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2013-10-06
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When it comes to choices of eateries in 1 Mont Kiara mall, it can be quite limited and most of them are you run-of-the-mill chain restaurants. Ko Hyang is located on the first floor, same floor as Sushi Zanmai, Sukiya and Steam Room. For some reason, even though I absolutely love Korean cuisine, I have not actually been to this place. Probably because of their less than desired 'kiosk/stall' setting. It is however rather popular and even at time of my visit (3.30pm) there were still quite a few
I like how their menu is small and manageable, consisting of some attractive set menus too. I chose the Dol Sot Bibimbap set because having lots of vegetables mixed together was pretty appealing to me. They offer a chicken or beef version and I opted for beef.
The set comes with a small bowl of soup. I'm not sure if this changes regularly but what I got was egg drop soup. It tasted pretty light but well seasoned. Comforting for my irritated throat.
The ban chan are all served together and here we have Kimchi (from left), Marinated anchovies and Potato cubes cooked in soy and garlic. All pretty tasty. I was particularly intrigued because the anchovies was sweet, rather than salty.
My glorious bowl of bibimbap arrived shortly after. I'm willing to overlook the overcooked egg (no runny egg yolk, but nevermind). What I really like though, is that they use purple and some mixed grains rather than plain white rice. Which means it's much healthier! As for the toppings, apart from the minced beef and egg, we have thinly sliced shitake mushrooms, shredded carrot, cucumber, onion, seaweed and radish. A good dollop of gochujang binds everything together. All I needed to do (and that was the fun part) was to mix everything together well.
Tada! Ready to eat! The colours are just so appealing! Taste wise, it was pretty balanced with sweet, salty, spicy and hint of tang (from the gochujang). Wonderful textural contrast happening there too, as most of the vegetables are still pretty crunchy, combined with some of the charred rice at the bottom. Needless to say, I finished this well and good! Oh I also added the Kimchi to the rice just for extra flavour boost. I guess if I'm ever too lazy to make this dish, I will just come here instead. Great discovery! Perhaps I will ask them to drop an raw egg in instead next time. Service is surprisingly quick and very friendly. And my bill came up to RM21.60 with a bottle of mineral water.
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