korean pan cake. Almost a must for a traditional meal, and this one is pretty good. 10. the restaurant is actually an old style house with a patio in the middle getting the light and as a place for the wood burner.


11. See the stone pots on the top of this wood grilling stove. I could tell why the food has a sort of grilling smell and also why it's so hot and burning for half an hour. 12. See this wood for the grilling.

13. the patio. 14. the shop entrance - kind of ancient Chinese.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very nice and lots of food. for many persons?

Stella said...

Your camera is really good as I can see all the steam from the dishes.

Thailand Club said...

this kind of restaurant is quite similar to those samtum and grilled chicken joints on outskirts Bangkok offering authentic local cuisine

just look at those pictures already can smell yummy yummy :)

in the sea said...

I think this restaurant and the JIHO Chicken Soup are the 2 best for this trip. This one is even better as the variety is awesome. Yes, the shop is very interesting and it's not that artificially maintained. BTW, the price for one person is around US$10. :)

in the sea said...

To Anonymous, it's for 2 to 3 persons.

David said...

for one person around $10 so it is quite a good deal

in the sea said...

Yes, a super deal considering the food is very nice and big portion too.

Stella said...

Merry X'Mas to you all.
Will miss you for 4 days due to Vegas trip starting Dec 24 to Dec 27.
Ho Ho Ho to Ho Ho Ho.

in the sea said...

Hope you had a great trip!

Anonymous said...

Hello. May i know where is this? and the name of the restaurant?

in the sea said...

Sorry, I forgot the name of this restaurant. It's near the middle side street of Insadong (on the right), if going from the south.