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Posted by Gabriel
I’ve just never found the Korean cooking styles, mix of ingredients or just final overall taste appealing. Still, once in a while I would be dragged by friends to a Korean outlet where I actually enjoyed the meals. Seoul Yummy was one of them.
Seoul Yummy is located on the third floor of Square 2, Novena (a floor which I was told, is referred to as “Little Seoul”) and, although the total lack of any customers when I first arrived with my friends was a little unsettling (the traffic did pick up somewhat by the end of our meal), I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food.
The outlet offers several set menus that come with an impressive range of choices and customisability. All my friends and I went for the S$16.99++ individual set meal that comes with a free flow of appetisers, a main course, a side dish, a roasted barley drink (which tasted decidedly odd) as well as 20% discount on their range of ice-cream desserts.
The appetisers were so good that they deserve a paragraph here by themselves. The range we were offered had six different small dishes - kimchi, anchovies, tofu, pickles, nuts and potato salad. While none of us were particularly fond of kimchi (which is ironic, considering that is the emblem of Korean cuisine), the other five were tantalising, addictive, full of taste and punch and, true to their name, appetising.
I had the fried saba fish with rice set (which is about all I eat at Korean restaurants, apparently) and it was fantastic. The fish were fried just right, without being overly oily or having too strong of a fishy taste. The meat was tender, the skin crisp and I devoured the entire thing to its bones.
My side dish was the potato pancake which, again, was fantastic. The texture was solid without being too starchy, floury or doughy and, although I scrapped off the chilli slices adorning the pancake, the taste was still strong and delicious.
Another friend had the bibimbab, which was a well-proportioned mix of ingredients that blended well together, did not overwhelm each other and had a strong gastronomical oomph after mixing it together.
The curry chicken rice and side dish of baked sauce crispy chicken, while tasting exactly like their Japanese counterparts, were decent, if not overwhelmingly fantastic. Like I mentioned, though, the roasted barley drink (both in the hot and cold incarnations) were a bit of a misfire, with nary a hint of barley at all (although it did taste roasted).
In the end, my friends and I decided to head somewhere else for dessert and thus I didn’t get to cash in on that 20% given by the set meal but even then, what I had eaten at Seoul Yummy was—so yummy.
Rating: 4 of 5 stars
Seoul Yummy
Address: 10 Sinaran Drive #03-69 Novena Square 2 Singapore
Tel: 6397 6939
