[Tasting] Myung Ga (명가) II @ 28 Tanjong Pagar Road

Craving for some reasonably priced and delicious tasting Korean food? I found one of the dishes that I had wanted to eat for the longest time; donkatsu at Myung Ga II ! It is located right behind a bus stop, and that's a pretty convenient way of getting to the restaurant.

let's eat delicious food!

Thank you Hence for inviting me to tag along to experience Myung Ga II.

our table

barley tea

Service was warm and a jug of room temperature barley tea was served to the table once the guests are seated.

There were many things from the menu that caught our eyes but the one that stood out most to me, was the donkatsu 돈까스 and altang 알탕 (fish roe soup). But let's start with some banchans (side dishes) and appetisers.

aged kimchi

miyeok julgi bokkeum (sautéed seaweed stems)

beansprouts

myeolchi bokkeum (stir fried anchovies)

gyeran mari (egg rolls)

My favourite from the banchan was the sliced gyeran mari. Just a subtle pleasant eggy flavour with a hint of sweetness and balanced savoury.

Original Kimbap (Spam) 

The Original Kimbap is pretty looking and works well as an appetiser. The spam was nicely fried to golden and the colourful pairings of the ingredients made it a joy to eat.

Pro-tip: the ends actually had more spam and egg ;)

one bite

seafood pancake 해물 부추전

ingredients are popping!

I was a bit reluctant to order the seafood pancake as our party only consist of 3 pax. But boy, was I glad we ordered this as the pancake was nicely crisp on its outside, firm flavourful batter and abundance of seafood that appeared in every mouthful! Best part...there was much less oil than anticipated. And that sauce was pretty good too though the pancake was already flavourful on its own. But do try as the flavours gets a changed up.

How about deliciously wobbly cheese steamed egg?

치즈 계란찜

The steamed egg should be eaten while it was still hot and so we did, but in careful manner, of course. The cheese was stretchy and kinda fun to eat. Really strong flavours for this one and I wonder if a glass of soju might be helpful in this case... Hahah, need to try it out on next visit!

We also ordered two portions of pork belly for BBQ and requested for the staff to assist us in grilling. Minimum order is 2 portions. 

2 portions of Iberico Pork @$24 per portion (with staff to assist in grilling)

let's check the fire

a dash of pepper

carefully grilling

drip out the oil

getting there

crispy pork

wrap it with lettuce and condiments, and enjoy~

Thank you Noel, for helping us to grill the pork till a nice crisp.

The crispy Iberico pork could be quite oily hence, wash it all down with a bowl of spicy fish roe soup (altang).

fish roe soup

let's see what's in there

treasures

I liked the soup and it was spicy for me. The heat dissipates as quickly as it comes but it was definitely there! The fish roe had a firm texture and flavourful. Not funky. The wriggly ones were softer but not much flavour.

If you're craving for some carbs, I do recommend the Donkatsu (it comes with rice) or the Stir Fried Octopus Rice (nakji-deokbap).

Donkatsu @$20

The donkatsu was lightly battered and the meat was thin and easy to chew. Tasty and the sauce was a mix of tangy and savoury. Eat it with rice, the sliced cabbage with thousand island sauce and baked beans for a 'yesteryear' kind of vibe. Pretty nostalgic and reminded me of the missed opportunity to try donkatsu at Namsan many years ago.

delicious!

Octopus is always a good choice, especially if it is chewy but still tender.

nakji deokbap

lovely bite

To end, one might enjoy a sweet refreshing Korean drink such as pear, sikhye 식혜 or grape.

grape drink

Thank you Victoria (Vicky) for being such a warm and friendly host, as well as staff at Myung Ga II who are earnest in introducing their food to diners.

Have a try and let me know which is your favourite. I know which ones are mine. 잘 먹었습니다!

Myung Ga (명가) II 

Address: 28 Tg Pagar Rd, Singapore 088451

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/myungga2.sg

Business Hours:

Tues-Sun: 11.30am-3pm, 5.30pm-9.30pm

(Break time 3pm-5.30pm)

[Jeju] Snacking @ Dongmun Traditional Market 제주동문시장

 After slurping up the Octopus Noodles , we went back to a snack stall that we saw earlier. Let's have some eomuk, tteokpokki and gimbap!

The stall serves up the food fast and the patrons usually just stand infront of the stall to enjoy the snacks. There's also space inside the shop for patrons who wanted to have more food.

snacks shop

The inside was pretty full and we went in when a table had vacated. One should order at the front and then ask if there's any seats inside. Please have your cash ready and pay as soon as the food is served.

떡볶이

어묵

순대

altogether ₩15000

The tteokpokki at this stall was huge, so having one was more than enough for me. Sauce was balanced spicy. The fish cake skewers, well.. it's fish cake skewers. Slightly tastier than other shops and looked good too. 

gimbap

The gimbap was decent and the sundae was nicely soft, except for the liver which was dry and tasteless,

Apparently, this place was visited by Blackpink, way back in 2018 during the filming of Blackpink House in Jeju.

wall of fame

Dongmun Traditional Market 제주동문시장

Address: South Korea, Jeju-do, Jeju-si, 특별자치도, 동문시장

Business Hours:

Daily: 8 AM–11 PM

[Jeju] Octopus Noodles 오빠네 왕만두 문어라면 @ Dongmun Traditional Market 제주동문시장

Although we know we were headed to Dongmun Traditional Market, I didn't do any research prior on what food to eat there. Tracy said there's an octopus ramyeon shop, so we went round trying to look for it without realising that we had passed by it before... 

let's walk walk

tangerines and more tangerines!

wet market section

At last, we looked up at the banner of one of the shop that we had passed by earlier, and voila! 'Octopus Noodle' !

our breakfast stop

The shop front seemed to be selling steamed mandus and steamed cakes. We enquired from the lone person in the shop if we could get breakfast there and he said yes.

The place was a small and functional. We were the only customers at that time. The interior felt like it was frozen somewhat in the passage of time.

interior

The information that Tracy got, was from this post. I wanted the mandus so we enquired from the uncle on how many pieces were there in one serving. He said 5. So I asked if we could do a mix and he said ok.

mandu (5 pieces) ₩5000 - 3 pork and spring onions, 2 kimchi

pork and spring onions mandu

kimchi mandu

The steamed dumplings were lovely. Both were pretty flavourful. Complimentary water is available. Self-service and get your own cup from the water dispenser in the shop.

side dish for the noodles

Though we were only having instant noodles, the shop still serves complimentary kimchi and pickled radish as side dish.

octopus ramyeon @₩12000

The broth for the octopus noodles was rather spicy. The octopus were cut up into small pieces and I quite liked the texture. Chewy but not tough.

pork ramyeon @₩11000

We ordered the pork noodles, and the broth, noodles for this was different from the octopus ramyeon. There were generous pieces of pork in the noodles. However, the meat was lean and a tad tough. It also had a stronger porky smell.

Both bowls had similar toppings of bean sprouts and onion slices.

The uncle was friendly and since we were the only customers, he talked to us a little bit to find out where we were from, and how did we find the shop.

Dongmun Traditional Market 제주동문시장

Address: South Korea, Jeju-do, Jeju-si, 특별자치도, 동문시장

Business Hours:

Daily: 8 AM–11 PM

[Jeju] Dinner at a Pork Ribs Specialty Place - Dalma Suchbul Galbi (달마숯불갈비) @ Jungang

This place sells only one BBQ item; pork ribs. One could get the marinated or unmarinated version. Of course, we tried both. My preference is the marinated version.

shop front

As usual, we just walked in to the place and we got a table pretty quickly. The place was rather busy and the shop only has 2 pax serving all the hungry diners.

menu

The shop owner took our orders and quickly served out the side dishes.

marinated raw spicy crabs

blanched beansprouts with sesame oil

The place has the vibes of a mom and pop shop. As the menu was simple, diners only had to choose whether they want marinated or unmarinated version and how many grams per table. Most locals seemed to prefer the unmarinated version.

a full table of good food

I was rather impressed that the side dish consisted of marinated raw crabs. So cool! Tasty too! There's a spicy tofu stew included so it was rather nice to eat the BBQ meats with all the other foods. Never a boring moment!

marinated galbi

unmarinated galbi

The uncle manning the shop would only come by our table once in a while to see how we were doing with the meats.

beautiful

The grilled meats could be rather oily, so the hot piping stew came in handy to cut down some of the grease.

tofu stew

Overall, a place to have a quick meal of BBQ meat at a reasonable price. No frills place where one grills the meat on your own. The side dishes and soup were top notch as well.

Satisfying though we ate it in a bit of a hurry during the last 15 minutes as we were the last ones left at the shop.

달마숯불갈비

Address: 25 Jungang-ro 7-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea

Contact: +82647255244

Business Hours: 

Closed on Thur

Fri - Wed: 4 – 9 PM