Seoul Yummy at Causeway Point

Seoul Yummy is a restaurant at Causeway Point level 5, specialized in Korean Budae Jjigae, which means army stew.  The interior deco is quite hip, the patrons are mostly young people, many of them are students, I think.

We were there on a Friday night, where all the restaurants spotted a queue, some very long, some short, but almost all had a queue.  There was one at Seoul Yummy too, but somehow their turn over is quite fast, the queue was very efficiently reduced.

Side Dishes

We ordered their signatures combo for $48.90++, which is good for two persons.  It consists of an appetizer, a signature dish,  a dessert and an assortment of side dishes.

The side dishes were just so so.  There wasn't much taste to it save being salty.  The bean sprout was not fermented long enough, the bean part was still quite hard.

Potato Pancake

For appetizer, we chose potato pancake.  I must say it was not bad.  Potato slices completelu immersed in egg pasture, and deep fried till crispy.  They pre-cut the pancake into 4 equal portions before serving.  It was quite nice of them.

Black Stew Pot, raw

The main dish was the black stew pot.  Here is a picture when it was served.  You can see all the ingredients, almost.  Black pork, pork stew (underneath the pork), instant noodle, sausage, luncheon meat, tofu, slices of carrot, vegetables, and some mushrooms.  What is not shown here is the rice cake, which was buried deep underneath.

Turn your stove to the maximum, and let the soup boil, and all the food cooked together.  This is supposed to be the Korean army stew.  It is meant to be cheap eat, but enough for the army boys to fill their stomaches to the full.  Well, you don't have to guess, it originated from South Korea, where all boys have to go through national service, and become a soldier some time in their life.  It could be heart-warming when you have this, especially in a cold winter night in the army camp.

Black Stew Pot, cooked

Ok, this is how it looked when everything was cooked.  The sauce that they gave us was probably a bit too much, rendering the soup very salty.  The black pork was good, even after it was cooked.  Firm yet tender.  That was the crown jewel of this pot.  Other than that, the rest of the ingredients were just so so.  The luncheon meat and the sausage added additional saltiness to the taste, which was not really very pleasant.

Sweet Hulk

Last but not least, our dessert, sweet hulk.  We waited for quite a long time for out dessert.  The two tables beside us came in later than us, they finished their mains later than us, but they got their desserts earlier.  The strange thing was the last table that came in became the first table to finish everything.  The green tea ice cream tasted a bit bitter, probably that's why they coupled it with the more sweet red bean.

Their service was ok, the staff are mostly very young people, teens probably.

Overall, I think Seoul Yummy is not bad in terms of atmosphere, staff friendliness, but the food, especially the much touted Korean army stew (Budae Jjigae) is grossly over-rated.  I am unlikely to patronize anything related to Korean army stew.