Showing posts with label BBQ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BBQ. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

DaoRae Korean BBQ Restaurant

Ko Ko noticed this newly opened Korean Restaurant since the 1st week it opened...
finally, we planned out a day and give it a try...

my family favors Korean Cuisine...
we keep searching for any Korean Restaurant which able to beat down our fav 1 in KL...

DaoRae, here we come ~ ^^

luckily, we made a reservation in advanced...
by the time we reached there at 8 ish, we saw a long queue of peoples waiting in and outside the restaurant... *weEee...

we led to a Room at 2nd floor...
I saw a stair to 3rd floor as well.. but not sure if it's for office use...
1st and 2nd floors are decorated with diff concepts..
below here it's the 2nd floor.. with more casual, more family style by sitting on the floor...

As usual, I quickly browsed through the menu...
and placed orders 'on behalf' of everyone... *save time *save energy and of cuz they trust me too... :P

the sources for everyone...
we always claimed that Korean Food uses a lot of dining ware...
imagine, purely the sources, 3 saucers each person,
plus the free-flow side dishes,
BBQ plate and etc etc....
Korean restaurant server ain't a easy job...

豆瓣酱, sesami oil with salt...

right after we placed our orders,
they served us each with a bowl of Korean Seaweed Soup.. free.of.charge
their seaweed is diff with the Japanese type.. but I like it too..
remember my Korean housemates in Aussie told me before, they must drink this soup on their burfday morning!
I couldn't find my pic.. so leave it...
A little bowl of fresh garlic for bbq~
it adds the beautiful aroma for the meats....

Fresh Lettuce to wrap the meats...
initially, Korean Cuisine should be really healthy... as Korean do eat a lot of veggie through out the meal...
but nowadays, many people having wrong mindset saying that Korean Cuisine contains a lot of meat, meat and meat... it sounds so disgusting...
in fact, in Korea, the local eat each little piece of meat wrapping with a big piece of veggie...
us people using the incorrect way, and set the wrong mindset...

their special charcoal, unlike our blackie blackoe type...

my fav part...
he he... free but super yummie side dishes...
Mash potato, Kimchi...
Marinated KimChi, Crispy Glass Noodle ( the white one), big-head bean sprout, Marinated Cucumber and Spinach with sesame seeds...
Surprisingly, the waiter came up with 3 steamed eggs after served the side dishes..
and told us, they're complimentary..
wow cool !!
the steamed egg is so so soft~ ^^

Beef Bulgogi... ( 2 portions )*recommended
Choice thin slices of ribeye marinated with sweet soya sauce...
the spring onion simply made the beef getting tastier...
the 'kitchen fan' ( i dunno wut to call it) is cool and useful,
The extention made it able to pull up and down...
it could really help to adsorb all the smoke and most of the 'smell' away...
eventho we're close with the bbq thingy...
we're not disturbing by the smoke at all...
but of cuz, we still feel 'smelly' while we're out from the restaurant..
of cause, I'm always the healthy one... ^^
A little piece of yummieBeef with a big leaf fresh lettuce...
wrapped and dip with some sauce...
oh my.. heaven ~。~
due to ah yee and linna's parents couldn't take beef, we ordered more porks instead...
Daeji Gal-bi (single portion) *recommended
Choice pork ribs sepcially hand filleted, marinated in special sweet soy sauce
the meats were taken off from pork ribs... served without the 'ribs' only meat...
well-flavoured and really nice...
we ordered for another one after this..
Hanbang Dweji Wang Galbi (2 portions) *recommended
Choice pork ribs specially hand filleted, marinated in special Korean ginseng and herbs extract and sweet soy sauce...
this is very yummie too... but this 1 served with the 'bones, the ribs'
the nice waiter assisted us to cut the big piece of ribs into small pieces...
here are they.... really well flavoured.. and nice !!
Go-chu-jang Sam-kyub-sal
Thin slices of belly port marinated i n Korean traditional chili sauce...
tho it's marinated with chili sauce, but it ain't really hot...
nice in taste too... since it's pork belly apparently the meat would have layers of 'fats'...
but after bbq... the combination is just nice... won't feel any 'oily' but Delicious...
Sam Kei Tang !!
Ginseng Chicken Soup
of cause this is a must-order when having Korean Food...
this is simply Awesome..
this is a lot nicer than Korea Palace...
I never really favor with this.. do drink, do eat, do feel OK... but this I would just Highly Recommend to any potential customers of DaoRae...
the rice is so well-flavoured ( they're some rice stuffed inside the chicken ) and soft..
when we eaten half-way, ah yee reminded me if I've ordered the Korean Pancake for her...
I was like ' oh shit ! I forgot ' :P
just when I wanted to stand up and go out to look for waiter..
2 waiters came in with 3 plates of foods...
guess wut?
they're Pancake !!
We thought they sent to the wrong room, and they just told us, this is
complimentary
as well...
oh no~~~
how delighted was that ?
A big plate ( normal size dining plate ) costs Rm 25 per order...
they gave us 3 of medium sizes, which able to cut into 6 pieces each...
18 in total...
suddenly, a man with the chef attire came in..
and I can recognise him from the pic taken by CK Lam..
he's the CEO of DaoRae..
he just came in to confirm if everything is Okay..
I quickly took a snap of him! :P
another must-order by Koay Family...
Korean Chilli marinated cuttle fish with veggie, served with special noodles...
this is my family no 1 fav dish among Korean Cuisine...
tho I don't eat the cuttle fish.. but I like the chilli paste and veggie so much !!
some restaurants offered Octopus instead of cuttle fish..
DaoRae does have both, but the octopus served without noodles.. that's why we go for this..
this special noodles are very soft and nice...
my family members always 'fight' for it.. the noodles will disappear within second once the plate touched the table... left all the seafood and veggies for those who-are-'slower'...
KimChi Hot Pot (large, rm 70)
thought there're a lot more varieties of hot pot..
like seafood, sausage and etc...
I will sure go for Kimchi no matter how...
it comes with Korean instant noodles, white cabbage, carrots, cucumber, radish, onion, porks, and etc etc.....
the kimchi soup is SO NICE !!
again, this is nicer than Korea Palace !!!
the hot pot placed right in front of me... hence, I couldn't stop drinking the soup !!
ko ko wanted to order some Korean Wine...
and the waiter recommended the Plum Wine...
I tried once in a Japanese Rest which is bigger bottle and diff brand... when I was in Aussie..
I reckon they both tasted slightly different too...
but it's nice..
rm 25 per bottle
the son f-o-r-c-i-n-g the mum to drink !
another free stuff...Watermelon... ^^
to end our deluxe-meals

our table...
the uncountable plates and bowls..
shame to say that this is dunno the how-many-rounds of clearing and refilling d...
by the time we settled the bill already 10 ish... most of the customers have left...
no more crowded like before...
this is the 1st floor...

the CEO a.k.a. Chef suddenly came towards us and required to take a photo with ME
*weEeee... he he
our total bill of the nite is rm 595 +
no doubt their foods are a bit pricey compared to others..
but they are delicious indeed..
and the most important thingy for me is their services..
they hired mostly foreigner staffs...
the one serving us ( the photo on top ) is from Nepal..
they speaks not-bad-English..
and polite enough to become a pro-waiter...
they're so much attentive... they filled up our dishes/ drinks before we asking for...
and they one served us is good looking too~~ he he
I will go back !!
There will be another outlet in Penang, located in Queensbay Mall...
opening soon... let's see

Sunday, June 15, 2008

weekend wif her.... ^^

Sat... Jon invited my parents for his event in New World Park.. it was the Final of the Oldies Singing Contest.. I was once part of the planner for this event!!! I was the one suggested it!! am happee to see it running so well and successfully... the feedback were Good... so crowded!!!
We had our dinner at ShangHai xiao long pao.. itz owner is dad'z fren.. the foods are nice.. I like itz Ginger soup sesami Tong yun!!! nice nice!!! ^^

Jes came to meet me up.. so nice of her.. bought lil monster this cap and a baby Gap teddy polo tee... ^^
it was so nice to have her in mah pic again!! :)
I met SO many frens in NWP dt nite..

we headed to Sunrise Mc D after din.. the weather was just too warm & humid for Mamak..

Sun.. Happee Daddy'z Day..
finally, the Pu Lor Durian trip dt I've been asking for so many weeks is happened this weekend!!
Sis's frens were joinning too... 22 of us.. so happening.. :)
jst too bad dt we din end up go to the Fruit Farm that I planned to.. We've been driving the path back and forth.. still couldnt find the place that Pris mentioned to me.. We ended up 'settle' our durian craving at this Leg-Brand-Stall..
the diff diff type of durian names are So Funny !!
**plz take note at the 1st label on the right of 2nd row.. How on earth will a Durian call Lan Jiao Yuan..?? I so curious wif itz taste.. unfortunately.. it was sold out! ha ha.. and only the famous-super-costly-Lin-Fung-Jiao..pplz frm KL will purposely came up for it!! can ya imagine? there's also Kentucky... I wonder if it tastes like the fried chix.. he he

Giant-Red-Prawn
hmmm.. the durians din rily gain our satisfaction afterall.. nvm the Manggis.. oh my god.. they were bad!! so does the rambutans... I'm a Manggis super fan.. tho I love ALL kind of fruits.. yet still Manggis is alwiz the top of mah fav list..
such being da case... the fun + happiness dt created throughout the trip that were matter!! *winkz..

see this 2 babies meet at the-'Peak'-of-da-Durian..

we had dinner at Korea Palace for Daddy'z day..
koko wanted to try since it opened.. the foods are not bad.. prices are reasonable too.. the most important is.. the Services were GOOD..!! it'z the thing dt I bother the most... no wonder the business is so good..
tho we call em the side dishes, I alwiz take em playing the most important role in Korean Cuisine.. da marinated eggplant is yum yum!!!
Kimchi Stew, we ordered the additional RamYuen to go wif it.. everyone likes it.. ^^ you can ask for add soup tho... ^^
Hot & Spicy Octopus and noodles.. **yum yum yum
ko said the Grilled King Prawns are nice and fresh¬
Grilled beef ribs.. for Korean tradition, all the meats should go wif the vege.. in order to cool down the heaty frm BBQ... I was so happee when I saw mah fav Pumpkin!!! *winkz..
before
after..
Marinated Hot & Spicy Pork & Squid.. **recommended.. as well as the Marinated Pork w Soy sauce.. * yum yum !!
Teriyaki Chicken.. it tasted far nicer den wut I expected!!Jin Seng Chix Soup...
ppl dt were not in this pic..--> Linna&Sam, Daryl's Parents + 2 Nephews..
but still, the nicest Korean food dt I had, were the one in Ampang.. the 1st korean Rest dt I've been to.. and the one in Melbourne!! i miss it so much !!!!

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