Dae Jang Kum

The plan today was to go to Seoul BBQ on Forrest Chase but for some horrible reason, it is always closed when I want to eat it. And so... we decided to try Dae Jang Kum.

Restaurant: Dae Jang Kum
Cuisine: Korean
Address: 74 Francis Street, Northbridge
Total: $39/2p

We had to wait almost an hour for it to open so it had to be tasty or we wouldn't have been very impressed. And there were another 4 or so couples/groups waiting with us so it must be somewhat tasty we figured?


Food: 4/5


Spicy BBQ Pork (pictured above)
Spicy rice cake (pictured below)
Seafood pancake
Side dishes - Steamed rice, bean sprouts, kim chee, something weird and jelly-looking that we didn't want to try.


The seafood pancake was a little on the oily side but it was deliciously crunchy and it was easy to overlook the oiliness... to an extent. After a while it made us feel a little sick as you could actually feel the oil as you bit into it. But it did come with a dipping sauce which was mighty tasty!

The sauce of the rice cake was nice but the rice cakes themselves were a little mushy. They got tastier as they cooled and got more chewy. While it was edible and fairly tasty, I've had better I'm afraid. The BBQ pork was a bit spicy and would've been nicer if it came with more sauce. Which is the main reason why we were so eager to go to Seoul BBQ. From what I remember they have very tasty and saucy meat dishes...


Service: 4/5

I don't expect fantastic service from these kinds of restaurants so I wasn't disappointed. And they were actually Korean which I liked because it makes the restaurant seem more authentic in my opinion. We were served water as soon as we were seated and once we ordered the food came very quickly. Although the waiters were not overly chatty they were friendly and offered very prompt service.


I don't think I'd go so far as to say this is the best Korean restaurant in Perth but it is definitely not the worst and I wouldn't mind revisiting. Kim Chee House in Chinatown makes better rice cakes though.