Arirang

Last Saturday, Matt and I were bored and the weather was freezing. I couldn't think of where to have dinner, then it striked me that I had always wanted to try Arirang, Korean BBQ.

So I got their number from the web, and made a booking for 2. When we got there, we could smell the bbq, smelled divine and I warned Matt that we would get very very smelly haha

We were seated on the first floor where no one was cooking, so Matt got very concerned if we would be the only table that was going to cook, i told him "I dont care! ME gonna cook!". he just laughed and then I realised he was a Korean BBQ virgin! Hahaha lucky he has me now, take him to try different cuisines. Matt is a pretty conversative eater, not very adventurest especially when it comes to Asian delecacies like chicken feet, 'fatt choy' (hair looking vegetables), tofu and etc.

We ordered a normal banquet and a seafood banquet, with the attempt to try different food on their menu.

Normal Banquet $28.50 per person

entree

A delectable combination of:

Honey Chicken
lean skinless chicken pieces battered + pan-fried till golden in a honey soy sayce. Absolutely heaven!

Mandu
seasoned pork and vegetables dumplings fried to perfection. served with a soy dipping sauce.

main course
A combination platter of our finest BBQ meats including:

Duk Bulgogi
lean chicken fillets, marinated in our sweet soy sauce.

Bulgogi
fine slices of lean beef, marinated in our sweet soy sauce.

Deaji Bulgogi
finely sliced belly pork marinated in our hot chilli sauce.

Main meals are served with rice, miso soup, namul [seasoned vegetables], kimchi, dipping sauces and lettuce leaves. Cook the meat over the charcoal grill, place the meat, rice + dipping sauce in a lettuce leaf and consume with delight!

seafood banquet -$33.50 per person

entree
A delectable combination of:

Honey Chicken
lean skinless chicken pieces battered + pan-fried till golden in a honey soy sayce. Absolutely heaven!

Mandu
seasoned pork and vegetables dumplings fried to perfection. served with a soy dipping sauce.

main course

A combination platter of our finest seafood including The freshest fruits of the sea: chilli squid,scallops, mussels + king prawns served with our special tangy dipping sauce. Main meals are served with rice, miso soup, namul [seasoned vegetables], kimchi, dipping sauces and lettuce leaves. Cook the meat over the charcoal grill, place the meat, rice + dipping sauce in a lettuce leaf and consume with delight!

To be honest, I prefer the normal banquet compare to the seafood one because the marinated taste so good! Matt doesn't eat pork but he loved the pork they served. I like the pork and beef. The honey chicken was so yummy! We love them, and I gave Matt an extra piece because he was starving haha... I must learn how to make that chicken. The chicken is not like those honey chicken you get from those Chinese rice stall that is covered with batter. Those side dishes like the pickled vege and potatoes were yummy too, they served this plate of cucumber, they weren't pickle cucumber, just normal cooked cucumber, tasted so yummy. Matt does not eat cucumber very often, he doesn't like the slippery texture, but he liked this particular cucumber. :p

We had 2 drinks each and Matt had a coffee after his meal, the total bill was $88.00. I think it is pretty ok. Not cheap, but we felt that it was worth it. Good food and service. Just hope that the portion can be bigger.

Matt had fun eating and cooking at the same time.. hahaha. In the end, both came out smelling each other and commented how divine we smelled.