Kimchi Dining

Lovely and aesthetic vibes at this new Korean dining spot in town. There was a $55/pax set menu and Festive Specials, but we opted to go with the a la carte menu to hone in on the recommended dishes for this first trip.

Started things off with the Makgeolli Bread ($6), whose texture was not unlike the colourful steamed rice cakes I had in my childhood (the one where you ate it with grated coconut). The taste of the bread was also similar, but we loved it with the white bean butter which was sweet, creamy and oh-so-buttery. Almost licked the entire butter dish clean.

Served at almost the same time was the GamjaJeon ($19), which I swear was just slabs of rosti, but flatter and crispier. The rosti was topped with parmesan shreds, radishes, onions, and bacon bits, and served alongside and addictive truffle mayo sauce. Seriously, it's addictive. Pricey, but worth the hype.

For mains, we had the Jeju Pork Noodle ($19), which was light in taste but with a smokey aroma from the charred pork belly. Would have preferred a dish with stronger flavours and the pork belly was a little too tough for my liking.

To wash the meal down, we tried their Makgeolli Cocktail ($18 for 200ml) in their classic Jeju flavour. This was sweet, milky, and slightly tangy, but overall the makgeolli taste was underwhelming and I thought the price was a little too steep for the volume.

Final thoughts: Decent meal, price-worthiness was so-so. Service was good, the staff will patiently explain to you the menu and go into details when asked. They also allowed us to change seats to one that was beside the windows. One thing though, their seats are a little uncomfortable to sit on.

‼️NEW AND FULLY PACKED KOREAN FINE-DINING RESTAURANT AT ORCHARD CENTRAL👍‼️
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💡: Rooftop and courtyard dining space overlooking Orchard and @amiaddicted.sg pottery studio space with surrounding greens 🌿 priced affordable with selectable course items + complimentaries✨
📍: 181 Orchard Rd, #06-10 Orchard Central
Singapore 238896
💰: $60+ for 2 pax course menu
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comes with choice of 2 cocktails and desserts (there is only 2 dessert options in the menu fyi haha so try them both in one shot✨)
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i love the starting complimentary shot of grape makgeoli ✨ they didn’t have too especially when the pricing is really very affordable for the quantity and quality of food ‼️💯
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Highly recommend to try for the price and experience 💗 thanks @kimchi_dining and @buldokmarketing for the kind invite and hosting ✨

🍆 Gaji Ganjeong 💯charcoal tempura eggplant✨ husband finished it all 💗

🥩 Arongsatae and Dogani - ‼️A lot‼️ i think can feed 3-4 people actually, over 6 hours braised beef heel muscle & Tendon till soft and tender - soooo soft 😂✨

🍜 Jeju Pork Noodle - generous cuts of thick pork belly in light jeju style broth (bit too bland for me though 🥲)
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🥔 Gamjajeon 💯This is a top favorite! so so crispy - it has a western touch to the traditional kimchi pancake with the sour cream-like Siberian onion truffle mayo and coating of parmesan cheese 🧀🤤💗