What wonderful things can I say about Star Chef restaurant that hasn’t already been said by FatManSeoul or ZenKimchi? I wholeheartedly agree with them - the restaurant is fantastic. Yesterday, I was reading ZenKimchi’s blog and came upon his Star Chef post. Since the food looked amazing, and we were going to be in the Yangjae area anyway, I suggested to Ras that we check out the restaurant. The only other person that was available to join us was Kevin, who we would meet up with later.
Ras called the restaurant (02-529-8248) to find out when it opened and to make a reservation. Since it was 1pm at the time, the call was forwarded to Chef Kim’s cell phone, who took the reservation himself. At first, we weren’t sure if a reservation was even needed at 5:30pm, when the restaurant opened its doors. Upon arriving (late) at 5:40pm, Chef Kim smiled towards Raswan and said, “You must be Ras. Welcome.” We were led to the back area of the restaurant and saw that all seven tables there were reserved. We were then relieved to have made the call after all. The two larger tables in the front of the restaurant were the only ones not reserved.

When we entered the restaurant, we were only the second party in the restaurant. Menus were given in both English and Korean. Ras and I already had an idea of what to order, having read ZenKimchi’s blog post. As a starter, we opted to skip the BulGalbi and Grilled Mushroom Organic Salad and get some other mushroom appetizer with bread. Upon hearing of our order, Chef Kim came out of the kitchen, kneeled down to our table, and offered to give us advice on what to order. He said the mushroom/bread starter was just a regular dish, nothing special. Instead, he advised us to get the BulGalbi and Mushroom salad. Hey, who are we to argue with the chef? We agreed, he smiled, and went back to the kitchen to prepare the salad.
While we waited, this came out: broccoli with garlic oil and sprinkles of deep fried garlic pieces. Delicious! Ras and Kevin ended up fighting for the last pieces of the deep fried garlic.

Our salad then came out.

Wow. We were not disappointed by this. Utterly delicious. The meat was tender, the mushrooms were perfectly grilled, and the dressing was robust and flavorful. Out of the four dishes ordered last night, we all agreed that this was our favorite.
\\ tags: Food and Drink, restaurant




















