Seoul Bbq Cafe

Seoul BBQ Café — it was once upon a time my quick yummy lunch fix when I used to be a student. Anyway, for those that don’t know, Seoul BBQ café is located upstairs, from Woolworths, but at the other end of that concourse area. It’s also not really a café, because it’s more like a canteen opening where you place your order then there are seats in the arcade/​veranda area, where pigeons love to hang out.
So for our «entrees» we got a plate of gyoza and a plate of chilli chicken wings.
The gyoza were dry and seemed like they have been sitting around for a while. The stuffing wasn’t great either.
The chilli chicken wings/​there was also a drumstick in there. on the other hand were delicious! Nice and crunchy with the right amount of spice. I wish we got two serves of it instead.
Then the mains. Each main came with a bowl of rice, a bowl of miso soup, sides of bean sprout salad and a rather depressing looking salad (which really was lettuce and tomato drenched in salad dressing) and dipping sauces. Not bad for usual price of $ 7.50-$ 11.50.
So what did we get?
I love their Bibimbap. Apart from the bibimbap sauce (which I know you can get it yourself at the Korean Supermarkets.), the mix of slightly sticky, soft rice with vegetables and meat and topped with egg (runny egg might I add) is just so satisfying. In reality though, it’s the sauce that makes it awesome. The sauce mixed with runny egg york — so good. It’s like having a homemade meal — making you feel all warm and fuzzy, except not.
Dak Gogi (Chicken bbq dish), which was rather very normal, but the flavours of their grill/​bbq through the meat and the marinate was what makes a rather boring dish, not so. well boring. It is healthier option for lunch than a lot of other places and you get a fair bit of diced chicken and paired with the rice, sides and miso soup it is a big enough serving for lunch.
Daeji Gogi (pork grill/​bbq dish), again a rather simple dish, but the marinate is the highlight of it all. I found the pork a little tougher than the chicken (but then that is generally the case). Again, more than adequate main for lunching.
he two meat bbq dish. You get a choice of chicken, beef or pork and he chose the chicken (highest protein out of the three meats) and beef. Again, it is the marinated of the meats and the bbq taste that makes the dish.
Overall, Seoul BBQ Café is your cheap (and possibly cheaper) alternative to your food court menu. The menu isn’t exactly big but it has enough variety to keep things interesting. It’s simple, but sometimes that is the best. The only down side to this place is the pigeons. And when people leave and plates don’t get put away on time, they swoop to eat off the plate. Really unhygienic that way. But generally, the staff are good and the plates get put away fairly quickly. Also note, the place is only open for lunch hours 11am-​3pm. They can get busy and seats are limited but they do serve fairly quickly (it took them only about 10 to 15 minutes after ordering for all of our food to come out — not bad at all!).

Very tasty as a quick and cheap meal snack. Would easy have the Spicy Squid twice in a row!