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
22 Apr

I had a 5 hour break while I was at uni so went to visit Shimbashi for lunch. The soba noodles are handmade in-house and when I arrived the chef (Takafumi Kumayama) was making the noodles at the window at front of the restaurant. [caption id="attachment_3389" align="aligncenter" width="945"] Shimbashi Soba and Sake Bar[/caption] There were a range of soba offerings ranging from $10 to about $19 under the general categories of hot and cold. The hot soba came in broth, whilst the cold options came with a separate/less broth. For...

14:40 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Restaurants / Shimbashi
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
22 Mar

I came back to try some other items on their menu and also managed to score a table straight away. [caption id="attachment_3385" align="aligncenter" width="1417"] Tuna Onigiri and Brown Rice Salmon Avocado Sushi[/caption] Their tuna onigiri ($4.5) was deep-fried but thankfully not overly oily. The cooked tuna was mixed in with the rice and it also contained carrot, celery and some sort of bean I didn't see before it was in my mouth. The sauce I chose to accompany my onigiri was their chilli sauce, which wasn't very spicy. It seemed...

15:01 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Purple Peanuts / Restaurants
20 Mar

The Age named Purple Peanut's veggie burger as one of the 5 to try in Melbourne, so after uni I thought I'd pop in to see if it was as good as people say. I decided to go with the Gammodoki Prawn Burger ($9.5), which is exactly the same as the Gammodoki Tofu Burger ($9), but with prawns as well. The description of the burger is as follows: "Our own home-made tofu burger (tofu, beans, carrot, onion, oats, egg, sake, sesame and ginger) topped with prawns, served on a...

13:31 / Food / Japanese / Melbourne CBD / Purple Peanuts / Restaurants
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