Gangnam 88 @ Solaris Mont' Kiara

As the weekend mood has it, we decided to brave the traffic to Mont Kiara from Golden Triangle after some late night at office. Guess Lady Luck is at our side and we are thankful for the smooth journey, before we reached our yummy place that is totally full house indeed!

Gangnam 88 makes its presence somewhere end of 2012 and has since sparked tremendous interest among the Korean foodies. It is always that jam-packed whenever patronizing by. Upon entering the door, we are greeted amiably by one young Korean chap-believed to be one of the crew. After some 10 minutes waiting, finally we got our sitting in a quaint corner with top ceiling wall being decorated with built-in book shelves. Unique and space-friendly indeed.

There are also some displays of colorful caps in the interest of fashionistas too! :P

After flipping through the menu hungrily, we decided to make it a Kimchi-themed night! And so we ended up with Kimchi Jigae, Kimchi Jeon and inhouse best seller, Beer Chicken! While anticipating curiously, we help ourselves with the delish array of ban chan. Overall, all of the side dishes are scrumptious with stir-fried watercress being our favourite! In this case, the usual spinach is being replaced with this leafy green which is tangier and is then cooked with some sesame oil and also dashes of white sesame. Not forgetting the authentic Kimchi that is also crisp amidst its piquancy. 

Kimchi Jigae 

This is the first dish to greet us on the table, together with the rest of the delectable ban chan. A simple and wholesome soup that comes with several ingredients like bean curd, onions, pork stripes, spring onions, lots chillies but not spicy, and not forgetting Kimchi itself. It is actually not very spicy but rather appetizing, so those foodies with butter tongue should be able to handle it :)

In order to keep it warm, the thoughtful crew lighted up this whitish coal which could be easily mistaken for rock salt! :P

Kimchi Jeon

Coming up next is the staple snack of our Korean chingu. Korean pancake. This pajeon really comes with lots of Kimchi and we enjoy every bites of munching on the crisp preserved cabbage. It is nicely pan-fried and not too oily either. Masshisoyo!

Beer Chicken

Eventually, the long-awaited fare arrived! This Beer Chicken is definitely one of its kinds to have been grilled with Tiger beer for about 45 minutes. No wonder there is a time gap with the other dishes, so best make a prior reservation before coming. As stunningly as this grilled fowl arrives with lots of Gangnam flags embedded, it is also nice to have the crew to help us debone the chicken for the ease of consuming it later on. Kamsahamnida oppa!

The meat is deliciously grilled, with the juiciness of the chicken breast still intact. You get to whet your palate with some subtle water vapour of beer in the oven dish and there is also some light crispiness on the skin too. This dish also comes with big and juicy bean sprouts as well as some special dipping like salt-pepper with mustard. I do think the yellow sauce is a bit unexpected but soon figure out how to best enjoy it. The idea is to pair some chicken meat with the sprouts, then doused some mustard on it to savour satisfactorily. Else, you could just lightly dab the meat on the salt and pepper which is equivalently tasty too.

Surprisingly, no one on the table would want to have those drumsticks! Peculiar but was indeed happy go lucky! Needless to say, the two bones of tender meat wholly belongs to me then, hahaha....

In a nutshell, Gangnam 88 fits the idea of a cosy and casual place for hang outs and catch up with your buddies, together enjoying the a sumptuous array of Korean food. Thumbs up! 

Jalmugget sumnida !! (✿◠‿◠)  

Location :

No 1-1, Jalan Solaris 3, 

Solaris Mont' Kiara

Off Jalan Kiara,

50480 Kuala Lumpur