Gangnaroo Korean Restaurant

Last night on my way home, I noticed that though rain-less, the night skies were constantly lit up by bursts of lightening. To make matters worse, the lightening crossfire appeared uneasily close in proximity. As I was walking home, the mental images of being struck down raced through my mind- will my parents be able to recognize me through the charredness? Will I appear in the newspapers? What would people at my wake say about me? Will my sisters divide my belongings equally among themselves? Too bad hospitals don’t accept scorched organs.

Sugar and spice and everything nice.
That's what little girls are made of.

Gee, I wonder what happened in between.

Morning showers had caused office temperatures to dip considerably. I find that when I’m cold, I fidget (or was I actually shivering?) to keep myself warm (movement --> exercise --> generate body heat) but because large actions in the office would only raise eyebrows, I could only bob up and down in my seat. I loaded up on the hot drinks and by mid-day, I was sitting on my hands (resorting to bum-radiated heat)- The last time I felt like my insides were about to freeze from within was when I was in Copenhagen...



So you can only imagine what joy, relief and delight it was to have steamboat for dinner. Along Circular Road, Gangnaroo Korean Restaurant is easy to miss against the backdrop of irish pubs, snazzy (sleazy) lounge bars and trendy eateries. With table cloths not even a dowdy Martha Stewart would endorse and barely any Korean-ish décor (save for a couple of Bae Yong Joon and Rain posters), the restaurant is definately not dressed to thrill.



Yet I feel that these are tell tale signs of an authentic modest Korean restaurant that has stood the test of time. A Korean couple runs the front house with much consideration restaurant, despite the lack of English language proficiency.

"Steamboat? Beef? Spicy? OK!"

aRH, who needs English when you can point and smile.



Inside the steamboat, we found mushrooms, beansprouts, tofu, leeks, red and green chilis, carrots, noodles and marinated beef. It is best to give it a little stir and wait for the dish to bubble away so that the spicy paste and broth amalgamates for maximum satisfaction.

Halfway through, we added more soup and chili and towards the end, the soup took on a stronger personality and we were close to scrapping the pot clean.



GANGNAROO KOREAN RESTAURANT
35 Circular Road
Singapore (049391)
Telephone: 6538 2837