Iced Soup Korean Noodles

On Thursday 29.jun.2023, he went to changed a flat tire and service the car. After that bought lunch for the Elderlies from million ocean coffee shop. We then went to PJ to replenish the guppies and ate brunch and early dinner at Satellite chicken rice PJ and Kam Kee starling mall. I had lunch by myself at Seoul Classic uptown based on recommendations from PH and it was a satisfying lunch:

https://phonghongbakes.blogspot.com/2023/06/dolsot-bibimbap-seoul-classic-damansara.html

12.44 noon - I ordered iced cold noodles MYR 27+ which includes 10 banchan aka side dishes, good value for money. The stainless steel tumbler contains iced plain water which is foc. There is a tub of wine vinegar and a tub of sesame mustard for the iced cold noodles.

12.46 am - the iced cold soup has shaved ice in the soup and is sourish so is very appetising. The cucumber and daikon are pickled so is also sourish. There is half a hard boiled egg on top of the cucumber.

12.49 noon - I also ordered a scallion pancake MYR 29+ which I brought home most of it.

1.23 pm - Seoul Classic uptown is decorated very nicely, bright and airy.

12.31 noon - all patrons are seated at the inner section.

1.23 pm - total price is MYR 61.60 nett.

These ten banchan aka side dishes are very tasty so I ate all of them or brought some home, didn't refill any side dishes at all because the amount is enough for 1 pax, myself:

1. Potatoes

2. Beansprout

3. Brinjal

4. Potato salad is very tasty because it has pieces of apple in it.

5. Kimchi cabbage

6. Tofu

7. Fishcake

8. Peanuts

9. Yinchoy

10. Kimchi cucumber

1.24 pm - Seoul Classic uptown is located on the 1st floor.

12.27 noon - brightly lit stairs.

12.26 noon - Seoul Classic uptown. A big thank you to PH for recommending this eatery. 👍

Ra Myeon

I don't know what I was thinking of when I ordered this spicy seafood Ra Myeon (Ramen) at MYR14.90+ (6% GST = MYR15.80 nett). Luckily I put half the noodles into my trusted container because I was very full when I finished eating the remaining noodles in my bowl. It was spicy and salty but satisfying because I like to eat instant noodles and this tastes like expensive instant noodles. I had to summon all my will power to withstand this level of spiciness as my tongue and mouth were burning.

This Ra Myeon includes 3 banchans: kimchi, anchovies, and long beans. I took most of the kimchi home for dinner and of course I did not ask for any refills.

Both my friends ordered rice sets and none of us had drinks. The previous visit to Ko Hyang, Gardens Mall, I just ate a pancake.

Daejanggum

Dosirak (Korean packed lunchbox) Set (deep fried shrimps) - about MYR14.90 and I gave half my rice and 1 shrimp to my friend. It  is a well-rounded meal with rice, vegetables, shrimps, soup and tea.

Ordered it because Item 1 caught my eyes.

My friends ordered main meals so we get 6 refillable Banchans. All of us like the vegetables coated with eggs and deep fried (top right).

This eatery occupies an upstairs shop unit and is located near Digital Mall, PJ (same row).

Kyung Joo

Budae Jigae (to share) - MYR55.80+ (10% service charge to be MYR61.40 nett). Budae means Army Unit or Military Unit so this is a Army Stew that has US style processed food such as sausages, spam (luncheon meat), slices of cheese, instant noodles and etc. A very flavourful jigae.

The Banchan (side dishes) are very different from the ones served here except for the kimchi which is a must-have side dish. There are six refillable side dishes - 1. broccoli, cauliflower and carrots 2. kimchi 3. brinjal and chili 4. pumpkin 5. black beans 6. radish cubes. All side dishes are tasty.

We ordered two bibimbap (chicken meat) sets (with a glass of green tea or barley tea) to share. MYR17.80+ (MYR19.60 nett).

After mixing everything up. My friend would prefer it to be more flavourful but the taste is ok for me.

4 Mandu (in Korean, gyoza in Japanese) to share as well. Costs MYR11.80+ (MYR13 nett). The dumplings are plump with lots of fillings.

A pot of hot barley tea at MYR9.80+ (MYR10.80 nett) meant to be shared by 2 pax but there were 5 of us with 2 glasses of hot green tea from the 2 bibimbap sets so the waitress was smart enough to bring us 3 small glasses without us having to ask for it.

It has a double layer of glass with air in between for insulation so that your hand can hold the glass and will not feel the heat from the hot tea.

5 pretty swirl bowls for us since we are sharing all the food. 

MYR124.30 nett for 5 pax so it means that it is MYR24.85 nett per pax. Reasonable price considering how full we were after this meal.

This Kyung Joo Korean Restaurant is located on the highest floor in Midvalley Mall, near the cinemas. It is next to Taiwan Recipe.

Kimchi

This time the lotus roots have been replaced by mayonnaise macaroni.

My set lunch - beef slices mixed vegetable rice at about MYR18 plus minus.

Later my friend gave me all the ingredients from her kimchi soup so I had another round of food which I couldn't finish so I took them home for dinner in my container.

Sam Gae Tang

9 refillable side dishes (banchan) - crispy dry seaweed, kimchi, very tender okra, pickled tunghoon, "wet" seaweed, kimchi cucumber, sweet salty crispy anchovies and peanuts, very tender lotus roots and marinated pork - all of which are very appetising because they are sweet, sourish, some are spicy and slightly salty.

Gal Bi Tang (Beef ribs soup) with rice - MYR30++ (MYR35 nett). The beef are very tender in clear soup with no other spices to cover the pure taste of beef. Some people may find this soup bland and the beef taste too much to take but I like it although the soup is too much for me to finish it by myself. There are some glass noodles (tunghoon) in the soup too.

Close up view of the beef

Kimchi Ji Gae (Kimchi vegetable tofu soup) with rice - MYR25++ (MYR29.15 nett). The bowl is filled with various vegetables, tunghoon and tofu. The broth is not very spicy. It is sweet and sourish.

 Dol Sot Bi Bim Bab (Hot stone pot Bi Bim Bab) - MYR20++ (MYR23.30 nett). Bi Bim Bab means mixed rice where plain rice is served with various vegetables on top. Sometimes there is a raw egg too and everything is mixed together with a sauce provided before eating. We were given a saucer of red sweetish fermented soybean paste/sauce for this Bi Bim Bab but we did not mix that together with the rice because we don't want the taste to be too heavy.

After mixing everything, the raw egg was cooked due to the hot stone pot.

 Sam Gae Tang (Ginseng Chicken Soup) - MYR39++ (MYR45.45 nett). I like this dish best due to the soft glutinous rice inside the chicken. Very tasty!

There is a whole small chicken and one small ginseng in this clear broth. Again, some people may find this broth bland but it is so that the taste of chicken can be tasted clearly in this broth.

We did not order any drinks because a jug of cold water was provided foc and towards the end of our meal, each of us were served with a cup of cold ginger sweet drink (foc) which is very refreshing. The customer at the next table even asked if they sell this drink as takeaways because they like it so much.

Interior - full house when we were there for lunch on a Saturday.

Total Bill is MYR132.90 nett (about MYR33.23 nett per person).

Seoul Korea BBQ at Taman Desa

It is located on the 1st floor.

Ko Hyang

Pa Jeon (Seafood pancake with spring onion) with Banchan (3 side dishes) at MYR14.9+ 6% GST (MYR15.80 nett) at Ko Hyang, the Gardens Mall. I like to eat this Korean pancake because it is crispy outside but soft yet chewy inside but I could not finish one on my own so I ended up taking half home as dinner because my lunch companion does not want to eat any pancake.

I did not take photo of the food my friend ordered. For two pax, the total bill is MYR35.40 nett.

Bento Four

Bento 1

Bento 2

Bento 3

Bento 4

Each bento box costs about MYR20 inclusive of drinks. Which bento would you prefer? 

Korean BBQ Buffet

A group of my co-workers gave the whole department a lunch treat.

The above is only part of the raw marinated meat spread. There are thick pork belly cuts, short beef ribs, thinly sliced beef and pork belly, chicken meat and sausages. There is also lots of raw meat that are not marinated so that you can dip the meat after it has been cooked into the sauces or dips that you prefer.

Our table of 4 petite ladies cooked the above meat and couldn't finish them. We had to pass the cooked meat to another table of gentlemen.

Other than the raw meat, there are plenty of dishes (cooked food) for us to take as much as we like if we can finish them. No wastage of food, please. The above dishes are stirfried kimchi noodle, topokki, curry potatoes, fried rice, kimchi fried rice. There are so many more dishes until I gave up trying to take photos of them.

My food (round 1) - yinchoy (amaranth greens), kimchi, pickled cucumber, and chives pancake.

My food (round 2) - kimchi pancake, egg, deep fried squid, brinjal, sweet potato, seaweed roll, potatoes, kimchi, cucumber, a piece of topokki, and a few slices of beef bulgogi and I was full.

My co-worker's food - some rice, potatoes salad, seaweed soup, beansprout, mung bean noodle. 

Even though I was full, I still had space for a vanilla cone which we had to serve ourselves from the soft serve ice cream machine.

At MYR39++ per person, I would say that this Korean BBQ Buffet is value for money for big eaters because there is so much variety of food here but you need to eat fast because you are limited to 2 hours only. Sadly it is wasted on me because I ate so little. This restaurant is located at Nexus, Bangsar South.