Ye Dang

My friend Jen, another foodie and fellow schoolmate from the International School of Culinary Arts and Hotel Management ,   has been raving about Ye Dang , this inconspicous Korean restaurant beside Metrowalk for quite sometime now  and today, we had that opportunity of eating lunch there  with another friend,  who unlike us,  is a Korean food newbie ( after our meal, he said he has been "kimchified" ).

The place was full of Koreans so it must really be good.

Jen did the ordering for us. We ordered the grilled chicken , bibimpap, tofu and vegetable soup and spicy squid.  Then we were given the free appetizers.

free but yummy appetizers

The appetizers consisted of kimchi, sweet and spicy fish cake slices, sweet and spicy dilis, baby potatoes, pancakes, morning glory or something that looked like spinach and spicy radish.

We love these goodies in small plates, specially their kimchi and you can actually ask for a second bowl , the fish cake slices, the potatoes were so good, the dilis were crispy , even the pancakes were ok as well as the morning glory.

kimchi, the spinach look alike , spicy radish

fish cake slices and spicy dilis

dilis and the baby potatoes

mini pancakes - good also 

Our orders arrived....

Tofu with Clams Soup

I love this soup! You can request if the dishes will really be spicy or just mild and we picked mild for all the dishes. I liked that they serve it really hot, almost boiling hot and the tofu was so soft and it had clams and veggies too.. A must order dish and if you like a lot of heat, you can get the spicy version.

Bibimbap

We Ye Dang first timers, that means me and Pao enjoyed their version of the bibimbap. We finished it until the last grain. Great job Jen! You sure know your favorites by now.

Spicy Squid

The spicy squid was the best and the most tender I've had. And they served it with tender leafy vegetables and carrots and the sauce was sweet and mildly spicy. The sauce was perfect with the bibimbap or even plain rice.

Grilled Chicken

The chicken was also good, fully cooked yet moist and tender.

Thank you Jen for bringing us to Ye Dang, I will defnitely go back and try their other dishes.

Lemon Grass

Before watching Thor two weekends ago at the Shang,we decided to try this cozy looking resto at the ground floor beside Dome Cafe . Lemon Grass is an Asian bistro,  a melting pot of a variety of cuisine with  Korean, Vietnamese, Malaysian , Chinese dishes on the menu and I even saw some Japanese items I think..

It was a rainy sunday so we decided to have a bowl of laksa and korean beef stew in claypot.

The laksa had servings mostly of tofu, fish cake and shrimps. The fish cake was a bit springy and a bit salty for me. Hmm..I've tasted better laksa, there's something missing with the broth..

The korean beef stew with a serving of rice on the side is ok except that it didn't look and really tasted like korean beef stew because underneath is a bed of sliced onions. Hello, it's more of beef steak Tagalog ! Good thing the beef was tender but they should rename this dish or improve it, it lacks the flavor of a classic Korean beef stew..

Maybe I have to try their rendition of the other Asian classics in the menu but I wasn't really sold yet with this first visit given their serving size, pricing and the taste of the confused beef stew.