We spotted this Korean barbeque restaurant when it was new in Oranbo Drive, Pasig. There were always a lot of cars parked out so we thought of trying it out and the rest, as they say, is history. This is our go to place whenever we crave Korean food. We haven't been to the restaurant in while so we decided to visit for dinner. It was a nice surprise that their menu expanded and had a lot of new things like bibimbap and ramyeun dishes which they didn't have before but was a staple at other Korean restaurants.
Since we haven't been there in a while, we decided to stick with what we knew :)
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| Stone plates and cup |
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| 13 side dishes, 15 if you include the soup and fluffed egg in stone pot |
As with most Korean barbeque grill restaurants, side dishes come aplenty and you can order as much as you want. There are so many things that we like here. My favorite is kimchi, sweet anchovies and tofu with sweet onions.
I'll try to name as much as the side dishes as I can. There's the baby potatoes and peanuts cooked with sugar. There's spinach and sauteed sayote (in one saucer). They also have a salad with banana something dressing that I don't like. The pancake seems like egg with something. It's good. There's those leaves with brown sauce. I can't understand the taste and it was not good. There's also some greens and garlic for you to wrap your grilled meat. There's that green algae-like dish. I kind of like the texture sort of makunat but I can only eat one. Then the one with the carrots one top of the picture seems like fish cake. It was also good, actually.
Then there's the hot soup with tofu, cucumber, onions and some other stuff I cannot identify. This one is hot and spicy. It will make your nose runny. I think the base soup has crab and shellfish taste to it.
I am not sure how you call this other dish below. I call it fluffed egg. It is really good. Yes, that is a whole lot of food. And yes, you can order more than one serving if you want.
All these free side dishes come with 2 orders of meat. We just ordered two. One pork and one beef. I wasn't able to get a picture of the cooked grilled pork. It was tender and was delicious.
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| Dwaeji Galbi (Php 400) |
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| Masil Bulgogi (Php 490) |
We also ordered Japchae (Php 330) for the kid. He loves anything pansit-like. Unfortunately, I was not able to take a picture. It was alright. It has a good amount of vegetables and not all noodles as some of restaurants have it.
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| Haemul Pajeon (350) |
The pajeon is a Korean pancake with vegetables and seafood. This is the husband's favorite dish in the menu. The sauce is sweet-sour. It gives balance to the whole dish.
Before I forget to mention, the water they provide to drink (at least the first round) has a sweet pandan taste. It is a very pleasant surprise especially on your first visit :)
There were 3 adults at our table. We had to take home some of the pajeon and japchae. We were so very bundat but could not resist to get melona ice drops for dessert...such gluttons!
In case you are not yet convinced by the photos, let me tell you that this restaurant is owned by Koreans and every time we are there (which is a lot of times in the last couple of years-we just love it) there are always other Korean diners at the resto.
Masil Korean Charcoal Grill Restaurant
100 Oranbo Drive, Oranbo, Pasig City
Hours: 11 AM to 11 PM
