Togi, Mosque Street, Chinatown (1 Oct 08)

Recommended by a friend... we went on a search for this Korean restaurant in Chinatown. I know of a few Korean restaurant along or near Duxton Road and Maxwell market but certainly, one in the middle of Chinatown was news to me.

After going in circles around Temple Street and Smith Street, I decided to call my friend. Apparently it is situated on the next street i.e. Mosque Street. We were there early so the restaurant was empty. One of those typical restaurants in Chinatown. Not very big. Fits about 10 tables inside and they had a few tables outside as well. 

We ordered the "Samgyeopsal" - bbq pork loin, "Kimchi jjige" - kimchi spicy soup and "Ojjingeo Bokkeum" - stir fried spicy squid with cold buckwheat noodle. 

  

I found the kimchi spicy soup a tat sour but according to my Korean friend, this was quite good by Korean standards. The bbq pork was "ok" but what was interesting was, besides the usual big slice of onion and garlic, the bbq came with big slices of potato and mushroom... yummy!!! 

  

The spicy squid was rather bland but it was a nice combination with the noodle. I have had the octopus bokkeum before and if you can find it on the menu, please go for the octopus... you won't regret it. 

The other interesting find was the "purple rice"... basically, I think it was brown rice cooked with horse beans and some other ingredients. A much healthier choice to the regular white rice.

   

The meal was not cheap considering that this was a pretty plain and small eatery. One thing for sure was it is very popular with the locals and also foreigners. Service can be improved. 

When we left at around 7pm, there was a long queue outside and all tables were occupied. Maybe because it was a public holiday. Anyway, Togi earns 3 cilipadi from me.