Living in Seoul
for 5 months on a student budget was tough. I survived thanks to milk, free
study-hard noodles, and those “military” tasteless free biscuits given out in Myeongdongs.
(Okay, I might be exaggerating a bit here as I also get to occasionally buy $5
pizza from Pizza School and splurge a bit with a cup of Dunkin Donuts Caramel Macchiato.)
This is why I promised myself that I’ll
buy a fancy (or at least good) meal or two when I visit again. And when I
finally did, we had a nice start with…
Andong Jjimak.
Thanks to my good friend, R who
happens to be a very fluent and you’d-think-is-local, we got to discover Andong
Jjimak. He said that it was one of his favorite restaurants in Myeongdong
and even thought of bringing it in Manila. Hearing these from him made my
expectations really high.
And seeing the place packed
seems to prove it. We were lucky though as the diners eat fast here.
We opted to get Jjimak (37,000 ₩, one and half order
good for 3-4 pax) and four bowls of rice.
While waiting, we enjoyed
the free appetizers—pickled radish and spicy kimchi.
The pickled radish was
pretty refreshing and cleanses
the palate while the spicy kimchi
was…spicy. One bite was enough for me as it made me gag. (Yes, my tolerance for
anything spicy
is very low.)
Service was pretty quick and
our huge bowl of jjimak was served in less than 10 minutes.
