After a tiring tour day, we just wanted to eat nearby the hotel.  So we just asked the concierge for recommendations for Japanese restaurants.  We walked near the hotel in a nearby mall and tried Kisara.  Japanese food in general is expensive in Korea, from what we heard.  And based on our experience in this restaurant, it is nothing that great.  It’s regular Japanese food.

My favorite dish was the one my brother Quito ordered!!  SUPER CRISPY UNAGI!  He ordered two dishes with unagi and wow!!! I wish I ordered it.

The rest of the Japanese dishes which were okay, nothing spectacular.  But presentation is good.

Dessert is always fruit with a little pastry

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The reason we could not shop well was because we were already hungry!! 🙂  We asked our tour guide to take us a traditional korean bbq restaurant and she took us to this place!  YUMMY!!! And it was half the price of Arirang and good for 19 people! 🙂

I love how they served the bulgogi!   

Same thing here, she will not let us cook!  Superwoman cooker, we had three cookers for the table and she cooked for all three!! 🙂 

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We arrived already in the evening and Korea is an hour advanced from Manila time.  It takes about an hour depending on traffic it could be more, to get from Incheon airport to the city.   We checked in the hotel and we were very hungry!  Everyone suggested Arirang which was highly recommended by our friend, Grace.  The earlier group had eaten there the day before and warned us that it was expensive, but we still went since it was nearby the hotel and we were very hungry

Our table!  That thing from the ceiling is the exhaust which is adjustable.  Cool!!  The only place we have seen that had that feature.  You still smell korean though but atleast it is not smoky while you are eating 

It was expensive for us!  But later on we realized that Korea is expensive really. ( For easier conversion, it is around 1,000 won to 1US$. )  In most of the restaurants we went to for korean BBQ, these were the prices.  But of course the quality of the beef is really good though portions are small.  But at the end of the trip, Arirang was one of our favorites and we went back again on our last day!

Free soup 🙂 Pumpkin soup 

Then they brought out all the condiments for the bbq 

This was everyone’s favorite which you cannot also find in other bbq restaurants.  It’s an onion condiment that you eat with the korean bbq 

Then a guy brings the charcoal to the cooker 

Tongue! Yum 🙂 around the tongue is the Chadol bagey or marbled thin sliced beef

The server is the one who cooks, we noticed that in all restaurants, they are the ones who cook, they won’t let you cook! 🙂 

I love it that they put pepper on the tongue while cooking 

then squeeze fresh lemon 

The most expensive dish on the menu, the Charcoal Grilled King size Prime Rib 

we ordered also the Chuck Flap tail which she said was the neck I think and it was also really good – it’s the small pieces beside the king size rib 

Korean side dishes 

Bulgogi which was not on the main menu – we ordered this in our second visit already 

James likes eating raw beef 

Marbled Thin Sliced beef which we figured was Chadol Bagey!  Later on we tried to avoid this as it is mostly fat! But YUMMY Of course!

YUM YUM! Pajeon!!  We loved this in Arirang since it was very crispy!  Make sure it is crispy because that is how we got it!  YUMMY!

Chap Chae 

Their dessert is always fruit – we were looking for the usual rich sweets, but they don’t have!  We were thinking maybe that is why the Koreans are so slim!  🙂 Very sweet and gigantic pears!! Only a slice though! 

 It’s the company and the fun that counts!  We had a great dinner and enjoyed! My two boys are there also on the side 🙂

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