Showing posts with label Restaurant (Korean). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Restaurant (Korean). Show all posts

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Home-cooked Korean cuisine and bar [Kantaro] / 手作り韓国料理&酒場 「韓太郎」

About a month before our nephew was moving to Tokyo, he and my mother-in-law were in town to find an apartment before starting work. After all those preliminaries were done, it was lunch time and we decided on a Korean place in Ikebukuro called [Kantaro].

甥っ子が東京に引っ越す為に2月も一度来ました。その時うちの義理の母も青森から東京に来て、甥っ子のアパートの手続き等を行いまして、そのごは4人で昼食を食べに行った。選んだ店池袋にある手作り韓国料理&酒場「韓太郎」。


My mother-in-law coming out of the restaurant.

僕の義理の母だ。




Starting off with some beer before the meal.

食べ物が来る前にビールで乾杯。




Can't go wrong with samgyeopsal!

サムギョプサルはいつも大歓迎だ!




And the samgyetang is quite delicious too.

サムゲタンも結構美味しいですよ。


Me and my nephew Ryo / 僕と甥っ子の涼くん


Bon Appetit!

いただきます!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Hyonbu Shokudo / 兄夫食堂 (ひょうんぶしょくどう)




 When my friend, the American Tourist was visiting Japan, we decided to take him out for some Korean cuisine (after all, he would be heading to Korea next).  Instead of going to Shin Okubo, Tokyo's Korea Town, we went to a place called [Hyonbu Shokudo] in Shibuya.  Mikako and one of her friends had dined here on a previous occasion.  It appears that this is the sister store, the main shop being located in Akasaka.

アメリカから友達が日本に遊びに来た時、夕飯は渋谷にある韓国料理店「兄夫食堂」に連れてあげた。彼が次の旅先が韓国なので、ここに決定しました。新大久保も良いんですが、嫁が以前友達と一緒この店が来たことがあり、僕も気になってた。本店が赤坂にあるらしい。





My half-Korean friend informed me that the assortment of kimchi and salad served before the main meal is called bahn chahn.

韓国人のハフの友達がこの最初に出るキムチとサラダなどは韓国語で“バンチャン” というそうです。



The kimchi here was delicious!

この店のキムチはめちゃ美味しかった!


And now for some of the main dishes:

そして今夜のメイン:



Bulgogi of course!!

もちろんブルゴギ!!



And seafood chijimi  (often described as Korean-style pancakes, similar to the Japanese okonomiyaki).

そして海鮮チヂミ。



And toppoki!  (I was later informed by the American Tourist's Korean friend that since this dish includes ramen noodles in it, the correct name would be rappoki).

あとは定番のトッポキ。(韓国人の方に教えてもらいましたが、このトッポキに麺も入ってるから正しくはラッポキだそうです。)


Bon Appetit!

いただきます!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Korean Kitchen [Macchan] / コリアンキッチン 「味ちゃん」(まっちゃん)





I had the day off on Mikako's birthday so of course we went to Shin-Okubo.  We decided to have lunch at a different restaurant that day and went to the Korean Kitchen [Macchan].  But we still ordered the same item as we would have at [Kanton no Omoide].  That would be an order of samgyeopsal (which translates to 3 layered flesh and is made with pork belly). 

美香子の誕生日の日自分も休みをいただいてたので、もちろん昼から新大久保に行きました。今日はいつも行く店「カントンの思いで」じゃなく、他の人気店コリアンキッチン「味ちゃん」(まっちゃん)に行きました。注文したのは「カントンの思いで」でいすも頼んでるものサムギョプサル。



Nothing quite as pleasing to the eye as grilling meat, ah, and the smell is heavenly as well (apologies to vegetarians but I love my meat!)

焼いてる肉って美しい、そしてその香りがたまらない!(ベジタリアンの方には申し訳ございませんが、私は肉大好き!)



As I said, beautiful!  言った通り、美しい!



Mustn't forget the toppings and a mug of beer as well.

もちろんトッピングとサラダなども忘れちゃいけません。ビールも飲みました。










The various ways of eating your samgyeopsal.  The meat is delicious by itself as well!

上記の写真はサムギョプサルのいろんな食べ方です。肉だけでも十分美味しいです!



Bon Appetit!

いただきます!

Monday, April 4, 2011

Dehanminku / デハンミンクッ





One day while wandering around Tokyo's Koreatown in Shin Okubo, we decided to have lunch at a different restaurant.  For the simple reason that the lunch set menus are named after Korean Pop stars.  My wife had been wanting to order the "FT Island" set, FT Island being one of the bands she's currently hooked on.  The FT Island set was a seafood bibimbap with cheese.  I didn't really care about how the sets were named, mine was called the Jungi set which consisted of bulgogi.

ある日、新大久保に遊んでたら、いつものレストランじゃなくて、嫁が気になった店で昼食を食べました。そこに行く理由は単純です。定食メニューはK-Popの名前が付いてるからです。嫁が一番食べたかったのは“FT Island 定食”。今嫁が結構はまってるK-Popバンドの一つです。自分は定食の名前はどうでも良いけど、頼んだのは“ジュンギ定食”。ブロゴギでしたよ。

 
Jungi Set / ジュンギ定食


FT Island Set / FT Island 定食


The set comes with the above / 定食は上にあるものが付いてます


And a bowl of soup too / スープも付いてます


Bon Appetit!

いただきます!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Korean Diner [Kanton no Omoide] / 韓国食堂 「カントンの思いで」





Today, I thought I would make my mother jealous by writing about the Korean restaurant we recently went to in Tokyo's little Korea Town of Shin-Okubo. We've been wanting to go to Shin-Okubo again for a while and now that we have a day off together again, off we went. We also bought my wife's nephew an Official Tour T-shirt of BigBang (very popular Korean pop band) who he is a fan of. Afterwards, it was time for lunch. We found this small but crowded little restaurant and thought if people are lined up here to eat, then the food must be pretty good. Outside of the restaurant is a wall featuring pictures of the many Korean and Japanese stars who have also eaten here. The food on the menu looked delicious too. We had already made up our mind on what we were going to order - Samgyeopsal!

今日はちょっと自分のお母さんにちょっとしたいたずらで、お母さんが羨むネタを書くの決めた。ネタはこの間新大久保の韓国料理店に行った事。妻が結構前からまた新大久保で遊びに行きたいと言うので、一日の休日もまた一緒になった事もあって、いざ新大久保へ。妻の甥っ子がK-PopのBigBangのファンで、韓国公式のT-シャーツを買ってあげた。その後昼食の時間になった。見つかったのは店の外に行列が出来てる所。店の外側の壁に来店した韓流スターたちや日本の芸能人の写真が貼ってあった。メニューに載ってる料理も全部美味しそうに見えた。私たちは店に入る前に何を注文するも決まり‐今日のランチはサムギョプサル!


Why there is a Thai tuk-tuk in front of a Korean restaurant is still a mystery.

タイのトゥクトゥクがなぜ韓国の料理店の前にあるのは謎。


Wall of Photos of Famous Patrons / 芸能人来店者の写真が貼って壁



Samgyeopsal! What is it? Nice thick slices of pork belly!











The other food items look great! / やっぱり他の料理も美味しそう!



Before the samgyeopsal is ready, we were served a variety of dishes - tofu covered with some type of sauce, macaroni salad, kimchee, Korean-style takuan.

サムギョプサルが出来るまで、付いてくるものが先にテーブルに運ばれた。豆腐、マカロニサラダ、キムチ、韓国風のたくあん等。


Some salad, the large lettuce leaves are to wrap the samgyeopsal / 他にサラダも付いて、大葉とサンチと肉のタレもあって、あとはサンギョプサルが出来上がるのを待つ


The making of samgyeopsal / サンギョプサル


Stage 1 / ステージ 1


Stage 2 / ステージ 2


Stage 3 / ステージ 3


Stage 4 / ステージ 4


Time to eat! 食べ頃だ!













Delish! / 美味しい!



And we downed our meal with some Korean beer!

料理と共に韓国ビールも飲んだ!



Bon Appetit!

いただきます!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

BOOLDaK / ブルダック





Last week, when I went to check out this place, I discovered that they don't do lunch on the weekends. Today, being a Friday, and amazingly, Mikako having the day off, we decided to go here for lunch. Mikako had seen this restaurant featured on a news piece and as we are lovers of spicy foods, we had to go check it out for ourselves. The name of the restaurant is called "BOOLDaK" and is located in Shibuya. "Bool" apparently means flame-broiled while "dak" is chicken. Yes, the name of the restaurant is also the name of one of their menu items. I tried the "bool-dak" set, which includes salad, miso soup, and all-you-can eat rice. Mikako decided to try the "bool-deji" which is pork. We also opted for the spicy version.

先週この店を訪ねたら、週末にランチサービスがやってないのを分かった。今日、平日の金曜日だったじ、美香子も珍しく休みだったので、二人の昼食はここで決定。美香子がテレビを見てたら、ある番組が激旨の料理特集をやってった。その番組でこの店が紹介されました。 店の名前は「ブルダック」で渋谷のマークシティの隣にある。「ブル」は韓国語で直火焼きの意味で、「ダック」は鶏肉。僕はブルダックセットを注文しました。セットにはサラダ、味噌汁、とお変わり自由のご飯付。美香子はブルデジを頼みました。「デジ」は韓国語で豚肉の意味。もちろん私たちは辛口を頼みました。



The sign says the pride of their restaurant is their Korean styled flame-broiling which makes their chicken and pork very tender, along with their secret sauce to top off their signature dishes.



Booldak Set / ブルダック セット



Booldak / ブルダック



Booldeji Set / ブルデジ セット



Booldeji / ブルデジ


The main dish seems to be a little lacking in the portions department, but if you consider the all-you-can-eat rice, along with the salad and miso soup, it's sure to make you full enough. Mikako and I being lovers of spicy food, didn't find the dish to be as spicy as the signs claimed. Maybe we're just too used to eating more spicy foods than the average. The Sechuan place I went to a couple of weeks was much spicier than here. But I tell you, you can get hooked on eating just the booldak and booldeji alone. They would make great snacks with beer!

メインデッシュの量が少ない感じもしましたが、セットのご飯がお変わり自由とゆうことで、結構満腹になると思います。でも辛いもの好きの私たちは激辛とは全然感じなかった。辛いものに慣れてるせいか、本当に思ったより辛くはなかった。私たちには普通の辛さと思いました。味はバツグン。本当に美味しい。単品でブルダックとブルデジが山ほど頼みたいくらい。ビールのあつまみにはもってこい一品と思います。