Weekend Food Trip at Mak Chang Korean Restaurant

Happy April Fools' Day!!!

Ah, Sunday! A good rest day for me before I head off for another busy week! It's the week of the Holy week! What are your plans? I will be off to a vacation with Mr. AMW and I will definitely tell you more about it once we get there! *winks*

Today, it's a Sunday so it's weekend food tripping post day! Ahhh, another Korean restaurant post! A lot of our friends knew how much Mr. AMW and I enjoy Korean dishes, a lot of them would recommend to us some "hidden gems" I'm glad they did, as we usually end up with great experiences as well!

The restaurant was located right across Robinson's Place Ermita, once we got in, we were guided to our table and I looked around and saw a lot of Korean customers enjoying their food! As we waited for menu, we were asked to look at the simple "huge menu" right on the wall and the uniqueness of this Korean restaurant as compared to the rest?

Their very simple menu! No bibimbap or jjyampong available! We were guided by the servers by translating the meaning of some of the dishes written in Korean language.

We were able to choose 2 types of meat (minimum order) and as we waited for our meat to arrive. I looked around and I'm glad they have exhaust pipe for cooking pleasure! Everything was clean by the way!

On to the free appetizers...

Korean Style Miso Soup

Super flavorful!

Kimchi

Very spicy!

Various chili veggies

Bean sprouts with sesame leaves and lettuce leaves

This is my favorite and I can say quite unique! I haven't tried this in other Korean restaurants and I actually asked for second serving!

Our choice of meat arrived together with unlimited lettuce wraps! All the appetizers above are free and you can request for seconds and thirds!

Samkyupsal (Pork)

Php250.00 (approx $5.95)

Once cooked, I like leaving the "fatty" part on fire a bit for the fats to melt and turn crunchy! Once cooked, I like cutting them into tiny pieces and wrap them together with kimchi and spices!

Beef Galbi

Php480.00 (approx $11.40)

Very tender! This is actually a "hit" for both of us! If not only because my tummy was exploding from the rice, appetizer and soup, I would definitely go for more!

The overall experience was quite nice. It isn't the typical fancy Korean restaurants that you see in the metro but service was quick and servers were quick in helping you cook the meat and they would happily give you second or third servings of your favorite appetizers.

The restaurant accepts CASH payment only. No service charge so feel free to tip them if you're happy with the service.

Makchang Korean Restaurant

Adriatico Street Corner Pedro Gil,

Malate, Manila

Any other Korean restaurants you've tried that's worth recommending?
I'd love to go for more Korean restaurants adventure!

Oh, before I end this, I believe a lot of you have watched the movie The Hunger Games right? How do you like it? I actually enjoyed the movie though it does seem like a local version of the Big Brother but I still enjoyed it nevertheless because of the presence of Action, a bit of comedy, drama and of course...romance! The best part for me is the way they injected the value of friendship and family!

**photo from Google images

I want to thank Nuffnang Philippines family, Banana Boat and Schick for the special screening! Not only did we enjoyed the movie but we took home goodies!