MUJIGAE CASUAL KOREAN FOOD

Been to Mujigae a couple of times but since it’s the first time that I did a proper photo taking and actually pay attention to the menus, here I am doing a review. I guess better late than never ait? #defensive

Truthfully speaking, the Korean wave is not at its peak comparing to the few years before, but I don’t think it’s ending anytime soon and that has impacted our culture in (for me) delicious way, one of it is the existence of Mujigae! I guess if you’re really into Korean or specifically, Korean food enthusiast, then I am pretty sure that at least you’ve been here once before.

Mujigae is a product developed and managed by the group that also owns Platinum, Bakso Malang Karapitan, Gokana Teppanyaki and Raa Cha and yup it’s NOT a franchise brand, Mujigae is actually an Indonesian brand.

Since I've been here before, that thing I love about Mujigae really are the affordability of the food and how it align with what the concept and product they’re offering: decent casual Korean food. As you guys probably know, Korean restaurants are normally not cheap, some even quite hefty and sort of not worth it but I won’t name names. Mujigae already has some outlets spread in Jakarta, Tangerang, Bekasi, Depok, Bogor and Bandung but I happened to visit this particular outlet in Gading Walk, Mall Kelapa Gading. Nuff yakking, let’s do a little tour!

The interior had this catchy-popping youthful feeling to it!

On my day of visit, they were having this love lock competition where the winners could win the chance to go to Korea with their couple! I think you guys really need to stay tuned on their updates because the contests seem pretty exciting!

The casuality is in a way, well developed with the order system, since they also claim themselves as “digital casual korean restaurant”, in each table, you’re going to find an iPad that you can use to look at the menu overview and place your order! Not only that, you can also request Korean tracks and actually take selfies and decorate it with the fun stickers and frames available! Don’t worry, the program is very user friendly J.

Tried some of their menus and here they are in the nutshell:

PLENTY FOR ONE!

Green Tea Salt

IDR 19k
First of all, a nice little treat for only IDR 19k and I mean, that presentation is really cute! So far so good <3. Anyway, for those who’re wondering, it’s actually their homemade green tea beverage served upside down on the sea salt cream. The idea is to simply lift up the bottle so that the tea left mixed with the sea salt cream and then stir to mix. Well it depends on how you want to serve it actually, it’s your drink, it’s your idea! The green tea flavor was sweet and light and the sea salt cream just balanced everything out.

Korean Chicken Wings

IDR 24k

Perfectly cooked and seasoned chicken wings! The coating was crispy while the meat remain tender and juicy with ingredients absorbing well. The sauce glazing was generous and tasty as well!

Yangnyeom Chicken Topokki

IDR 38k

Topokki (korean rice cake) is normally hot and spicy but this one you can set how spicy you want it to be. Their default one was spicy but still mild and the toppoki was cooked perfectly, dressed in spicy and tasty Gochujang sauce and beautifully cooked deep fried battered chicken!

Spicy Bulgogi Bibimyun (with Tokichi)

IDR 39k

If you know Bibimbap (local Korean dish featuring rice with lots of toppings), Mujigae is getting a little creative by launching “Bibimyun”, so instead of using rice like bibimbap, they’re using the korean ramyun as the base! Mujigae offers four different topping options: Classic, Spicy Tokochi, Bulgogi, and Beef Ham, while their Bibimyun is available in two flavors: original and spicy and since spicy is – most of the times – interesting, I went with that. In one portion, you’re going to find zucchini, onion, fried spring onion, bulgogi (of course) and deep fried battered egg. As you can see, the topping was pretty generous and honestly, I liked the flavor, it’s not as spicy as I expected (but you can always add more) but there’s this decent blend of sweet and savory and the noodle was nicely cooked and slightly chewy.

Spicy Cheese Bibimbap

IDR 39k

For someone who doesn’t really like cheese, this one I could totally tolerate, it’s not actually very cheesy because when you mix all the ingredients in, the cheese will contribute in giving this sticky consistency and giving this slighty salty-savory flavor to your meal. I honestly liked their bibimbap because of its flavor, generous topping and unexplainable sense of humbleness to it!

Dining in Mujigae is just the lovely option for those who love humble Korean food with very affordable price! I found the food generally quite tasty for my liking and I don’t want to compare it with the other Korean restaurants in town because their concept, product and target market is completely different and I truly realize that. Even though I don’t get the comments I read on my Instagram when I posted this but I’ll still respect them, but if you guys really want something premium then it’s funny that you guys went to Mujigae instead of the more high end ones.

KAMSAHAMNIDA FOR READING!

Mujigae Casual Korean Food
Gourmet Walk, Mall Kelapa Gading 3
Jalan Kelapa Gading Boulevard
Kelapa Gading, Jakarta Utara 14240
021 - 4584 8978
Pricing: $$
Dresscode: casual
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OTHER MUJIGAE OUTLETS:
Bandung: Festival Citylink (1st fl) // Cihampelas Walk (Young Street)
Tangerang: Summarecon Mal Serpong (Downtown Walk) // Supermal Karawaci (GF)
Bekasi: Grand Metropolitan Mall (UG floor) // Summarecon Mall Bekasi (GF)
Depok: Margo City (GF)
Bogor: Botani Square (2nd fl)

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Indo Rasa, Kingsford

If you’ve always been unsure about what to order at an Indonesian restaurant, Indo Rasa is the perfect place to start figuring it out. The pictorial menu – that’s 61 shots spread over 11 pages – makes order-by-pointing a much more accurate exercise.



In the uni student/cheap eats haven that is Kingsford, Indo Rasa is one of the fancier-looking restaurants on the strip. And by that we mean

NOURISH ME PROMOTION AT PURNAWARMAN RESTAURANT, HILTON BANDUNG

If you guys follow me on Instagram, you must notice that I just came back from my Bandung trip, it’s actually a media trip held by Hilton Bandung, and I went with some bloggers and media that I actually am friends with! Sometimes when it’s a short trip, it’s just nice to travel with the people you know, so you don’t waste your time getting to know people that might not leave the best impressions. In the mood to write so I guess I’ll write a little part of my experience and save the rest for the upcoming posts.

This trip is sponsored by the gorgeous Hilton Bandung, but this is not an ad and I didn’t receive any monetary compensation in return.

Hilton remains one of my most favorite hotels in Bandung and I think if we're not staying in rented villas, it’s more like “always” when I have my family trip to Bandung, it’s just because the rooms are HUGE comparing to the hotels I’ve been before, so space wise, one twin room can actually fit 4-5 people. Click HERE to read my previous Hilton trip.

This time I am going to be talking about my experience dining in Purnawarman and by the time I went there, they were having this dining program called “Nourish Me” where there will be different theme for each week, and one of it was the Indian cuisine promotion that I experienced for dinner. The previous week was Korean and currently running: Chinese until March 29th.

A little about Purnawarman: it’s Hilton Bandung’s largest restaurant accomodating (mainly) buffet (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and a la carte for the guests. For someone like me - who’s been there for let’s say 5 times – the food is generally consistent with pretty good range & variety! Having breakfast here surely doesn’t waste my calorie! OMG I will be freaking outraged if I wasted my calorie on bad food! If let’s say you have the limit of 2700 calories in a day, I am surely going to blood vomit all the bad food to retrieve my limit back! HA!

TOUR TOUR

I actually sampled the Indian cuisine (Chennai to be exact) on last year’s “HighFive Asian Culinary Summit” media trip, and that wasn’t disappointing either. Chef Daniel from Hilton Seoul actually came back (but I didn’t meet him, just saw him on the poster), alongside him, Chef Ashok Eapen from India and Chef David Du from China with their own magnificent cooking charm!

The Indian cuisine was placed on a single station and the obviously still serve the International. The chef, Ashok Eapen came from the South India so the menu was dominated with south Indian cuisine, while last year, I sampled the cuisine from the Northern part of India. The food was as delicate looking and this time came in larger range and selections, enough yakking let the photo tour ya.

Noodle station

Pasta station

Japanese station

Dessert station! *heavenly voice background*

ICE CREAM STATION brings tears

Just wet my bed!

INDIAN AISLE
You’re going to find some of Indian’s well known dishes like Semiya Pasam (vermicelli dish with milk), Kal Dosai (spongy dosa), Tomato Brasmati Rice, Pacha Sambhar (green lentil stew), Coorgi Chicken Curry, Vegetable Theeyal, Kerala Fish Mango Curry and some desserts like Coconut Semolina Balls, Stuffed Banana Fritters and many more! GEEZ I AM HUNGRY.

When I had the Indian dishes, unexpectedly, the flavor was actually very Indonesian and less contrast and intense comparing to common Indian dishes I've had before in Jakarta and the curry actually tasted "rendang" like, but it's actually my lack of knowledge after Chef Ashen told me that south Indian dishes actually has slightly different touch when it comes to the serving, food menus and intensity of the flavor and in a nutshell, almost Indonesian like! Actually it doesn't matter because it's just EQUALLY GOOD. Pairing the curry with the tomato Indian rice and papadum was just PERFECT! I just wished that they actually served the plain Brasmati rice instead of ordering the A La Carte.

Anyway, dining in Purnawarman is relatively affordable, you only need to spend IDR 230k++ for all that above <3.

Thank you Hilton Bandung for inviting me back! It was a pleasant weekend trip. XO!

For last year's trip -> HERE

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