Seoul Garden is located at Sunrise tower, at the junction of Gurney Drive. It’s concept is different from the other Seoul Garden located inside Gurney Plaza, which is a buffet steamboat outlet. This Sunrise Seoul Garden purely serves authentic Korean fair.

The shop is on the first floor, accessed through a flight of steps just beside Pizza Hut outlet. The restaurant is spacious enough and can accommodate about 10-15 tables of four seats.

The entrance.

 

Taken while we were zooming pass the traffic light. If you are observant, you will know why we were "zooming" by!! Seoul Garden is on the right of the pic.

 

Various barbecue, hot pot and noodles dishes to choose from.

 

 

Korean tea is served without charge and is free-flow.

 

Even the cutlery have korean wordings

 

 

The appetizers and side-dishes are served right after you made your order. It includes thinly cut sausages, seaweed, picked vege - beansprout, jellyfish, chilli, malabar spinach, and of course the dish Koreans can’t do without, Kimchi cabbage.

 

Kimchi

Kimchi (pronounced /ˈkɪmtʃiː/, Korean pronunciation: [kimtɕʰi]), also spelled gimchi, kimchee, or kim chee, roughly translated, means "to preserve." It is a traditional Korean pickled dish made of vegetables with varied seasonings. Its most common manifestation is the spicy baechu (cabbage) variety. Kimchi is the most common banchan, or side dish. Kimchi is also a common ingredient and combined with other ingredients to make dishes such as kimchi stew (kimchi jjigae) and kimchi fried rice (kimchi bokkeumbap). Kimchi is so ubiquitous that the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) developed space kimchi to accompany the first Korean astronaut to the Russian-manned space ship Soyuz.[1]

The Kimchi Field Museum in Seoul has documented 187 historic and current varieties of kimchi. Although the most common seasonings include brine, scallions and seasonings, ingredients can be replaced or added depending on the type of kimchi being made. Common seasonings also include, ginger, onions, aekjeot (hangul: 액젓, fish sauce) and fresh seafood.

Also included are freshly cut garlic slices, a special puree paste sauce and a kind of oil with salt (what’s the name??) for you to dip with the grilled meat.

 

 

Sam Giap Sal (RM 22) - 4 pieces of pork belly. It came frozen and directly put on the griller to be bbq-ed!!

Grilling station is placed beside you so that you can savour the food while watching the grill in action.

We ordered a bowl of rice (RM 3) as well. As rice is not a staple korean food, the price is above average. So do consider that before ordering.

Halfway done and getting very fragrant. Looks at how juicy it it.

No it did not suddenly explode and turn into pieces. It is cut into pieces by the waitress for easy consumption.

They are very generous in serving the vegetables dish such as lettuce. There was a mountain of it and we only managed to finish half!! It is also very fresh.

 

There are many ways and combination that you can try with the ingredients and wrapping. Do be adventurous and taste the variations.

 

This is the ultimate, with every side-dish included and the pork slices hidden in between. Certainly need a larger mouth to fit this in!!! Hehe

 

The pork is also good to be eaten with rice.

We also ordered the Kimchi Jeongol [small] (RM 25) - Kimchi stew/soup. It came in a pot and put under low fire to make it boil and keep warm after that.

The soup looks fiery hot and spicy. It is really infused with kimchi spice and seasonings. The ingredients include sliced sausages, enoki mushrooms, toufu, kimchi chinese cabbage, and "Tang Hoon (冬粉)" (transparent noodles made from green beans). The silky and smooth tang hoon goes very well with this spicy soup stew. Perfect!!! We practically dried up the soup from the bowl!! I love spicy stuff!!!

 

Watermelon is served at the end of the meal. Big slices again shows their generous portion of food.

 

Total comes to RM 55 with service charge of RM 5. (Shouldn’t the charge be RM 5.50 @ 10% ??)

Overall, the food is satisfactory, the service is attentive and the ambiance is quiet+comfortable. There’s a view of busy Gurney if you sit beside the window. Can’t really compare the taste with other authentic Korean food outlets coz this is the only one I’ve been to!

Seoul Garden Korean Restaurant

1st Floor, Sunrise Tower,
Pesiaran Gurney
Penang
Tel: 04-2298705