Korean BBQ (2004-12-13)
Today I'm going to talk about yet another restaurant we went to recently. Sorry I seem to be writing about food all the time but I can't help it. There are just so many restaurants we want to try and I want to record every single one we did.
We went to Okubo near Shinjuku (
) to look for a specialised grocery
store. Little did we know the area is almost like a little Korean
town. There are chock-full of Korean restaurants and shops
selling Korean things. The delicious smell of barbecued meat from
the restaurants was unbearable. The replicas of well-known
national dish of Korea, ginseng chicken soup, were also very
inviting. So we decided to have our dinner there.
We chose one called World Cup because one of its staff was handing
out discount vouchers on the street and we got one. The inside of
the restaurant is decorated Korean style. The tables are made of
heavy polished wood and diners have to sit on double cushions on the
floor, shoeless of course. We only ordered three meat items and a
chijimi (Korean savory pancake), but because the servings were so big,
we were absolutely full at the end of the meal.
Was the food good? We will definitely go back, so I think that
answers the question. To get to the area where all the shops and
restaurants are, just take the North Exit at Sebushinjuku Station on
Sebu Line. Once on the street where Prince Hotel is, walk towards
north until you hit the main street, Shokuan-dori. It is only a
5-minute walk and not hard to find at all. The hardest part is
picking a restaurant to try once you are there, every one looks so
delicious.
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