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19/05/2016 Review: Koreajung — This Is Radelaide
http://www.thisisradelaide.com.au/justeatit/2015/12/4/reviewkoreajung 1/3
REVIEW: KOREAJUNG
December 8, 2015 · Linh Nguyen
Korean food has been gaining popularity over the last two years. A cuisine thatused to be quite foreign to many Adelaidians three, four years ago, has nowmade its own unique mark known in this city. Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai andJapanese are the top cuisines many people would come up with when it came tospeaking about Asian cuisine. Now, Korean cuisine is quickly becoming a well-known and liked cuisine on its own. There is even a Mexican-Korean fusionrestaurant in Adelaide now (Hispanic Mechanic on Glen Osmond Road).
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19/05/2016 Review: Koreajung — This Is Radelaide
http://www.thisisradelaide.com.au/justeatit/2015/12/4/reviewkoreajung 2/3
Restaurant front
Situated on Leigh Street among the bars and cafes on this quaint lit tle English-inspired cobblestone street in the west end of the city, is Koreajung. Price -wise itsits the same at many other similar Korean joints. Around $10-15 for entrées and$15 to $30 or so for main dishes. The restaurant is quite big, much bigger thanwhat you would expect from just looking on the outside. Korean people areknown to be quite warm and friendly and this was the case here also, as theservice was adequately friendly and diligent.
I loved all the dishes in particular the kimchi pancake which was absolutelydelicious. Kimchi is a spicy, fermented pickle that is traditional ina Korean diet.They make this pancake dish quite dif ferently from other places I have had it.There was an addition of sliced pork and squid in the pancake and I prefer thisversion over others because of it. It was also much more crispier and less oily.
Although, I found it strange that the number of meat dishes were only availableduring lunch times and not dinner. This was quite disappointing as we were notable to order any meat dishes along with our meal. The ddeokbokki (spicy ricecake in red pepper paste sauce) was also quite expensive at $25 a dish. Theportion size did not seem to justify this price in my opinion. Other Koreanrestaurants I have been to, this dish would have a maximum asking price of $15.
The best part about eating at Korean restaurants are all the side dishes you getwith each meal and Koreajung was not exception. Here the wait staff rolls outyour side dishes on a cart. It is an assortment of dif ferent Korean pickledvegetables that includes pickled bean sprouts, cucumber, braised potatoes andof course the signature kimchi pickles.
Koreajung is located on 13 Leigh Street in the city and is open seven days aweek, 11:30AM to 2:30PM for lunch and from 5:00PM until 10:00PM for dinner.
Images and words by Linh Nguyen
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Mandu (Korean fried dumplings)
19/05/2016 Review: Koreajung — This Is Radelaide
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