All About Korean Food

[erato]

I did see those korean restaurants as I passed by the Kalayaan avenue area (just pass trellis coming from the Circle)

 

Any FR if these establishments are good ???? are they being patronized by korean nationals ??

 

 

Teacher's village is becoming Koreatown. That explains the increasing number of Korean Restos and Grocery stores in the area. There are also English Language Schools there.

 

From QC circle, the first and biggest Korean Resto on your right would be WOORIJIB. I love the Jjamppong Ramyeon. Dukkboki is usually good. But there were times when some ingredients were absent so maybe you have to rely on luck, too. Kimbap is good. They have the usual stuff on the menu, sam gyeopsal, mandoo, bulgogi, which are all okay.

 

Walking distance from that are DaeYang Kalbi and Jjang Gun (Geez, I really hope my memory serves me right). I heard the Jajjang Myeon there is good. And Kalbi, too!

 

A lit further, on the first floor of Kalayaan Plaza you will find Family Restaurant. Food is also good.

 

But the best Korean food I have ever had is Maegi Mae Oon Tang somewhere in the Don Antonio area. If I could only remember the resto. (sorry)

 

I say these restos are good. But I have tasted the best Korean food from the grandmothers and mothers who have cooked for me. My ultimate favorite Korean dishes are: Dakkdorittang (it's chicken na super spicy), Dukkbokki, Jjamppong, Maegi, and as for soup, Dwendjang Jiggae!

 

For your Grocery needs: There's one just off the corner of Matalino and Kalayaan Ave. Used to be called BooJa Mart, now it's Nice Mart. Then along Kalayaan Ave, in the middle of all the restos mentioned above is Saranghe Banchan Kagae.

Edited November 7, 2010 by erato

[asmodeus]

 

 

I say these restos are good. But I have tasted the best Korean food from the grandmothers and mothers who have cooked for me. My ultimate favorite Korean dishes are: Dakkdorittang (it's chicken na super spicy), Dukkbokki, Jjamppong, Maegi, and as for soup, Dwendjang Jiggae!

 

 

 

I had the opportunity to try this wonderful fermented soybean paste soup a few weeks ago. (at a korean restaurant in the timog area)

 

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz142/DevilAsmodeus/doenjangjigae.jpg

 

And I just soooooo fell in love with it.

[erato]

I had the opportunity to try this wonderful fermented soybean paste soup a few weeks ago. (at a korean restaurant in the timog area)

 

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz142/DevilAsmodeus/doenjangjigae.jpg

 

And I just soooooo fell in love with it.

 

Looks delish, indeed! Something's different, though. The soup in your photo is clearer than the homecooked ones I have tried (or maybe the particles just settled?). Sorry I don't have a clear photo, but if you take a look at the photo below, the duenjjang jiggae is at the top right. LOL See, not so clear. But really good! *stares at the photo* mouth-watering!

 

http://img547.imageshack.us/img547/2861/heartymeal.jpg

[erato]

Korean Side Dishes aka Ban Chan

 

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/4313/banchan1.jpg

 

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4873/banchan3.jpg

 

http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/9097/banchan2.jpg

[erato]

Jjamppong Ramyeon

 

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/7236/jjamppongramyeon.jpg

[asmodeus]

Looks delish, indeed! Something's different, though. The soup in your photo is clearer than the homecooked ones I have tried (or maybe the particles just settled?). Sorry I don't have a clear photo, but if you take a look at the photo below, the duenjjang jiggae is at the top right. LOL See, not so clear. But really good! *stares at the photo* mouth-watering!

 

 

I believe that by the time I took the photo of my Doenjang Jiggae, the particles have already settled ....... and the version I tasted had less chili powder so it took on the color of the fermented soybean paste which was brownish.

 

I'm looking forward to try this soup in the other korean restaurants.

[erato]

Koreans have their version of the Curry [Koreans pronounce theirs like KA-RE], too. Of course they do not use coconut milk in their recipe. The chicken or meat is chopped into bite sizes, unlike Philippine-style curry where the chicken is usually cooked by slice. It's usually served as a rice topping.

 

Please bear with the photo. This one's luto ni ajjuma (Korean mom).

 

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/366/curry.jpg

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all those pics are making me hungry. I love the bean curd soups. Not the clear one yung malabo (sorry for lack of word to describe it). I'm lucky because where I live (malate) there is a cheap korean resto where i could satisfy my craving. it's not as good as some restaurants but its ok for the budget Its hard to describe the place because it doesn't even have a sign. on the 2nd floor is a dorm for koreans and this is where they eat.

[erato]

Homecooked Ddaktoritang [Chicken Stew] -cooked for so long that the chicken meat is falling off

 

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1861/dakkdorittang.jpg

[asmodeus]

An all veggie BIBIMBAP (though I can't remember what its called in korean)

 

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz142/DevilAsmodeus/IMG_2144.jpg

 

Some of the ingredients are quite unfamiliar to me.

[erato]

Geez, all these photos are making me so hungry. But there are no Korean Restos anywhere on this island! Tragic.

[erato]

An all veggie BIBIMBAP (though I can't remember what its called in korean)

 

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz142/DevilAsmodeus/IMG_2144.jpg

 

Some of the ingredients are quite unfamiliar to me.

 

Scrumptious! I think the ingredient at the 10 o'clock of this photo is ODEN [fishcake]. Oden is added to a lot of Korean dishes, and can stand on its own as a side dish

 

Or maybe it's something else.

[asmodeus]

Scrumptious! I think the ingredient at the 10 o'clock of this photo is ODEN [fishcake]. Oden is added to a lot of Korean dishes, and can stand on its own as a side dish

 

Or maybe it's something else.

 

its probably something else ....... definitly not fish since its an all veggie dish. (of which ..... is egg considered as meat??)

 

[erato]

haha, yeah, maybe it's something else. Sorry! To me, egg is more like a dairy product than meat. What do you think?

 

 

Para hindi OT:

 

Mixed Rice [lutong bahay pa rin] - brown rice, sesame oil, ham, corn, pepper, carrots, whatever-else-you-wanna-add

http://img574.imageshack.us/img574/1616/breakfast.jpg

[asmodeus]

JAPCHE ...... korean version of a sotanghon dish.

 

http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz142/DevilAsmodeus/IMG_2145.jpg

 

same place where I had the fantastic Doenjang Jiggae

Edited November 9, 2010 by asmodeus