O.BBa Jjajang & BBQ @ Chun Tin Road

Finally, tried O.BBa KBBQ at their Chun Tin Road outlet (Bukit Timah). It's within 5 minutes walking distance from Beauty World MRT, so that's pretty convenient. Reservation is not available at this outlet, hence diners would have to appear at their doorstep, then key in your phone number at the queue kiosk (at the entrance) and wait for staff to call. One could also check queue status via whatsapp.

My bro and me went at about 1pm and were seated within 10 minutes. The shop was fairly busy even at late lunch hour.

Scan the QR code left by the staff at the table and order through that as well. The place has adequate staff, so no issue in getting your questions answered. Drinks were served immediately once order is placed and the BBQ set appeared within 5 minutes as well. 

Set C - mix of beef and pork @$96++

scan for menu/wifi

Beef short rib, pork belly, traditionally marinated beef, marinated pork rib, sausage

At first, I was slightly confused as to whether the staff will do the BBQ or are we supposed to do it ourselves as the staff was just standing at our table after bringing out the meats. Ahh, perhaps he was waiting for me to finish taking the photos? Hahaha!

let's start

apple salad

fishcake

sliced sausages in tomato sauce

kimchi

While staff was busy grilling the meats, we busied ourselves with the side dishes. I liked the cold apple salad and the kimchi the most.

beef short ribs

We loved the tender slices of short ribs. It's unmarinated hence, one could add dip it into the sesame oil salt mix, or make it into a wrap with whichever condiments that you like. Noticed that the shop don't provide raw garlic here.

grilled cheese

Realised that the set also came with 2 squares of cheese which is also grilled. Interesting, and staff shared with us that this type of mozzarella cheese isn't too melty and hence, suitable for the grill. My first time trying a grilled cheese that isn't haloumi.

I was confused x2, when the staff suddenly dangled the already grilled cheese infront of me. So I quickly brought up my small plate to receive but he frowned. I was like thinking... what, what do you want me to do? Then he said "photo". Orhhhhh, he wanted me to take a photo of the grilled cheese.

grilled cheese photo with an amused bro at the background

For drinks, we tried the Chungha Sparkling which is like soju in sparkling form. A ladies drink, and it was sweet.

Chungha Sparkling @$15++

pork belly

gyeran jjim (with the set)

Staff kindly advised us to eat the steamed egg otherwise, the hotstone pot will continue to cook it due to its retained heat and the parts that are in contact with the pot surface, will likely get burnt.

This oppa staff at our table, do like to nag us a bit. Hahaha!

tasty

pork ribs

grill all

traditionally marinated beef

I least liked the traditional marinated beef as it was mostly lean and became such small bits after cooking. The marinade was sweet and similar to teriyaki or bulgogi sauce.

Give me all the fattier cuts, anytime!

The set also came with selected stew or noodles. We chose jjajangmyeon because wanted to try their shop specialty.

jjajangmyeon (with the set)

mix well and slurp

The noodles portion could be main dish for 2 pax. We were so full after all the food. I think this set feeds 3 comfortably.

juicy pork ribs

grilled white kimchi, onions, sausage, beef tendons (cut out from the beef shortribs earlier)

The free sausage was pretty good. I think it is pork sausage and texture was bouncier than the banchan version.

Once you're done with the food, head on to the cashier to make payment. Our meal costs $133 in total for 2 pax.

On your way out, remember to take your complimentary small haagen daaz ice-cream to eat outside as staff said they are sorry, but the ice cream can't be eaten inside the shop. I guess this way is to free up the dining table for the next seating.

ice-cream choco flavour

Overall, staff are friendly and efficient. Thank you to the oppa who helped us BBQ that afternoon.

 O.BBa Jjajang & BBQ

Address: 19 Cheong Chin Nam Rd, Singapore 599743

Website: https://obba-sg.com/

Contact: +6564639262

Business Hours:

Daily:  11:30 AM–3 PM, 5–10 PM

[Busan] The Premium 삼환축산 남포점 Samhwan Livestock Nampo Branch

This was a random find near our hotel and we went there twice for dinner! Friendly staff, and reasonably priced BBQ.

shopfront

menu with pricing

We were seated fairly quickly in the bustling restaurant. 

grill ready

There's a minimum order as per any other BBQ restaurants where the first meat cut must be of minimally 500gms and subsequent ones can be at less. For 4 of us, there's no issue in polishing off 500gms. I noticed that they will serve the portions that are less than 500 gms first.

side dishes (self-serve)

The shop has a section where the side dishes, BBQ condiments, and leafy greens and diners could just help themselves with those.

boneless galbi

gently placed on grill

let it cook

On our first visit, the boss would come to our table and to grill the meats for us. On Day 2, they did come by to observe but left the grilling to ourselves. Maybe our grilling skills had met their expected standards? Hahaha!

The shop seemed to be managed by a couple (or siblings, not sure) and both are friendly.

I liked it when the ordered meats don't come all at once. We would finish grilling the served cut and then the next one would appear.

thin skirt

let's eat!

I think we ate about 250 gms of meat per pax on each of our visit.

beef

pork belly

change of grill

After grilling the beef cuts, the staff came over to change our grill top before the pork belly arrives.

pair the meats with copious amount of vege

let's cut it up

getting there

pork belly, bite size

Second visit

The second time was just the next day, haha! Not sure if the boss recognized us but I would like to think that she did.

beef

pork neck

On second visit, we were only in a group of 3 as one of our buddy had stomach problems. Nevertheless, we still did at least 700 gms in total.

pork

enjoy~

The meats were well presented, natural tasting and the shop provides all sorts of condiments for us to enjoy with the meats. My favourite item to take from the refrigerated area (ban chan section) was the peach or orange. It was our dessert. Keke.

Enjoyable and definitely deserves to be recommended if you have cravings for BBQ. Go for the premium cuts as the price was reasonable.

Thank you to the bosses for coming to chat with us on our first visit. She even gave me a small Kelly beer glass as farewell gift. 감사합니다!

삼환축산 남포점 Samhwan Livestock Nampo Branch

Address: 7-1 Nampo-dong 3(sam)-ga, Jung-gu, Busan, South Korea

Contact: +82512487583

Business Hours:

Daily: 12–11 pm

[Jeju] Jeju Black Pig BBQ Dinner at Jeju dot @ Seogwipo

 Jeju dot specializes in Jeju black pig Korean BBQ. We drove to the place from our hotel and it was a good 40 minutes ride. When we reached the end of our navigation, the place looked like a private residential area except there were plenty of cars parked in its compound.

Jeju dot carpark

The place was full when we reached at 6.43pm. Informed the staff that we would like to dine there without reservation and she indicated that we could leave our name and contact in the waiting list. Oh boy, but I do not have any local phone number though, so ended up just indicating the surname and number of pax. Hehe.

Went back outside to admire the sunset and watched other people's kids playing at the huge compound while we wait for the staff to call us.

evening in Jeju

And 10 minutes later, we got a table.

table all set

menu and kitchen

Oooh, the menu is all in hangul and so, it was time for Google Translate. The manager came to our table and asked us in Korean, for our order. I asked for his recommendation and then, he took out his mobile phone and typed something on it and showed it to us. Ahh, he is using Papago to say that he recommends the pork neck and pork belly. Each order is minimally 200gm and so for the 4 of us, to start with those. We agreed.

He also said that the meat will be pre-cooked before served to our table.

Jeju Hallasan 17 Soju

pork neck

will be ready in a jiffy

Ahhh, so the grill on our table was just to brown the meat slightly and then we could enjoy it. The manager just tossed the cut-up meat a little bit on the table grill and then informed us to start eating. And so we did!

The pork neck looked like little chunk of firm fat but it's not fatty. The texture was firm and tasted good.

pork neck

dip it slightly in salt

The meat was gone in no time and the next cut was served. Ok, the pork belly was certainly more greasy and the meat still has that skin layer on it. This version is chewy.

pork belly

yums

let's drink some beer~

Yes, we made somaek and enjoyed it with the meats. Hmm, we finished up both the pork neck and pork belly and might just as well order the last cut of the 3 available. Added 200gm of pork ribs to our order.

pork ribs

The sauce on the grill was intriguing and very flavourful, so I asked the manager what it was. He said it is anchovies sauce. It was that good and I found myself using this dip more than the other sauces.

so flavourful

We finished the dinner rather quickly in just one hour. Overall, my favourite cut is the pork neck for its unique texture. It is ok if you do not speak Korean as the manager at this place is adept at using translation app to communicate with customers.

Staff were courteous and I felt welcomed. We spent ₩134,000 for dinner.

Jeju dot 제주돗

Address: 34 Josu 2-gil, Hangyeong-myeon, Cheju, Jeju-do, South Korea

Contact: +82 64-772-0505

Business Hours:

Closed: Tue

Wed to Mon: 4pm to 10pm