Bonga

We were staving on a Sunday night, and most of the Korean restaurants on Rowe Street, Eastwood were full ... so we tried the last one near the station end of Rowe Street ... Yeah !!! A big group was ready to go ... so we sat down as soon as the table was ready and started ordering ...  

One of the best thing about Korean food is they always give you some "Banchan". "Banchan" are some seasonal side dishes to serve along with your meal. And "kim chi" is one of the main item for "Banchan". "Kim chi" is a traditional fermented Korean dish, made of variety of vegetables with varied seasonings such as chilli and brined shrimp.

Chilli cucumber, bean sprouts, kim chi, stewed potatoes, pickled seaweed

To share between the five of us, we have ordered the ...

Bibimbap - a bowl of warm white rice topped with sautéed and seasoned vegetables, beef and a raw egg served in a hot stone bowl. It was pipping hot, and the veggies and beef were nicely seasoned with the aromatic sesame oil.

Yookgaejang - Spicy beef soup. The soup was full of flavour and full of beef, green shallots, onions and egg. Hot and yummy with a mild chilli kick.

Soondubu jjigae - Soft tofu stew with seafood. The soup was very sweet and full of silky smooth tofu and mixed seafood.

Naengmyeon - Korean cold noodle. The Stretchy noodles are made from the flour and starch of various ingredients such buckwheat, potatoes or sweet potatoes. The noodles was served in an icy cold and slightly sour broth with pickle white radish pieces, cucumber, thinly sliced beef and half a hard boiled egg. There were even crushed ice on top of the broth to keep it cold.

Beef Bulgogi - BBQ marinated beef. Beef pieces was marinated to enhance its flavour and tenderness, with a mixture of soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, garlic than cooked with green shallotsm cabbage and carrot.

Bibimbap

Yookgaejang

Soondubu jjigae

Naengmyeon

Beef Bulgogi

Food were delicious and reasonable priced. But the menu is a bit small, so dishes variety is limited. As for dessert, we wandered off to a Korean grocery opposite the road to purchase some Korean iced treat. I chose a lovely chocolate ice cream cone to complete my meal. The Korean iced treat are incredibly cheap. This chocolate ice cream cone is only $1.50 and most of the ice blocks are priced form $1.00 ... you will find most of the items in the ice cream fridge are under $2.00 ... I wonder how much do they cost in Korea? Maybe $0.50?
 

Chocolate Ice cream

Bonga

124 Rowe Street, 

Eastwood

NSW 2122 

Tel: +61(2) 9874 5882