Korean BBQ San Nae Deul – 22 July 2017

Entrance to the restaurant

Korean BBQ can be considered expensive if you were to dine at Solaris, Duta Hartamas and Ampang.

We decided to google and find a reasonably priced restaurant and decided to try the Korean BBQ San Nae Deul at Nexus to celebrate Stephen’s birthday. It’s eat all you can for 1 ½ hours, the time you are seated!!

The price was:

(Prices above inclusive of GST and exclusive of service charge of 10%).

Please pay before you eat:

It's at the entrance and you won't miss it.

If you want to order beer, they have Korean beer and other local beer. We ordered big bottles of Tiger beer, which cost RM25 per bottle (inclusive of GST and exclusive of service charge of 10%).

We were given a menu to choose the kind of marinated meat (chicken, pork, beef and lamb) that you want; order the meat and BBQ yourself.

Our selection of meat

This is how we BBQ the meat:

As for the side dishes (Bachan), you name it; Kimchi soups, fried chicken, pancakes and bibimbap (mixed rice), you will be able to obtain it from the counter. There are lots of varieties to choose from and you just need to pick and choose and put it onto your plate and bowl.  

There were also drinks, i.e. orange juice, mango juice and green tea. Ice-cream is also available but I didn’t try it. The kids tried but did not finish it and I assume it was not nice for them.  

Please take note of the conditions posted onto their walls:-

Once your time is up, the waiters are very efficient and will appear without warning and whisk away all your food and dishes away and clean the table to cater for next guests waiting.    

The ambiance of the restaurant is pretty simple with lots of greens but there was barely any air con and we were sweating a lot by the time we left. 

There is ample parking in the building but if you want to park for free, you can park at the side of the road of the building (which is always busy). 

Overall, for the price you pay for, it’s a good bargain and we will definitely come back for more.

   

The details of the restaurant:

Korean BBQ San Nae Deul   

Level 1, Nexus

Bangsar South

No.7, Jalan Kerinchi

59200 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-2242 1535 / 016-543 3678

Opens daily from 11.30am to 3pm and 5.30pm-11pm

(Recommend to book and go early for lunch or dinner as it can get very crowded)

Bon Ga, Korean Restaurant – 3 December 2016

So again, we decided on Korean BBQ at Solaris to celebrate Suet May’s birthday.

This restaurant is on the 2^nd floor of a corner building at Jalan Solaris 3 and its air conditioned, unlike the restaurants on the ground floor, which are mostly open air.

Entrance to the restaurant

We were served with the Korean starter dishes. There were so many varieties to choose from compared to the other Korean restaurants that I previously visited at Solaris. You will have so many starters to sample from; kimchi, tofu egg, seaweed, peanuts with anchovies in sweet sauce, beans sprout, and the list goes on. Surprisingly, they also served us tofu soup (to be shared) as a starter dish.

Dakjumuluk (Korean side dishes) RM29.00. And I thought they were supposed to be free......

First time I experienced soup given as a starter dish, it was just normal tofu soup. Tasted very similar to Kimchi soup but less of the spicy taste 

We ordered our meat; i.e. pork, chicken and beef. The waiter will cook the meat in front of you and thereafter, other meats that you order will be cooked at a separate table.   

BBQ Jummuleok RM70.00. Beef is the most expensive meat on the menu

Moksal (pork chop) RM58.00

Hangjungsal (sliced pork) RM33.00

Gochujang chicken (marinated and glazed with spicy Korean fermented chilie paste) RM32.00

Jummuleok (beef) RM70.00

Dang Jang Jjigae (fermented soya bean paste soup) RM23.00. We thought from the picture in the menu, it was kimchi soup but when it came, the owner told us it's not kimchi soup. However, it tasted very nice, not spicy and there were a bit of seafood inside the soup. 

Haemulpajeon (Korena egg pancake) RM38.00. The omelette tasted very simple but is huge, equivalent to 8 slices of pizza 

Dak Kalguksu (Chicken Noodle Soup) RM25.00. This serving is huge and is enough for 3 pax. Tasted ordinary with more veggies inside than  chicken.

The service in this restaurant, in terms of serving your food and drinks, was fast. The price will depend on what you order. That night itself, there were 5 adults and 2 kids and the bill came up to RM475.75 (including 4 bottles of big bottled beer at RM25 per bottle, surcharge of 10% and GST of 6%); an average of RM95.15 per adult. I think the price is ok considering the starter dishes that were given out.

The ambiance of the restaurant is simple. If you want free parking around the shop lots, be prepared to go there early or do a few rounds before finding parking, unless you park inside the building nearby.

Part of the restaurant

Looks more like a Japanese restaurant. Must reserve a private room

  

The details of the restaurant:

Bon Ga Korean Restaurant   

No.2-2, 2-3. 3A-2 Block E

Jalan Solaris 3

Mont’ Kiara

50480 Kuala Lumpur  

Tel: 03-6204 0012

Opens daily from 12pm to 10pm

DukSooNe, Korean BBQ – 1 October 2016

The restaurant

We decided on Korean BBQ at Solaris to celebrate Patrick’s birthday.

This restaurant is situated at a corner and it’s open-air.

There are a la carte and buffet options and we opted for the buffet BBQ, i.e. Eat all you can, choose your meat and cook it yourself. Once we were seated, we saw on their menu that the buffet is only for 2 hours, they time when you are seated!

Their menu

Their menu

If you are a pork lover, this will be the place for you, as they serve mainly pork, marinated pork and marinated spicy chicken. There is no lamb or beef.

The meat counter

Our meat on BBQ

You will also pick your own side dishes at the buffet counter.

Side dishes counter

Our meat and side dishes

Jjapageti (Noodles with Black Soyabean sauce) - RM10.00

Gimbab (Dried Seaweed Rolls) - RM10.00

The ice cream and beer freezer.  One ice cream per customer is included in the buffet price.

The service in this restaurant, in terms of serving your drinks was fast. The price is reasonable for the buffet and if you add in drinks and beers, it was approximately RM70-85 per person (including tax).   

The ambiance of the restaurant is pretty simple. If you want free parking around the shop lots, be prepared to go there early or a few rounds before finding parking, unless you park inside the building nearby.

  

The details of the restaurant:

DukSooNe  

22, Block H, Jalan Solaris 5

Mont’ Kiara

50480 Kuala Lumpur  

Opens daily from 11am to 11pm

Saemaeul BBQ – 21 April 2016

Sun Wei and myself decided to give Virginie a dinner treat since Virginie did our make-up for our recent performance-Decadance, so we decided on a Korean BBQ.

Since Virginie loves everything about Korea, we asked her to choose where to go and she decided on a place called Saemaeul BBQ at Solaris, the new Korean village in Kuala Lumpur.

This restaurant is situated at a corner and it’s kind of open-air. It was pretty busy for a Thursday night so we could rest assured that the food must be good.

Inside the restaurant

Virginie did the ordering and she was the chef for the night. Sun Wei and I just ate whatever was served on the table. The only comment I have about the food would be that there were not many choices of appetizers compared with at other restaurants. If I remember correctly, there were only 5 appetizers. On top of the appetizers, we ordered pork belly, lamb and beef (marinated very nicely), Korean ball rice and kimchi soup.   

Korean spicy rice, topped with seaweed. Now, where's the ball? (RM23)

Our chef, this is how you suppose to make the rice ball? Mixed it up

Continue to mix the rice while waiting for meat to be cooked

Voila, the Korean spicy rice ball. If you like spicy rice ball, then you will like this. It was a little too spicy for me but I still enjoyed it. 

Kimchi soup was very nice. You can really taste the spicy sour soup. You won't stop drinking the soup......(RM16)

The lamb was marinated to perfection. I recommend the lamb (RM25)

A mixture of pork belly (RM25) and beef (RM50). Sun Wei and myself liked the beef very much, followed by lamb and lastly pork. Overall, the meat was well marinated, tender and juicy. 

The service in this restaurant was fast. The ambience of the restaurant was pretty simple. If you want free parking around the shop lots be prepared to go a few rounds before finding parking, unless you park inside the building.

  

The details of the restaurant:

Saemaeul BBQ  

1-G, Jalan Solaris 4

Mont’ Kiara

50480 Kuala Lumpur  

Tel: 014-368 6050

Opens daily from 3pm to 1am

* Best to call to make a reservation as the restaurant is small and quite busy