Niu Year Eve

25th January 2009. Chinese New Year Eve.

With the constant somber musings on recessions, economy downturn and credit crunch playing over our ears everyday, it is time to tighten our belt a little bit. So, I decided that this year, no more fancy/fine dining comprising abundance of abalone, dried oysters, scallops etc but for that little treat of a hearty family fare that is light on the wallet. However, in a Korean way - The Niu Year was ushered following a warm and lip-smacking family dinner at the Korean House in PJ SS2.

We went for the Korean barbeque. The service there was pretty good. The friendly and polite waiter grilled and served the meat. Note the array of Banchan (small side dishes), a dozen of them and they are refillable. We were given kimchi, tofu, clams, bean sprouts, potato salad, sweet potatoes, pickled cucumber, vegetables, anchovies and a few other things I can't name. So many of them, just couldn't finish. Oh, abundance of lettuce to wrap the BBQ meat. I love the sauce to dip the lettuce wrapped meat.

Sizzling, sizzling ... A range of meat to choose from. We ordered Joomooluck (marinated beef, similar to Galbi), pork spare ribs and lamb ribs. Kept wondering what they put in to marinate the meat, they are all soooo tender.





Kimchi Chigae. It came piping hot! We did order another soup whose name I can't recall. It was a shredded beef soup, it was heavenly good stuff.






The must : Dolsot Bibimbap.






We were given three complimentary dishes: steamed egg, cold noodles and Korean Yee Sang. Everything FOC is good, I would say.





Yee Sang - the Korean way, I supposed.






Mom managed to eat quite a lot as the meat were all so tender.








Kiddos were happy, snapping away.

The rather lavish meal cost much much less than a normal Chinese meal. Good value for money.


In the car, the aromatic odour still lingered in our clothes.