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Visited OFC a couple of times but never tried their jeon before! Pleasantly surprised by their kimchi pancake - it’s not the crispiest, as the middle is chewy, with a decent amount of tangy kimchi. I almost thought it was too thick and soft, until I reached the edges which were thin, crisp and lightly browned! Overall the textural contrast was pretty appealing although I’m the sort that loves really crisp pancakes. I wouldn’t mind giving this another order or trying their other pancakes along with the chicken.

Bibimbap is an iconic korean dish, and it’s no surprise that Seoul Yummy would offer it as part of their set menus for 2-3 pax. If you don’t mind the dishes on the set menus, it’s actually pretty worth it to go for them along with the choice of sides and drinks.

This dish is served in a hot stone bowl, like an authentic korean eatery. They also provide four different Banchan with your meals, which are all refillable as you’d expect from a korean restaurant. You can choose the amount of sauce you’d like to pour in and mix it into the rice and veggies. While I like a thick sauce, I found it a bit hard to really mix it into the rice and dishes, so I ended up using some soup from another dish to help mix everything more evenly. Even though I did that, there were quite a number of clumps of rice that didn’t get much sauce still. Tastewise, it’s quite a decent bibimbap dish. Chicken is also tender and nicely marinated. It wasn’t the most fragrant, but it was affordable in the set menu.

Note that there’s a few ways you can save money at Seoul Yummy:

1) Order from their set menu if there’s no particular dish that you want from the regular menu, it’s cheaper than ordering ala carte

2) Seoul Yummy has a membership system where you can order from your table by scanning a QR code, get your credit card details ready. If you order via the QR code, you get 10% off the bill versus ordering with the staff

3) Seoul Yummy is on ShopBack - do remember to check from time to time if they have offers! They were on upsized cashback last week at 35%, but have since resumed their regular cashback rates.

Bibimbap is an iconic korean dish, and it’s no surprise that Seoul Yummy would offer it as part of their set menus for 2-3 pax. If you don’t mind the dishes on the set menus, it’s actually pretty worth it to go for them along with the choice of sides and drinks.

This dish is served in a hot stone bowl, like an authentic korean eatery. They also provide four different Banchan with your meals, which are all refillable as you’d expect from a korean restaurant. You can choose the amount of sauce you’d like to pour in and mix it into the rice and veggies. While I like a thick sauce, I found it a bit hard to really mix it into the rice and dishes, so I ended up using some soup from another dish to help mix everything more evenly. Even though I did that, there were quite a number of clumps of rice that didn’t get much sauce still. Tastewise, it’s quite a decent bibimbap dish. Chicken is also tender and nicely marinated. It wasn’t the most fragrant, but it was affordable in the set menu.

Note that there’s a few ways you can save money at Seoul Yummy:

1) Order from their set menu if there’s no particular dish that you want from the regular menu, it’s cheaper than ordering ala carte

2) Seoul Yummy has a membership system where you can order from your table by scanning a QR code, get your credit card details ready. If you order via the QR code, you get 10% off the bill versus ordering with the staff

3) Seoul Yummy is on ShopBack - do remember to check from time to time if they have offers! They were on upsized cashback last week at 35%, but have since resumed their regular cashback rates.

These cute takeaway bottles are available at the cooler at the cashier counter. Even if the drinks weren’t that fantastic, I would buy them for their bottles anyway - they’re flat and even cuter than the Chun Cui He shampoo bottles IMO.

I wasn’t particularly impressed by the black milk tea. The taste of the tea wasn’t very strong and it seemed to be more milky than anything else. Would rather take the matcha latte anytime, which is probably consistent with their specialty as a matcha cafe anyway!

Forgot to take a photo of the matcha latte bottle before we downed the drink so a photo of the cooler will have to do!

I tried the hot matcha latte at the cafe itself which was good. Fortunately, in comparison, the cold takeaway matcha latte is able to hold its own as well. You’ll have to shake the bottle before drinking as the matcha does tend to sediment at the bottom. I did find the matcha taste to be weaker than the hot latte I had but maybe it was just that batch? Still a nice drink to grab and go if you pass by that area. In any case, the bottle is adorable so I would buy it for that reason alone too! 😂

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