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On our beautiful island of Sentosa, stands a new foodie, Insadong Korea Town (a stone's throw away from Universal Studios Singapore). With my love for korean food, I went with much excitement and expectation. So let me take you through the hits and misses of this place, share my two-cents and you can decide for yourself if this is for you.
A collaboration with SPRING Singapore, which promotes the development and adopting the use of technology to SMEs in Singapore, Insadong Korea Town pushed out their innovative Self-order Kiosk! Fully automated (might get cranky at times, but I heard they are working very hard to solve the outstanding issues promptly!) machines that accept cash payment (NETs and Credit cards payment are being tried and tested at this very moment I'm crafting this post) and issue receipts for you to pick up your food at the respective collection point.
Pretty neat I'd say.
For those who are more conservative and require transaction from human to human, there's a cashier right behind the kiosk.
Twigim
I'm warning you that you're gonna get really really hungry!
Kimchi Pancake
The kimchi pancake is honestly the best I have had in Singapore. They lose out slightly to the original ones in Korea because of the kimchi used and of course portion-wise. But this is a definite MUST-EAT and one is not going to be enough for me.
Seafood Pancake
Also very tasty but the pancake is kind of stingy with the fillings.
Toppoki
(Korean Rice Cake)
Pretty legit stuff with good spicy and sauce.
I repeat, SPICY.
Not for the weak-hearted.
Ginseng Chicken Soup
I never liked the smell or the taste of ginseng thus you can expect some biasness. Not sure if it's fortunate or unfortunate that I couldn't taste the ginseng at all.
Bossam
We were told that the pork used here is from Spain and is supposedly good because it is black pork. My verdict is that the pork felt and looked so tough and I would save my stomach for something else.
Xiao Long Bao in Kimchi Soup
XLB YES!
Kimchi YES!
YES YES YES!
Pumpkin Spaghetti
The spaghetti sauce tasted similar to salted eggs. This was so-so as the sauce was too rich for my taste. Portion was small and clumped together after a short while.
Beef Bulgogi Baked Rice
Sweet tasting cheese on the top did not excite me at all and the beef was inconsistent as some were really tough. This is a no for me.
Mushroom Beef Bulgogi Hotpot
This is a pot of stuff I love!
Good portion of mushrooms, slightly stingy portion of beef bulgogi, japchae and a good broth. My advise is to order this and share with at least 4 others if you still intend to try varieties.
Mixed Fruits Shaved Ice
Please do not order this. This is the worst interpretation of Korea's bingsu or shaved ice. Koreans certainly do not use plain ice kachang ice or ice kachang brown syrup for their bingsu.
Moving on.
Red Bean Pancake
For a minute, I thought I was at sweechoon having their red bean pancake. Also another misinterpretation of a korean dish but apart from that. The red bean pancake was really delicious and the fragrant from the sesame was tantalizing!
Watermelon Soju
I have been dying to try this watermelon soju for the longest time. The drink was light and refreshing and certainly very photogenic! I think it could use another bottle of soju though. haha.
Jcone
The Jcone biscuits were freshly made in Singapore (read: not imported from korea). Not sure if our humidity in Singapore is causing the Jcones to be tougher than usual but well I'm pretty sure all of you will still get it for a selfie!
Thank you William and The Influencer Network for the invite!
Operating hours:
11am - 10pm (Daily)
Address:
25 Sentosa Gateway, #01-30/31/32/33 Singapore 098138
(Left of the Malaysia themed food court)
Tel No:
+65 6238 8221
Website:
http://insadong.sg/
Here wishing all of my readers a Blessed New Year!
Till next time,
Jem
