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Looking for a Cheesy Korean fare, then look nowhere further than the place behind us! Yes, Yoogane (the famous Chicken Galbi restaurant hailing from Busan)!
Why so?
Something to get extremely excited over as shown all over our face is the their new addition – Cheese Chicken Galbi which is why we were all gathered here today at the Bugis Junction branch!
With our grumbling stomach, we were warmly welcomed in to our seats by Shanice’s friend who is also the manager of the restaurant. Didn’t take long before we tuck into the signature red aprons offered at every table so as to prevent the splattering of galbi sauce onto our clothes! How thoughtful!
While waiting for the main dish to arrive, we were invited to try a new addition to their drink menu. It is their Yakult Soju!
I must say this was my personal favourite for the night! I like the fact that the Yakult sweetened up the Soju hence subduing the soju’s bitter taste. This made it suitable even for non-alcoholic drinkers and ladies. I like it so much so that I quitely down almost 1/4 jug of the Yakult soju while the others were busy snapping selfie and wefies!
Now you guys know the truth behind the Yakult Soju’s disappearing act! Below, Me in my guilty little act ><
Another thing which made me adore Yoogane is the fact that they leave no empty stomach unattended even during your waiting time. This is because there is a free-flow salad bar to get your unlimited kimchi! Furthermore, there are other salad options available which you can explore different taste with their variety of sauces eg Strawberry sauce!
Well, this is not all! We were also strongly introduced to their new sauce: Kiwi dressing! Apparently, that was pretty rare to find & we just simply had no reason not to try even for those non-kiwi fans among us. How does it taste if you ask me? I shall keep it a suspence for you guys to try it out on your own. Trust me, you won’t regret trying it 🙂
It was not long before the Cheese Chicken Galbi came in its raw uncooked form! Nonetheless, already looking pretty delicious, doesn’t it?
If uncooked already look that good, what about cooked ?
Here, you have it…
Yumz~~ All ready to dig into it!
This galbi differs slightly from the other usual ones served in Yoogane. Yes we know there will be cheese as the name of the dish implied. But…. we just didn’t expect this MUCHHH Cheese! Really generous portion of cheese enough to satisfy your craving of cheese for a few weeks after this meal!
*Just to share a fun fact: Myth has it that it contains ENOUGH cheese for one to pull it up (Like what William is doing now) from the pot to the ceiling!
Don’t believe? Ask the Cheese Ambassador to show you this incredible proof next time you visit the Bugis branch!
Anyway, for first-timers, you do not have to worry about cooking the galbi as the staff will personally help to cook them. Usually, the galbi, vegetables and dokboki are mixed and cooked together with their palatable in-house marinates, followed by the ramyeon. If you are going in a group of 4-6 pax, i would recommend you to order at least two portion of the ramyeon as seen below.
If that is NOT ENOUGH cheese for you guys, then try this out too: Egg with Melted Cheese within!
Don’t fancy egg or prefer to have some carbs instead? Alternatively, go for their famous Cheese Fried Rice then!
We also ordered another popular menu item – Korean Style Seafood Pancake to go with our main dish. Remember to dip the pancake into the sauce accompanying it!
Personally, I have yet to visit the great land of Korea. Hence, I cannot benchmark if their standard is on par with that in Korea. Nonetheless, I do have friends that had been there before saying that it felt like they are savouring that familiar taste of authentic Korean dakgalbi in Yoogane.
I am already planning on the next visit to Yoogane – this time around without the manager’s help to slot us right in front of the looooong queue! But then again, good things are worth the wait, isn’t it? 😉
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Yoogane brought Korea to Sg!
WOOO. The first time I tried Yoogane was with James and the big boys at Bugis Junction half a year ago. They were quite new and it was their first outlet then.
Yoogane is one of the many Korean restaurant in Singapore but this restaurant is highly raved among k-cuisine lovers!
Few days ago, I visit Yoogane again, but this time, it was at their second outlet – West Gate.
Yoogane is pretty generous as they have free flow of kimchi and vega for its customers when they are waiting for their food.
I would recommend you not to eat too much because the servings of their mains are quite big too.
They serve Korean alcoholic drinks like soju and Makoli too. Makoli is James’s favorite. I remember bringing 2 big bottles back from Korea for him and 1 of it burst in my luggage 🙁
We ordered Seafood and Chicken Galbi and the portion serves up to 3-4 pax. It comes in a smaller size of 2-3 pax as well.
You can expect to find chicken, squid, prawns, clams, assorted vegetables, octopus and more in your pan.
We ordered extra topokki for our pan.
The friendly staff will be there to cook and ensure that all the ingredients are cooked to perfection for every table.
You can also add rice or noodles to the pan if you want but we went for ramen!
YUMMMMS. The ingredients looked yummy enough already. The last thing to be added in is the ramen!
Cooked! The seafood is unbelievably fresh and chewy. The prawns were really sweet too! I would say all the ingredients goes well with the glabi sauce!
My favorite dish from the restaurant is the Egg Roll with Cheese!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was so good that we had to order another plate to share around :X
The cheese and egg were not stuck together so you can still get to taste them separately. Eat it while it’s hot so that the cheese will melt in your mouth.
The Korean Seafood Pancake ($16.90) is crispy and one portion serves up to 3 pax.
Find generous serving of seafood like scallops and squid inside. Deep it in the sauce for a more enhanced taste.
When it comes to Korean restaurant, I will order Japchae to end my meal, instead of desserts because the glass noodles is quite chewy and bouncy! Something very different from our usual Chinese or Japanese cuisine.
Marinated Chicken Bulgogi Fried Rice ($14.90) was good but I would go for noodles than rice anytime! Hehe. Cheese can be seen between the rice and meat. The girls and James loved it!!
Finally some group photos.
This is us after a hearty meal. Happy faces all around yo!!
Find Yoogane at:
200 Victoria Street, Bugis Junction #02-47/48
or
3 Gateway Drive, West Gate #03-08
Be sure to give Yoogane a try if you enjoy eating Korean Cuisine 🙂