Arirang Korean BBQ

We’ve been passing by Arirang Korean BBQ Restaurants on many occasions and saw that it was always full of customers inside but we have never try before…until last night.

After the fabulous Christmas Parade along St Georges Terrace in the city, we decided to pay the restaurant a visit as it was already 9pm after the show finished and we were all hungry and just wanted to go to somewhere nearby within walking distance. I enjoy walking all the time and with so many people walking alongside us, it didn’t feel tired or far.

Anyway, we finally reached Arirang Korean BBQ Restaurant at Barrack Street in the city centre and was surprised to see that there were still many people inside although it had passed dinner time. Went in to check with the waitress and was glad that there was still table for the three of us. After setting up my daughter baby chair and finally settled down, then came the moment that I am always dreadful about: select from a menu which dishes I am not familiar with! All the dishes names were in Korean although written in alphabets. Even if they have description at the bottom of those names, it was still a daunting task for me to go through the entire menu which seems thicker when you don’t understand a thing inside it. I became more confused when I saw in the menu their company tagline is “who said BBQ was boring…!!!” I thought what is it got to do with the food I’m going to get?

I decided to take the easy way out by just asking the Korean waiter to recommend us a dish. We were advised to try Modum (which sounds like a computer component than food to me) which was an assortment of finest bbq meats perfect for the indecisive. Was the description of the food trying to insult my character? Anyway it is a combination of 3 meats namely: beef, chicken and pork (buldogi + duk buldogi +daeji buldogi) grilled to Korean standard. By the way the names of these 3 meats sounded more like characters in computer games than Korean food to me.

The waiter said that we could use the round grill plate in the middle of our table if we ordered one more dish. No thank you was my reply as I am not those people who like to cook their food. I prefer to have the food cooked and delivered straight to me and my only job is to eat them.

I was amazed that the food was served to us quite fast considering the fact that there were still many customers waiting for their food. Although I’m not a fan of Korean food but our dish tasted all right. For a start there was no strong smell from the beef and pork. The meats were grilled with sweet Korean sauce. It would be perfect if you like sweet sauce. This set is good for 2 persons if you are not too hungry and just want something light. It costs $24 just for the meats and $29 if you ordered a set.

Modum [buldogi + duk buldogi + daeji buldogi]

Flat Korean chopstick - it is a challenge to use it although I've been using chopstick all my life. I spent most of the time preventing it from falling off my grip.

Arirang Korean BBQ Restaurant is located at 91-93 Barrack Street, Perth.