No. 27, Linquan St, Lingya Dist
高雄市苓雅區林泉街27號
(07)716-2179
Monday-Sunday
11:30am-2:30pm
5:00pm-9:00pm
English friendly: no
vegetarian friendly: yes
average cost: 150-250NTD
Another Korean cafeteria! At least no one can accuse me of being inconsistent.
You can tell from the menu/placemat paper that this place isn't nearly as classy as the other one. It is also a great deal cheaper. It offers pretty much the standard spread of Korean fare: BBQ, hot stuff in a bowl, noodles, etc. as well as various combinations of kimchi, pancake, and other things. Their alcohol selection is not very exciting, but they do have soju (like Korean sake, but made from sweet potatoes). Somewhat relatedly, I am no longer a fan of soju.
We had seven people in our party so we got a giant spread (9?!?) of free appetizers. I'm not sure how they calculated that. Unfortunately, I only tasted one or two of them because the people sitting across, diagonally across, and to the right of me all ordered Korean BBQ and their giant personal burners effectively walled me up in the corner, away from everybody else/the appetizers. It was such an odd problem to have. Their tables could stand to be a little larger, or their burners a little smaller...
I did get this guy dispatched to my burner fortress. Potatoes in a sweet sticky sauce. It tasted like... potatoes in a sweet sticky sauce. Why would you do that? I mean, it was fine, but... why?
I ordered one of my favorites, 炸醬麵 or "fried sauce noodles." I guess Korea has this dish too. Well, maybe that's what that means. It was definitely different than the 炸醬麵 I've had before. For one it came out looking all dark and reddish like that. Those huge chunks of jelly-like stuff turned out not to be tofu, or meat, or even congealed blood like I was suspecting... Radishes! Who would have known?
When I mixed it all up it looked like this. Mmmmmm, right? Well, not so much. It certainly photographed nicely, but the taste was extremely 'eh'. It was slightly sweet, what with the random radishes and all, but mostly just bland. The noodles seemed handmade, but had no flavor or texture to them, so WHAT DOES IT EVEN MATTER I ask you. Sigh. An utterly forgettable dish, all the more of a disappointment because it looked so yummy.
We also got this kimchi pork thing! It was pretty good, but the kimchi was not at all on my level. Ahem. I would consider myself a great connoisseur of painfully pungent kimchi and this... It looks a LOT spicier than it tasted.
Really, it barely registered as spicy at all.
Like I said, most of my friends ended up going for beef or pork BBQ. Their giant burners were topped with a flat plate of this...
...And turned it into something like this! It seemed a bit on the small side, as a serving, but they all seemed pretty pleased with it.
In conclusion, this Korean place is cheaper--and you always get what you pay for. Honestly, I really wasn't all that impressed. But don't take MY word for it...
OVERALL RATING: 2/5
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