Auntie Kim's Korean Restaurant

a warm inviting blast of humidity smacks my face as soon as i left the airport terminal. toto, i bet this is home. the first couple of smses i received upon switching back to my singapore sim card were

"had car accident. please take cab home" and "did you receive my sms. please take a cab home"

whoa. not exactly the welcome home greeting i was expecting but at least noone was hurt in the accident. on my cab right back, i stared out of the window, trying to look for signs of change.. then again, six months is not too long a time for any earth-shattering changes.

new eateries have sprung up along upper thomsom road.. the church of holy spirit has received a new coat of peach paint. but other than that, the familarity of the unchanged brings forth a sense of comfort. on the road, sbs buses and lorries plough alongside whizzing bmws and toyotas.. the humidity and heat have left pedstrians looking a little less than barney-happy.. and the corner store at longhouse hawker centre sremains unoccupied.

as mum and dad had a dinner to attend, jie jimmy and i met up with philip (official not-gay designer of levis's uber-glamorous boxer shorts get yours today!) for dinner at auntie kim's. i know i am a glut and my teastebuds are not exactly discerning but i still have my dislikes and disinclinations. i had dinner at auntie kim's once (way long time ago) and due to sheer inexperience, ordered the wrong stuff, was turned off, never returned nor gave korean food a second chance.

but tonight when jimmy suggested korean, i thought "what the heck, have another go.."



first up, the yanghyum kalbi (grilled beef). as far as grilled meats go, there have been tons of major screw ups and disappointmeats which is why i am no fan of yakitori or teppanyaki. but i am glad to say this was a classic "foot in mouth" experience as the beef was grilled to tender perfection, coated with some great-tasting sauce and accented with chopped chili and garlic.

jie's choice of the kimchi chigae (spicy kimchi cabbage soup with tofu) was an anomaly against the backdrop of the other grilled dishes but no korean meal would have been complete with it.



the samgye-tang (ginseng chicken soup) is also another de riguer korean dish. stuffed with glutinous rice, young ginseng shoots and other strong-smelling herbs, i found the chicken soup a little to medical-tasting for my liking. but that did not stop me from picking the tender-to-shredded pieces of chicken.

two reasons why the godungeo gui (grilled mackeral) was my favourite.. first reason being it is fish.. second because IT IS FISH. ok, you get my point right? haha.. i am so into our gill-fitted scale-cladded friends after my stint in a sushi restaurant.. and also coupled with the fact that i am absoluely psychoed into all this fishy business surrounding the goodness of omega-three. yay for fish!

philip took us to the ps cafe (yes, zhu i hear you raving about it) along dempsey road where we order the g3 (green lime, green apple and ginger) cake and i had the scrummi-est carrot cake ever.. though it took ages for our orders to arrive, the service was apologetic and honestly speaking, noone would want to ruin a beautiful night out by nitpicking on the possibly-younger-than-us wait staff. i did not bother with pictures as the night lighting was not conducive anyway but i definitely forsee future returns..

staring at the mess cluttered in my room. it will probably take me a week to clear up but i have all the time in the world. so long folks.

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