Daore Korean Premium BBQ

My Ratings: 5 Stars

Cuisine: Korean BBQ

Location: Jalan Tanjung Tokong (next to Petronas Station), 10470 Penang

Non-halal

RM40-80 per person

The sudden popularity of Korean cuisine fuels an explosion of Korean restaurants on the Island.....and Daore Korean Premium BBQ suddenly opened with two restaurant within a year. The first was in Bayan Point and the lastest project is in Tanjung Tokong.

The setup is impressive. No money is spared in designing its decor, equipment and hiring their service staffs.

As expected, you get great service. Order a minimum of two BBQ dishes and their cook it right in front for you. The dining experience comes with lots of extra side dishes like Kim-Chi, pickled vegetables, seaweed soup, desserts and a lot more assortments of tit-bits. Some items changes daily.

All you have to do is to order your main course/dishes and all the rest is taken care of. If you order the BBQ, there is a method to eat the BBQ meats. Get a piece of green salad, dip the meat in sesame oil, then their special chili bean paste and combine with a piece of garlic and shallots and wrap it up and chew it all in one mouthful. Gastronomic Heaven!!

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We ordered Dak-gal-bi (lean skinless chicken marinated in hot chili sauce) RM27, Hanbang Dweji Wang Galbi (Choice pork ribs marinated in Korean Ginseng and herbs extract with sweet soy sauce) RM35, Unagi Galbi (eel) RM40

There are choice of seating arrangements you can request the restaurants. there is the standard chair and table, then there Tatami style and lastly tatami style in private rooms that looked like a village of many traditional Korean houses.

The Chief Chef is a Korean and he takes time to meet the restaurant customers. ......Great customer service!!! The Manager is also Korean and the staffs is not locals too (definitely not Koreans)

Ample parking with valet service. Great food and quality ingredients. Good ambiance makes the overall dining experience great. But be warned, you come out of the restaurant after meals smelling like BBQ on your body, attire and hair (despite lots of suction ventilation). So don't plan on going on another date after dinner....just straight to shower and a fresh change of attire

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Korean BBQ Chicken

My Ratings: 2 Stars

Cuisine: Korean
Location: Gurney Plaza & New World cafe, Penang
Halal
RM15-25 per person

OK. Finally I decided to try on this new restaurant in the mall (Gurney Plaza) after being undecided where to eat. What caught my attention was its sign. Just what I need at that time......some BBQ treat.

So I decided to take a peek and hey! ... half the restaurant is packed with people and for me that is a good indication that it must be OK to attract the crowd into there. Nice modern decor and good atmosphere.

OK. the menu is mainly chicken..... Fried chicken, all kinds of BBQ chicken....charboiled....jerked (don't ask me what is "Jerk" chicken coz I dun know and I dare not ask the waiter coz they might think I am being stupid).

Other dishes on the menu are sandwiches, salad and udons and their special dessert that is something like a Korean styled ice kacang at about RM6.80 for a small bowl and RM11.40 for a big bowl....anything I think that's a bit pricey.

Since it is a Korean themed restaurant, I expected Korean flavour chicken like Kim Chi or Ginseng. Unfortunately, they only had Ginseng chic. Guess I have to give the Kim Chi a miss.

Anyway, I did not feel like having Ginseng and wanted some new flavour, so I ordered a 1 piece "Jerk" chicken set (incl mashed potato or rice and coleslaw) while Amanda ordered a Kim Chi Udon. I tot the 1 piece would be enouf for me coz I peeked at the next table, their 3 piece set is large enuf and since my 1 piece is more expensive than regular 2 piece. I tot 1 piece is good enuf for me.

Boy, when i came out from the kitchen, my portion looks like just the size of half pigeon.....hmmm...shud have ordered the regular 2 pieces.

The Jerk chicken was OK in taste. BBQed in dark sauce with a hint of honey I think coz it is sweet and savoury. I paid RM16.70 for mine and RM11.83 for the udon.

The Udon was OK. Nothing great about it.......I gave this restaurant a lowly 2 star for its atmosphere, price, food and service. New BBQ chicken concept but other than that, not much more excitement....no much choice in menu and not much creativity in assortment. Just chicken, sandwich, salad, noodles and dessert...... Although marketize as Korean but looks more like fuzion........

I would go there again nor recommend anyone.

Call 04-2100222 for reservation or enquiries

Korea Palace

My Rating: 4 Stars

Cuisine: Korean

RM30 - 5o per person

Location: Tanjung Bungah, Penang (opposite Island Plaza)

What an ideal location for a restaurant. Driving past Tanjung Tokong Road, you can see diners enjoying a meal there through its large windows. Seems like a lot of people is eating there, so I thought I would go there myselfWell, coz it is situated in an new building, its kind of creepy getting there. The lift is still board up and dirty. So I would recommend to take the stairs instead.

Anyway, it is on Level 1, so it is OK to take the stairsThe decor is nice especially the tatami seating and a large private room that can seat 6-30 people. It's a large room which can be divided accordingly. Each seating has a BBQ pit which gets filled with hot charcoal if you order a BBQ set. Of coarse, ordering a BBQ dish is a must coz the efforts in preparing the hot charcoal is worth it.

I ordered a red pepper chicken marinade (Maekon Dak Gui - RM27) and pork with soy sauce marinade (Doaezi Yangnyeom Galbi RM35) and a bowl of hot Kim Chi stew with Korean rice (Kim Chi Jjigae RM18). The steam boat set looks nice to but I will reserve that for my next trip there.As with all Korea hospitality, the order comes with an assortment of titbits (10 types) and Korean green tea. I really enjoyed the variety. Be careful to leave some stomach space for you that you ordered.The soy sauce marinaded pork is very good. The chicken is OK and the Kim Chi stew is delicious. A balance of sourness, chilli heat and the aroma of garlic.The BBQ is served with an assortment of salad leave to wrap your BBQ meat together with chilli and garlic and eaten like a poh piah or a small pau. There is an interesting wrap which is the sesame leaf. What a beautiful leave....too beautiful to be eaten. It has a nice and unusual taste and aroma when eaten.The pork and chicken portion is huge. Actually it is large enough for two persons. So the food is value for money and at the same time tastyAfter dinner, you are serve with complimentary fruit and dessert tea which is a sweet flower infused tea.

Overall, my dinner experience is good. The restaurant is run by a Korean family.The atmosphere is very pleaseant. Place is clean. Food is great and good value for money. And all food is beautifully presented. Best of all, no service charge but there is a 5% govt tax. There is also a seperate lunch menu. I will definitely return for another meal. Next time I will get a group of 6 person to seat at the tatami area for a different kind of experience. For reservation, call 04-8997900

Kim Chi

My Rating: 2 Stars

Cuisine: Korean
Location: Hillside, Tanjung Bungah, Penang

Authentic Korean. Owners are Koreans. Built in BBQ. RM30-RM40 per person. Non-Halal. Service/Food/Value 3-starI tried the Kim Chi hot pot. It was good. Had some sticky balls in it which we did not like. I had the Ginseng tea drink which cost RM5 a glass. I think that was not worth the value coz it was kinda diluted. Overall, I did not really the dinning experience. The service is good but lack of great food and atmosphere.