Food Review: Big Mama Korean Restaurant

Food Review: Big Mama Korean Restaurant

Big Mama is a place to go to for homely Korean food :D I was craving for some Dakgalbi (Spicy chicken galbi) and was researching the Korean places in Singapore to try the dishes. I had initially wanted to go to Running Man restaurant, but unfortunately, the restaurant had closed down. After much researching, I finally decided to head to Big Mama for its Korean food! :D

Big Mama was located at Tiong Bahru which was a pretty far place. Thankfully, the boy drove :D The Tiong Bahru estate was one of the oldest estate in Singapore and it was amazing to see 2 to 5 storey flats still in existence today :D Too bad, I forgot to bring my camera out. Will drop by again in future to take photos! :D

Anyway, back to Big Mama! We ordered the Dakgalbi and one portion of fried rice (to be fried in with the left over chicken galbi later!)

As the same as usual Korean restaurants, banchan (side) dishes were served and they were refillable :D The kim chi, fired lotus with sesame dressing, fried crispy ikan bilis and the glass noodles stood out particularly. Yummy!

They fried the dakgalbi and presented the dish to us after frying. Did not manage to see them cook in front of us :( Doesn't the dakgalbi looked fantastic? :D

After finishing 3 quarters of the dakgalbi, the fried rice was fried into the leftover galbi. The delicious fried rice was pan fried with kimchi, generous serving of seaweed, sesame oil and sesame seed. The fried rice was delicious, better than what was shown in the photo! Thumbs Up for it! :D Had a fantastic lunch dakgalbi-ing! :P

Do give it a try if you are into Korean food! You will not want to miss this :D

Big Mama Korean Restaurant
2 Kim Tian Road
Singapore 169244

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Food Review: Yoogane Singapore

Food Review: Yoogane Singapore

I finally visited Yoogane Singapore and had my Korea craving for chicken galbi satisfied!

I was unable to find good places that served good Korean food after my visit to Seoul and Jeju last Nov. I visited some, but I only left the restaurant feeling disappointed and longing even more to return to Korea again.

I read raving reviews about Yoogane and the long queue outside each time. I was having craving for the chicken galbi so the boy and I decided to drop by Yoogane for lunch.

To skip the queue, we reached the moment Yoogane was opened. There was no doubt that there was a small queue forming though it was not for long before we were seated.

As the orders were for a minimum for two person, we ordered chicken galbi for two person. Imagine my disappointment when I wanted to order the ramyeon noodles, fried rice and mozzarella cheese to go with the chicken galbi but was stopped by the boy because he reminded me that the portion we ordered in Jeju was so huge that we had a hard time finishing it (though I finished up all the rice in the end) :(

Oh wells..

Once seated and orders placed, we went to choose some of the free side dishes at the self-service counter that you would find in a typical Korean restaurant to have some appetizers before the food arrived.

The 2 servings of chicken galbi came in a big pot and we wore the aprons that had been prepared for us to prevent the food from dirtying our clothes. Similarly to Korea, the service staff would prepare all the necessary set up and the cooking as the cooking required some skills.

Two of us having a great time pretending to cook :P Look at the big pot in front of us! :D

I wanted to try the ramyeon noodles and fried rice badly so we placed additional orders again and the ramyeon noodles were added to the whole pot for cooking. Look how the food was so wonderfully cooked, coated with the hot sauce!

Once the food was ready, we started to eat. And mind you, they really tasted as good as the reviews had said! I finally found a Korean eatery that served good Korea food! The chicken galbi was spicy though not as spicy as the one I had eaten in Korea but overall, it was good :D

Not forgetting the fried rice and mozzarella cheese, they were added in for cooking once we are almost done with the chicken galbi. The rice was pan-fried and coated well with the sauce and the mozzarella cheese was spread on the rice to melt the cheese and created the "baked rice" effect. Again, the fried rice tasted so heavenly that both of us ate up all the rice, not even leaving a single grain of rice in the pot.

Overall, Yoogane Singapore was a pleasant dining and served good authentic Korean chicken galbi. The price however, was around 2.5 times more expensive compared to the one I had eaten in Korea. Do give it a try if you are around the area and you will not be disappointed with it.

Yoogane Singapore
200 Victoria Street
Bugis Junction

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