Korean Table — Restaurant in Melbourne

ORDERED: 🍗​ Korean Fried Chicken boneless medium ($22.50) with Soy garlic ​🥩​ Wagyu Yukhoe: Raw cold beef reasoned with Korean various sauces ($15.80) 🍚​ Seafood Crispy Rice Soup ($19.50)

It would be $28.90 for my portion, between two.

REVIEW: ✔️​ My favourite was the Wagyu Yukhoe. The raw cold beef was cut into slivers and was flavoured really well. It's uniquely refreshing, but also a little scary to eat because it looks so... raw. The thrill definitely adds to the experience! 🏊 The egg yolk unfortunately slipped to the bottom of the bowl, so I would recommend making a little hole at the top to nicely slide the yolk in to before you start mixing it up. The salad was also really nice and kept things light. 🥗​

❌​ The seafood crispy rice soup was my least favourite. Although it comes out with tempting crispy square rice at the start, when the soup is poured in, it DISSOLVES INTO CONGEE. You don't get the scorched flavour and definitely not the crispiness. Lowkey a scam with the name. 🥺

➖ As others have mentioned, the service is self-serve. I'm talking about a free access cutlery, plates and water which was okay with me. ❌​ However the thing that bothered me the most was the annoying incessant flickering fluorescent lights on top of the umbrella which was really rage baiting me....

An excellent place to get your Korean food fix. The prices are comparable to other Korean restaurants, give and take. I had the Kimchichike; just because I love it, but here’s the thing, comparing this dish to others is kind of as pointless as comparing one kimchi to another which really is impossible. However, compared to the last similar meal I had, there is a difference. The price for a Kimchichike and a soju was a little more expensive, considering for less than the same price here ($47.27) I got an edamame as well. However, here I got more meat and less kimchi. The kimchi wasn’t as spicy as I liked (but the addition of some decent chilli powder fixed that) and the rice was plain. I had to ask for the ‘usual’ accompanying side dish, but that’s only because I lived in Korea for 8 years and know better; however it was more traditional and satisfying. As for the cost, the price difference might be due to the Easter surcharge, so I’ll have to revisit to really know. Having said that, the dish was excellent and I enjoyed it very much. I recommend visiting this place. The atmosphere is very much like the Korean street venues I’d come accustomed to in Korea so was good to re-experience in a kind of way. Check it out and you won’t be...

It is quite a small restaurant so if you're attending with a group of people, I'd recommend booking. During my first visit, I had the Samgye Tang with Kalguksu (Ginseng Chicken) and whilst the ginseng was quite mild in flavour, it was still quite nice and the serving was generous.

During my second visit, my friends and I ordered the Pork Kimchi Soup with rice (yes, we were all craving it at the same time) and to share, we had the Kimchi Pancake. The Pork Kimchi soup was one of the better soups I've had of this variety. There was so much kimchi (I love kimchi) and the pork they used wasn't dry or too fatty like they usually are in most places and overall, the serving was pretty decent. The accompanying rice is also better than most places as they use has some black rice in it (it makes the rice look purple). However, it's biggest flaw was the MSG. We were all so thirsty afterwards because seeing as it's a soup, you have to drink it!

The kimchi pancake was great and came in a large serving size. The batter was thick (that's my personal preference) and the ingredients inside...