Lunch Set: Sweet & Sour Pork (S) + a Half Jajangmyeon & Half Jjampong [$42++]
They serve food pretty fast so that's great for h(angry) men. The sweet &sour gravy is served in a separate bowl from the plate of fried pork. The strong smell of vinegar intrudes your nasal path and goes all the way up! Jang, you'll be thinking why is this dish their signature when it smells kinda bad.
But wow, when our teeth sank into the pork chop (yes they taste like pork chop coated in a thin batter!! score points for zero clots of fats, zero grease and such tender meat!), we were pleasantly amazed. The sweetness of this dish came from the pork. While the sour vinegar taste got instantly balanced out. The gravy has quite a thick yet smooth consistency (think: goooey) which coats the meat really well.
The jajangmyeon has lotsa onions in them which makes it so fragrant! The texture of the noodles were al dente. I could do with even more chew thou! But hey, that's just my personal preference. My friend commented that this Jajangmyeon was the closest she could get to the ones she had in Korea. I can't even recall how Jajangmyeon in Korea tasted like.. It's been too long!
Jjampong features the same noodles but in a seafood soup. The soup is quite nice and doesn't taste like the usual instant korean noodles soup base. It has a stronger seafood flavour to it.
Go give this place a try, the sweet and sour pork is nothing like the typical tze char's rendition (:
This is good for those who donβt know to eat Jajangmyeon or Jjampong π
Jjampong is quite spicy. Noodle is a bit too soft for me. With some squids and mussels.
Baby octopus was quite chewy but still acceptable. Wasn't really much seafood and the soup was also meh. Taste like msg. Ya and feels like something anyone can make at home. Again, just stick to their jajangmyeon
Again incredibly overpriced. This was plain bad as well. Maybe it's a curse of the 18++ dishes lol. The tofu wasn't even really coated in the sauce, which wasn't spicy at all despite the triple chili sign next to it. What a scam. Sauce was more sweet than spicy and didn't really have much flavour either. I guess just stick with what they're known for
Incredibly overpriced. It's more expensive than the seafood jajangmyeon but there's not a single shred of meat to be found. Plenty of mushrooms, onions as well as black fungus, but it was incredibly greasy(no wonder they need to serve it with rice). Pepper and sesame oil were the predominant flavours, so it felt like something which anyone could whip up at home. Definitely had better japchae
The best dish of this meal. There's more sauce in this than the original so the noodles are gonna be more savoury which is right up my alley. I would prefer the onions to be even softer but that's personal preference. It's basically everything good about the original amped up, and with seafood
Quite slurpy and I particularly liked the slight chewiness of the noodles. Great for kids I guess since it's quite sweet and the flavours aren't over the top. However I don't feel this is exceptional lol and it doesn't have much meat
Lacked any sort of flavour and the water that it came was really plain water lol. At least the skin was very thin
Thanks to the Korean classmate of my daughter
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You knew itβs authentic when you observed that most of its customers were Koreans
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Our orders were Standard Jjajiangmyeon ($13), Seafood Jjajiangmyeon ($16), Half & Half Spicy Seafood ($20), Fried Chicken with Garlic Sauce ($35)
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Jjajiangmyeon was super slurpingly yummy!! Very soft & soakingly flavorful! The fried chicken was so delicious!!! You can skip the spicy seafood cos other than spicy taste, the sweetness of seafood was totally not detectable π But we definitely will be back when the craving for Jjajiangmyeon calls
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It's enough to just come for these noodles. The boiled dumplings we had were tiny and not amazing that we would visit here for. A little on the pricey side too.
The sauce is really fragrant. The onions were well caramelised. There were fried shallots taste. However, mince meat were too little.
It doesn't feel sick despite eating a huge bowl of noodle. Together with their banchan (radish pickles, kimchi, sweet onions), this basic dish brings about to a whole new level.
Overall: 4.25 / 5.0
I come back again and again because Tae Woo does jjajangmyeon best! Authentic and well balanced flavours. Fried mandu, bowls of jjajangmyeon and a trusty friend or two to dine with. Bliss.
(If only they would spare my pocket....)
Oh and I hope you don't come when they run out of minced meat. One time that happened and I was left with a lot of onions coated in black bean sauce. Which was fine, just made me tear up a little (ha ha ha!!!).
This time, I've decided to try out their Tangsuyuk though it's pricy for a small amount. It's basically sweet and pork but taste quite different from Singapore's version. The batter they used has this slight bread taste to it and the sauce is sticky and rather sour due to the vinegar. Nevertheless, it was good given that the meal also includes dessert (a slice of sweet watermelon) πππ #burpple
Ordered boiled dumplings and shared with two other friends. The dumplings are petite in size and the dumplings skin are very soft. The soup is actually water and not soup to be drank. Overall the taste is pretty good. Good dish to order to share with friends.
Ordered this popular korean dish and shared with 2 other friends. The sauce is not too sweet nor sour, but the meat is a little tough for me. A good dish to be sharing with friends. Cost about $26 for small size.
Hands down the best Jajangmyeong in Singapore ($12; + $2 to upsize), tasted exactly like those that i had in korea. The fried dumplings were average at best though and everything else here is a tad bit too expensive.
The noodles were really good. Chewy, soft yet doesnβt get soggy in the blackbean paste. The thickness of the paste is just right too, it spreads itself out evenly onto every strand of noodle. Itβs deliciously sweet, yet not too concentrated and overpowering! Best part? The onions. HOW ON EARTH did they cook the onions? Itβs really so soft! And the tiny cubes of meat β not huge chunks that you have to eat one by one and distracts you from the taste of the sauce and noodles. The combination was just amazing. I am not one to finish soups and gravy and sauces, but I did this time round.
They have a special variation so that your noodles and sauce are separate BUT BEWARE, you have to tell them not to pour it in for you because the enthusiastic waitress might do so for you. Good for those who don't like their noodles to be overly drenched with the dark colored sauce. The jajangmyeon truly lives up to its name for being the best jajangmyeon in Singapore.
It seems that sweet and sour pork is always on the menu of any Korean Chinese restaurants and though this dish is also available on zi char stalls but the version dished out by the Koreans is different. The one whipped up by Tae Woo Korean restaurant doesn't disappoint but it's expected from them since it's been mentioned by many that they do well in cooking this. Don't be deceived by the appearance even if it isn't colored by the artificial shade that the Chinese version would don for this cuisine. The exterior doesn't become too soggy despite being layered with the coating of sweet and sour sauce. The onions in this dish adds a refreshing crunch and entice you to take an additional spoon of it.
