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.
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| Modum [buldogi + duk buldogi + daeji buldogi] |
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| 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.
