Hansang Korean Family Restaurant is located at Square 2 Shopping Mall #03-33. I ordered the beef short rib stew (galbijim) set meal at $25++, which included:
• Galbijim beef short rib stew in black hot pot
• Chapchae
• Heukmibap steamed rice
• 9 assorted side dishes
• Desserts - red bean stuffed rice cake &
cinnamon punch
• Insamju ginseng wine
The beef short rib stew was served steaming hot in a hotpot. I love this dish very much. The beef meat was tender, juicy and very aromatic. The meat could detach from the rib bone easily. The thick gravy was heavenly - spicy, sweet and flavourful. There were some gingko nuts and red dates added. It was so yummy eating the beef meat with gravy and the steamed rice.
The restaurant named the chapchae dish as "sweet potato noodle", which is actually the Korean glass vermicelli. It was delicious and colourful. The ingredients consisted of glass vermicelli, shredded carrots, sliced shitake mushrooms, chopped onions, minced garlic, sliced scallions, sliced seaweed, shredded egg yolk/white strips and sesame seeds.
The first 3 side dishes were served in a long ceramic plate. The dishes were red kidney beans, mashed potato and anchovies. My first reaction was "huh so little of each side dish?". The dishes tasted quite ordinary, nothing to shout about. The ginseng wine was good and had a strong ginseng flavour.
The steamed rice consisted of white sticky rice with barley and black rice. Very nice. The remaining 6 side dishes were (below pic from top, clockwise):
• Seasoned spicy fishcakes - below average
• Seasoned bean sprouts - slightly above average,
quite delicious
• Seasoned seaweed with sliced onions -
below average
• Seasoned spinach - above average, delicious
• Seasoned spicy brinjal - average
• Kimchi - slightly above average, fresh and
delicious
The desserts consisted of 2 pieces of red bean stuffed rice cakes and 1 cup of cinnamon punch. The rich cakes had the right sweetness but tasted below average. They were way too hard for my liking. I could not taste much of the cinnamon flavour in the punch. It was dominated by the sourish fruity taste. Quite disappointing.
• Food & Beverage 7.5/10 • Ambience 7.5/10 • Service 7/10
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