{"id":22006,"date":"2013-10-18T07:25:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T23:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/?p=22006"},"modified":"2013-10-16T16:33:52","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T08:33:52","slug":"jangwon-korean-restaurant-chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubbisheatrubbishgrow.com\/zh\/2013\/10\/18\/jangwon-korean-restaurant-chinatown\/","title":{"rendered":"Jang Won Korean Restaurant, Chinatown"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a few rules I keep when I blog:<\/p>\n

(1) I almost never ever use the word “authentic” because if you go to Thailand, you’ll eat hundreds of variations of pad thai<\/em>. “Authentic” means there can only be one<\/em> version. But I will use “authentic<\/strong>” on Jangwon Restaurant.<\/p>\n

(2) I almost never return to a restaurant because there are so many new restaurants to try and I’m not rich, so my resources only allow me to eat at a place once. But I went to Jang Won not once, not twice, but 6 times.<\/p>\n

\"Jang
\nPanjeon\u00a0(spring onion pancake, $11)<\/p>\n

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To tell the truth, there is nothing very special about JangWon. It is run by a Korean family<\/strong>, and on weekends, you can see their teenage daughter helping out. But there is just something so comfortable, so inviting in the casual restaurant, like I am their guest, invited to a meal in their sanctuary, into their home.<\/p>\n

The food is consistently good and authentic. There, I said it. The food hasn’t yet given me the tears-welling-in-the-eyes orgasm that some ambrosial food give me. I mean “authentic” in the sense that it evokes nostalgia in me and brings me back to Korea<\/a>. Not just Korea, but rural Korea, folk villages where food is simple, rough around the edges, without subtlety, but nevertheless, tasty and satisfying. Even the decor<\/strong> on the walls is bucolic–I recognized that the masks hanging on the wall are from Andong Village, Korea<\/a>, where I visited.<\/p>\n

\"Jang
\nI use the word, “authentic,” by which I mean there is a “feel” of Korea, but in fact, many dishes tasted different from what I had in Korea. The kimchi soup<\/strong> ($14, with canned tuna $15) had\u00a0giam chai,\u00a0<\/em>salted vegetables, which made it spicy and salty, and appetizing. The\u00a0mul naengmyeon<\/strong> (cold noodles, $15) had slices of pear, which gave it a fruity tang.<\/p>\n

\"Jang
\nAnother dish that was quite different was\u00a0dak bokkumtang<\/strong> ($32), the spicy chicken stew. It had an intense and pleasant sweetness so the spice came only as an aftertaste.<\/p>\n

\"Jang
\nThe best dish was\u00a0so galbi<\/strong>\u00a0(short rib, $26), with an option of them bbq-ing in the kitchen or you bbq-ing yourself at the table. It was marinated so thoroughly that even the lettuce<\/strong> (additional $3) couldn’t deter the sweetness. Another bbq meat, jumulleok<\/strong> ($32, prime steak) was decent too.<\/p>\n

I spent different amounts on various occasions. The cheapest was about $18\/pax<\/strong>, ordering only a bibimbap, and the most expensive was about $50\/pax<\/strong>. But even when I was paying $50, I thought it was worth the experience of escaping into a rural haven.<\/p>\n

Jang Won Korean Restaurant<\/h1>\n

44 Mosque Street #01-01 Singapore 059522
\nT: 6532 6949<\/p>\n

M-F: 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-10pm
\nWeekend & PH: 5-10pm<\/p>\n

Rating: 3.562\/5 stars<\/strong><\/p>\n

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