a bite of brownie

Apgujeong Korean Restaurant

This Korean Restaurant is located at the side entrance of SM City Cebu near the Philippine Airlines ticketing office. From the outside, it looks like a place where mafia members congregate and scheme their next plan, but inside, it looks like a typical dining facility: semi private booths where guests can eat barefooted with tables and chairs outside for dining.

We ordered a plate of Boolgogi jeongol (beef stew), Chapchai (Korean noodles), Samgyeobsal (grilled meat with fresh lettuce and mints) and Dok Bek Suk (rice cooked inside the native chicken). Accompanying the order of Boolgogi, were a number of refillable side dishes! Yum! (Yay kimchi!

I've been to quite a few Korean BBQ places in Manila and Vancouver, and this definitely can't compete in the taste department but it does make up for it with the very attentive service. I feel that if I drop a pin here, every member of the staff will try to look for it under the table. Yes, they are that attentive - my glass was never half full, it was always filled to the brim and the banchan was always replenished whenever we finished a dish.

Verdict:

A: 4.5/5

N: 3.0/5

We didn’t see any mushrooms in the Chapchai or the Boolgogi though. >_<>