[ Food Review – Vday at Kong! Ft. new menu items! ] Our fav café having a debut V-day menu + burgeoning cases = guess how we spent our V-day dinner! Added perk: No traffic woes you can easily walk over!

(And yes, Kong was open at night – until 10pm, no less! – to commemorate the occasion!)

The menu of the night was a 3-course set ($48.80) that included options for appetiser, main, and desserts, accompanied by drinks. Which was a very nice surprise since many larger places don’t even offer that level of customisability!

Our choices for the night were the Platter of Mandoo & House-made Kimaree for sides, Army Stew for our main, Brownie w. Vanilla Icecream for sweets, and 2 shots of Peach Soju to whet our (his) appetites. (Spoiler: We ended up ordering extras just because we didn’t want the meal to end, oops!)

As much as a certain someone and I love the Rarabokyi, the Army Stew was just what we needed after a day of rain. Unlike places that create the illusion of depth with chives, onions and cabbage, Kong’s stew was brimming with pockets of spam, hotdogs, tofu, and tteokbokki; it even had dumplings and shrooms inside! Better yet, the broth isn’t made with beef stock, so friends with dietary restrictions, Kong’s gotchu!

Normally, the Army Stew would’ve been an easy winner, but my goodness, the Kimaree was a thing of beauty. Made from wrapping glass noodles in seaweed before deep frying them, every bite was an addictive tug-of-war between the crackle and pop of the seaweed and the slick sweetness of the noodles. We had to get a second plate. Had. To.

The last item of note turned out to be the crème brûlée that I’d initially skipped over because I was uncharacteristically craving chocolate! A certain someone decimated it in literal seconds after I snuck off with the sugar layer; the cream wasn’t too sweet, and the sugar was evenly, and more importantly, sufficiently burnt for that honeyed goodness.

Add on the relaxed vibes, pleasant crowd, a very enthused Hanna personally serving tables, and a little too much soju for him and sugar for me, we now have another memorable V-day in our pockets!