20 May

Seoul Metro is a small restaurant located right next to the carpark on Lonsdale St, near the corner with Elizabeth St. The entrance passageway is quite inconspicuous and would likely be missed if not for the colourful signage board on the sidewalk. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="3432,3436,3435"] I couldn’t find any information online about their opening hours, so I assumed it would close its lunch service at 2pm. My last uni activity before lunch went overtime by over 30 minutes and I was concerned I wouldn’t make it. Fortunately Seoul Metro stays...

15:38 / Food / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Seoul Metro
16 May

The restaurant was much busier than it was on my first visit. It took a little while for someone to come and wipe the table after the previous occupant and give me a menu. I was tempted to try the chicken dolsot bibimbap, but for the sake of comparison I went with beef. This time the side dishes (banchan) were a bit different: daikon (not onion), kimchi and fried tofu. I was surprised by how quickly my bibimbap arrived; it came to my table just after I had tried...

14:08 / Food / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / White Tomato
08 May

White Tomato has a lunch special where everything on the menu is $11.50 and comes with steamed rice and mixed salad. I hadn't eaten anything since breakfast and by the time my last lecture finished (at 2:10pm), I wanted to eat something before getting home. White Tomato has a slightly longer lunch hour than most places, closing at 3pm rather than 2pm. The restaurant has recently undergone a renovation, so everything is new and modern. Most tables were set up for Korean BBQ and there was also a...

17:12 / Food / Korean / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / White Tomato
26 Apr

This visit was with mum, who ordered the spicy pork dosirak. I went with kimchi udon. I can't remember which one was $11 and which was $13. [caption id="attachment_3397" align="aligncenter" width="1417"] Spicy Pork Dosirak[/caption]   The dosirak came with finger food, similar to what was in my ddokbokki the other time, as well as salad and a slice of orange and canned peach. I quite enjoyed the texture and chew of the udon noodles. I haven't had udon like that for a while.   Seoul Soul 323 Victoria St Abbotsford, VIC, 3067 0478 768 760 http://www.seoulsoul.com.au/ ...

13:44 / Abbotsford / Food / Korean / Restaurants / Seoul Soul
03 Apr

Time to try the bibimbap! My eyes gravitated towards the stone-cooked (dolsot) version such that I don't even remember the price of the non-stone cooked ("cold", but actually room temperature) version. The beef dolsot bibimbap was $13. [caption id="attachment_3382" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Beef Dolsot Bibimbap[/caption] The dish arrived steaming and crackling on the table and the waitress asked me if I would like sesame oil and/or chilli sauce on it. I said yes to both, and she subsequently made a circle of oil and a zigzag of chilli sauce on top....

14:31 / Abbotsford / Food / Korean / Restaurants / Seoul Soul
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