Writer Says: Wordpress

Hello. These past few months, I have been too busy and occupied with something else. As the result, this blog is more deserted than the Sahara Desert. I recently decided to be more active in blogging, again.

I am considering to use wordpress (because it has more feature) although I am still struggling. There is always something new to learn, isn't there?

Meanwhile, please visit:

https://notaculinaryexpert.wordpress.com/

I am planning to move all of the posts from this blog to there.

Grand Opening: Ron's Laboratory

It all started with an email from an acquaintance whom I knew through this blog. He told me that he had a few extra invitations for the grand opening of Ron's Laboratory, and he would love to give me one. He did mentioned free-flow gelato and the possibilities of flavours which would not be on the menu (he was not lying).

And yes, he got me at: free flow gelato. Gosh I felt so cheap!

A little bit about Ron's Laboratory...it is an outlet specialize in nitrogen gelato. The concept itself is molecular gastronomy, meaning: it focuses on the physical and chemical reaction which may have different effect on the food. Although molecular gastronomy may sound new in Medan, it was not as new at it seemed to sound! It has been dated as far as the 18th century. Based on my research, the term molecular gastronomy itself was adapted in 1992 when an English teacher of cookery, Elizabeth Cawdry Thomas, proposed a workshop in which professional cooks could learn about the physics and chemistry of cooking.

The Invitation

The invitation was for two and I brought a companion with me. We arrived around 7 pm and the place was already crowded and packed like sardines! We practically had to squeeze among all of the visitors there to walk from one spot to another spot! My favourite were Accio Red Velvet and (something which taste a bit like Tolak Angin. Will ask the them on my next visit).

This is how it was supposed to look like (taken from Monarchy Production's youtube page): link

Pastel Pink Gelato

and this was what was served to all of the guests...(there was supposed to be two tiny marshmallow but I've eaten them before taking the pictures):

LOL, what do you expect?

Of course there's no way RON'S was going to serve the gelatos in their original presentations because the guests might feel full on the fourth or fifth giant scoop! A little bit of everything is always better than a big scoop of one thing, don't you agree?

Dragon Breathe

The thing with dragon breathe is: it looked like popcorn. I suspected that it was popcorn injected with some chemical ingredients. How it works? Simply put some popcorn in your mouth, close your mouth tightly, and you breathe as hard as possible. Hence, there would be smoke coming out from you nostrils and ears. Somewhat like this:

Donald may be the muse of Ron's Laboratory dragon breathe

except: you don't jump around, your mouth was closed, and there would be smoke coming out of your nostrils too!

Curiosity killed no one that day

As shown above: the very friendly lab experts deliberately sprayed (correct me if I was wrong) some liquid nitrogen on the table so that the kids (and adults) could feel the cold sensation. The kids were very happy and kept on asking for more!

The man on fire...literally.

Nope, he was not burning himself. Yes, it was totally safe. Nope, I did not try because the queue was quite long. It was totally safe and fun! Somehow, this event made everyone felt like a chemistry expert because of all the experiments were very fun! I wish we had something like these in high school! I've wasted my time on mixing some "not-fun" chemical ingredients and writing dull reports. *sigh*

"Sebentar ya Mbak, ini lagi diaduk.." he said to one of the guest who kept on asking "Sudah selesai belum?"

I think he would look hotter if he took off his gigantic lab glass...and build some muscle...and smile more.....

Avocado with Chocolate - I usually AVOID eating or drinking anything with avocado in it, except sushi and the gelato above. It's official: I am in love with this one!

The very humble founder himself: Ronald Prasanto

Mr. Ronald Prasanto himself demonstrated many fun experiments as well as explained about the chemical reactions...why and how it happened. Somehow, he taught better than one of my chemistry teachers in high school whom I disliked so much!

Lucky me, I got to talk to him. He told me about how he used to work in an oil company before he decided to start his own business. He was very humble. He was willing to share his knowledge and experience with others because he believed that he will be getting more by giving more. He was not the typical successful person who kept all the knowledge to himself.

Anyway, he did asked one of his subordinators to mix coffee and a little bit of rum for me. He told me that whenever he enjoyed experimenting and one of his assistants would note down what he experimented as future references because he was to lazy to lift the pen and write.

Have I mentioned that every month on the 15th, Ron's Laboratory is going to change their menu and put in something new? More over, they will always remove their best-selling flavour from the menu on the 15th. So, make sure to visit there every month else you will not get to taste these yummy treats!

Worry not! Gelato contains only 10% of cream (unlike ice cream) and the amount of sugar is very, very, low. So, consuming them will not cause any harm to your body or cause an excessive weight gain.

Ron's Laboratory

Jln. Haji Zainul Arifin No.:7

#LG-C30-31 Sun Plaza

Tel.: +62 61 4501041

Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

Website: http://www.ronslaboratory.com

Instagram: @ronslaboratory

NOT DEAD...YET!

Somebody actually went as far as hacking into this account. I don't know who, I don't know why, but thankfully my account is back!

Will update soon asap! Ciao!

Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh (亚华肉骨茶)

Blogging about Bak Kut Teh in Singapore would be challenging. There were not few popular Bak Kut Teh stalls in Singapore, namely: Song Fa, Ng Ah Sio, Founder, and last but not least, Ya Hua. Out of those, I've only tried three but I prefer Ya Hua. Again, I am not blogging to rate which is the best in sequence. I pick Ya Hua because I went there more often since most of my companions prefer Ya Hua. But, our (or in this case, mine) taste does not define which is better than which.

It all started when a Singaporean friend told me: "die, die, also must go eat one bak kut teh at Singapore lah" and as a typical non-Singaporean residence/ typical clueless tourist who knows little about Singaporean slang, my response was: "what?!". To sum it up, she meant: no matter what happened, one should try eating Bak Kut Teh at Singapore at least once. During that time, I did not consider eating Bak Kut Teh as a must because back then I was an unstable teenager who thinks that one must eat Ippudo, Boon Tong Kee, Burger King, and have tea at TWG whenever come to Singapore (now I don't). Please be understanding. I WAS an ABG gaul (or trying to be one).

There are two Ya Hua Bak Kut Teh in Singapore. One in Outram Park, and another one in Havelock Street. I've never been to the one at Outram Park. Why? Because it is non air-conditioned! Why go to the non-AC-ed when there is an AC-ed store available?

Oh, for those who wondered, Bak Kut Teh is also known as Spare Rib Soups. It was meaty and juicy pork ribs cooked with simmered in a very complicated broth full of herbs and spices. Anyway, teh means tea. It was not cooked with tea, it was served with Oolong tea. I recalled my Mom telling me that Oolong tea is the must side drinks (?) while eating Bak Kut Teh, but a lot of people seemed to mistaken the Teh in Bak Kut Teh means the pork ribs was cooked with mixture of tea, herbs, and spices.

Spare Ribs Soup (肉骨茶) SGD 8.00

I usually ate 2 portion of Spare Ribs Soup + extra soup + 1 portion of rice + several side dish. The soup smelled good with a lot of black pepper. The braised peanut and braised salted vegetable are also some of the must order. Soft and tasty peanut + rich taste of soup + the soft and juicy texture of the meat in my mouth...this might be the perfect sentence to describe heaven.

You will also get to see a lot of pictures of celebrities who have eaten at Ya Hua on the wall. Namely: Chow Yun Fat, Jay Chou and Kang Gary. You can see some of the pictures here (link) but those were just a few out of many.

I even bought the nicely packed bak kut teh herb from this place so that I could give them to my Mom and asked her to cook for me in Medan! Unfortunately, I don't remember the price. I personally think this place is a little bit pricey. Not that I converted SGD to IDR (I raraly convert the price of food whenever I travel because the outcome will ruin my holiday), but I think the portion is a little bit too small compared to others. I would prefer bigger portion.

BUT overall, I strongly suggest everyone to come and eat at this place. I heard there are 2 branches of Ya Hua at Jakarta, I wondered if they are as good as Singapore's.

593 Havelock Road 

#01-01/02 Isetan Office Building 

Tel.: ++65 6235 7716/ +65 8282 7896 (Day)/ +65 9824 1066 (Night)

Sun: 11am–10pm

Tue and Thur: 11am–2am

Wed, Fri, and Sat: 11am–3am

Singapore

7 Keppel Road

#01-05/07 PSA Tanjong Pagar Complex

Tel.: +65 6222 9610/ +65 8282 7896 (Day)/ +65 9824 1066 (Night)

Tue to Sun: 7am–3pm / 5pm-4am

Singapore

Website: http://yahuabakkutteh.com/

Tai Hwa Pork Noodle

The first time I heard about this place was many years ago. Most of the time, people would refer to this place as "Hill Street Tai Hwa Pork Noodle" or "Hill Street Pork Noodle" because this stall was once located at Hill Street. It is now located at Crawford Lane. I don't know how to go to this place via bus (I used to prefer to travel via MRT because it was faster but I told myself to travel around Singapore more often by bus on my next visit to enjoy the scenery) because usually, I went here via taxi or somebody drop me off at the very entrance of the building. Typical Indonesian motto or slogan: "lazy to walk then hail for a cab lor!" According to google map, this place is near EW11 Lavender MRT and also there is a bus stop at North Bridge Road (around 5-10 minutes walk). For better direction, please refer to google map or this link (here).

Don't, don't, don't, be skeptical when you saw the old and run-down building. A lot of places in Singapore which served good local food was located in the old building. Being skeptical is not good. This place is one of my must-eat whenever I am in Singapore. They served really good bak chor mee (pork noodle).

There are two kinds of noolde here: dry or soup noodle. I personally prefer soup noodle because I love the taste of the rich soup broth (being cooked with large pork bones) which was less oily compared to the dry noodle (being poured with pork oil). The amount of meat are a lot and normally, I would not recommend this place to people who dislike oily and meaty food, but this place is an exception. The meat they used are not oily, the texture was rough. I personally prefer meat with more fats but this stall is an exception.

A little tip for you: PLEASE ARRIVE AT THIS PLACE AROUND 11:30AM IF YOU DON'T WANT TO QUEUE FOR AT LEAST 45 MINUTES!

Once, I arrived at the very doorstep of Tai Hwa Pork Noodle around 12:03PM and I have to queue for around 1 hour 15 minutes. Can you believe that?!! My companions and I took turn in queueing. It was tiring but worth the wait. Besides of the pork noodle, the gyoza (third stall from Tai Hwa) and chicken steak (two stall from Tai Hwa) were good too but unfortunately, I don't have the pictures :( I will take the pictures on my next visit.

Blk 466 Crawford Lane #01-12

Tel.: +65 62927477

Mon to Sun: 9.30am - 9pm

Closed on 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month

Singapore, 190465

http://www.taihwa.com.sg/

Writer Says: Rants #1

Hi!

Recently, my emails are acting strange. The email accounts in my phone doesn't seem to synchronize well with my emails. It caused many pending emails. There was an email dated from a month ago but I did not receive it until today, there were some emails which were not sent, and many more. Due to this issue, I was late in replying many, many, emails and hence, I would like to apologize. Speaking of my phone, I think it's an omen for me to change my phone as soon as possible. Sadly, I couldn't and wouldn't because it is only one-year-two-months-old and it was a gift from a person I truly honoured.

Lately, I have been busy learning how to use wordpress. A person was kind enough to give me suggestions of several blogging platforms and make me agree that wordpress would be a wise choice to ease my life. I am still struggling at managing my wordpress account (I truly am), but I will let you know if I had decided to move permanently to wordpress (since I am fed-up with the so-so-same-old-nothing-new blogger).

I've noticed that my blog views have reached 1,700++ but I wondered if half of the views is myself?

Cheers to good food and good life,

yours truly

Pepper Lunch

Sizzlin' Cookin'! Whenever I asked people what they ordered at Pepper Lunch, most of them will tell me: blablabla Rice with blablabla. Well, actually that's not quite true. Everyone that I asked answered blablabla Rice with blablabla. As always, as yours truly is an anti-mainstream (just kidding), hence, I prefered pasta.

Anyway, before you start reading, you should know that the food below was purchased with coupons except for the drinks. I felt that the amount of the meat was not generous. In fact, too little! But I will order the same food again in the future without coupons for comparison. Just because I am curious.

Beef and Salmon Pepper Rice

Beef and Salmon Pepper Rice was ordered by my friend. I would prefer more amount of salmon and beef. Just look at the picture above.

Honestly, I don't consume ordinary beef/ mutton because I was allergic to them. My throat would swell if I consume beef or mutton or food that contain either beef or mutton. Except good beef. My throat never swelled whenever I consumed Wagyu or Kobe or Matsukasa. Not that I was saying that ordinary beef was no good to me, no! I had tried them several times before and I absolutely loved them. But, what can I say? This body constantly rejects le beef. But for mutton, I hate mutton. Period.

Seafood Aglio Olio

I love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love the olive oil which was separated from the pasta but I spread them around the hot metal plate. And the result? Yum, yum, yum! Finger-licking good! Some said that the pasta needs more seasoning. But, stop comparing this pasta with the pasta you had in cafes/ restaurants. The main goal of Pepper Lunch is to serve fast food. Hence, it took lesser time to prepare the food. To me, the pasta was purr-fect for fast-food category. If this is a cafe/ restaurant, I would have written an essay full of complaints.

I tried the ice cream that I avoided (due to the amount of fats) too because it was included in the coupon. There were three flavours for the ice cream: chocolate, matcha, and (I don't remember). This is how the ice cream was supposed to look like:

Eww...nuts!

 And...this is how I prefer my ice cream:

YUMZZZ!!!

Anyway, do any of you guys know that PHP means? I bet any Indonesians who are reading this blog know what PHP means. Yes, Pemberi Harapan Palsu (read: the giver of fake hope). Want a good example? The ice cream above!

Judging from the appearance, it looked full and many. I was very happy but worried that I might not be able to finish them. As soon as I dug in, I found out that the inner part was empty. It broke my teeny-weeny heart a little.

Hole in the middle

The overall was good. I personally think it didn't differ much with the one in Singapore. I don't really recommend the wagyu. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad. Once I ordered the wagyu and it tasted so heavenly that I decided to go back and ordered wagyu again, but the wagyu was disappointment. For the salmon, sometimes it stinks (although this rarely happens). I would suggest you to order chicken (for safe bet) or salmon or both, but umm...not the beef.

Personally, I would suggest anyone who wanted to eat wagyu to buy the meat and cook by yourself. The wagyu will usually taste better, juicier, tenderer, and softer. I had no idea where to buy Wagyu meat at Medan (if any of you know, do let me know), but I know where you can get it at Singapore. Although you can get them at Fair Price, I prefer to buy them at Huber's Butcher (with a small bistro) or Culina (serves as restaurant too). Both of them were located at Dempsey Road and it took around 5-8 minutes walking from one to another. Wagyu at Fair Price usually don't really look good. Colour is not appealing. Some friends told me that you could get some good wagyu at Zac Meat (red line and around 10 stops from Orchard MRT) or Angliss (way too far *sniff*), They said the wagyu was good and thick and stuffs, but for safe bet, I prefer to stick to Huber's or Culina (because they are too pricey)!

Pepper Lunch

Jln. Letjen. S. Parman No.:217 

#LG-B02 Cambridge City Square

Tel.: +62 61 4521810

Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

Pepper Lunch

Jln. Jawa No.:1

#LG-20 Mal Center Point

Tel.: +62 61 80501749 / 80501750

Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

Pepper Lunch

Jln. Setia Budi Indah II Ring Road Blok:XI No.:24 

#GF Medan Focal Point

Tel.: +62 61 

Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

Mie Tiong Sim

This review has been sitting inside my draft for at least 6 months. I am terribly sorry for the lack of update. I lose all of my pictures, again. This time, my phone suddenly messed up and voila: everything was gone. There is nothing left!

The store may look empty, but they have a lot of takeaway customers

It was quite late at night, so the empty table were quite understandable. But look at how busy the workers were around the stall. Apparently, many customers prefer takeaway that day.

I had just went there for late supper (typical Medan lang). For those who wondered, Mie Tiong Sim is one of the most popular noodle stalls in Medan. It is located at Jalan Selat Panjang, a street filled with some of the oldest Chinese eateries in Medan. It is a must-go place for tourist to taste great food. Moreover, it was located near Jalan Semarang (one of the food district). So, you could visit both Selat Panjang and Semarang at once. (For more information, please refer to Directory page).

Let me explain further about Mie Tiong Sim. Mie means noodle, and Tiong Sim is the brand. It was also known as Mie Pangsit Tiong Sim. Pangsit means dumpling. According to the story I heard, previously, Mie Tiong Sim didn't have any brand name. It was just a small stall located at a coffee shop called "Tiong Sim" at Jalan Semarang along with the other stores. After some while, the hawker decided to move away but his noodles had gained popularity in Medan. Since it was nameless, people would refer to the noodle as "the noodle at Tiong Sim". Hence, he decided to adopt the name "Tiong Sim" into his brand name as he moved away. I heard that there was a lawsuit filed by the owner of the coffee shop towards the hawker because the coffee shop owner had registered the name previously. But I never knew or heard about how it ended.

Due to my curiosity (and unable to sleep), I decided to do some research regarding the conflict. According to this thread (link), as quoted from Bentam:

"Ane pernah coba dua tempat bakmi tiong sim di medan. Yang satu di jl. semarang (buka sejak th 1933 kalau ga salah baca) dan Selat Panjang (buka seja 1940). Spanduknya miriiiiiip tapi ga sama. Yang di selat panjang lebih maknyus.. tapi dia ga buka cabang di jakarta..."

"I have tried both of the Mie Tiong Sim in Medan. One was located at Jalan Semarang (since 1933 if I read it right) and the other one was located at Jalan Selat Panjang (since 1940). The banners were same, but they were different. The one at Selat Panjang tasted better, but it didn't have any branch store at Jakarta."

FYI, there were three Mie Tiong Sim at Jakarta according to this article (link) which was contributed by Bondan Winarno (one of Indonesia's most popular culinary expert). According to him, the three restaurant owners were brothers but they didn't join their business. Hence, there was no standardization in the quality and taste.

Please correct me if I was wrong.

Mie Polos - IDR 20,000

The thin and fine handmade noodle (as seen on the picture above). It is usually served with pork dumplings, shredded chicken, or thin slices of Chinese barbecued pork (char siew), but I decided to order the plain one because it was too late to eat something heavy. Well cooked noodle (very soft, and thin) combined with rich pork broth were good enough to spoil my taste bud.

Pork Broth

Mi Pangsit will never be completed without this one bowl of pork broth. The hawker would served you dry noodle and you have to add a few spoons (or even all) of the pork broth to your noodle to make them more savory and taste better.

As I mentioned before, Jalan Selat Panjang is a street filled with some of the oldest Chinese eateries in Medan. Along the very-short street (around 80-120 metres), there were stalls selling all kinds of dishes, loads of noodles, satay, chicken rice, and last but not least: kue-kue (read: snacks/ cakes).

There were around three stalls which sold snacks. One of them was SP 22 (link). It is totally okay to order dishes from another store and asked the seller to deliver them to the restaurant you were dining at.

Chee Cheong Fun/ Rice Noodle Roll (read: tʃɪ tʃɪəʊŋ fʌn) - IDR 14,000

This one stall is my dad's favourite. The chee cheong fun tasted very different from the one being sold by the hawker on bike. The price gap may be too far (IDR 14,000 compared to IDR 6,000) but the price paid was worth the taste. The cheong fun was thin, soft, and a little bit sticky. Though they were not as chewy as the cheong fun sold by the hawker on bike.

Mie Tiong Sim

Jln. Selat Panjang No.:7

Tel.: +62 61 4157517

Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

Mon-Sun: 2pm–11pm

Empek-empek Ahong (asli Palembang)

If anyone asked me: who sell the best empek-empek in Medan? I would definitely give them one answer only: Empek-empek Ahong. I have other empek-empek, but no matter which restaurant/ hawker center I went to, not one can beat Ahong's. And you will get to know why.

Lenjer

I have known this place for almost 10 years. It all started when a friend of mine who lived around Jln.Singa told me that there was a stall that sold the best empek-empek he had ever had. I was skeptical because I have eaten empek-empek in any of the restaurants in Medan that served them but none of them tasted good and fresh. Even the one that claimed itself serving the best empek-empek in town failed to satisfy me. I was reluctant to try. I thought it would be wasting my money and my time, but my friend, knew that I was a heavy eater (still am), kept on nagging me and demanding me to try. Feeling annoyed, I decided to give it a try. And with a hidden agenda: to stop him from constantly annoyed me.

Ever since then, I was more than thankful to my friend who have dragged me all the way to this place. Empek-empek Ahong did served the best empek-empek I have ever had in Medan.

When I first went there, there were only two people taking care of the stall. The uncle and the aunty. The uncle passed away around November 2013 (may his soul rest in peace). Now, there was only the aunty with some workers.

Keriting - very crispy!

Their empek-empek was homemade and very, very, fresh! I once went there at 8 AM and the uncle told me they're not open for business yet because they were still making them. There was once when they were not open for business for around a week because the fish they used were out of stock. When I asked the uncle why not substitute the fish with another fish, the uncle told me that the reason why their empek-empek tasted so good because they were made of carefully selected good and fresh fish. Back then, they didn't have fixed supplier yet, so they had to rely on the fishmonger on the market. The number of empek-empek they made everyday were also limited to ensure its quality and texture. More over, they were both quite old and they believed that it was not wise to push themselves too hard. Oh, have I mention that they were both from Palembang too?

Menus that I remembered and loved: Ikan Pindang Patin (not always in stock), Lenjer, Keriting, and Adaan (Fish or Shrimp). Oh, the kerupuk was good! Must try!

Keriting was like a curly ball which would be divided into six parts before being fried. There were two type of lenjer: the small and the large one. I would always ordered the large one because the meat was thicker (obviously duh!).

I urged myself to blog about this place because I believed they deserved attention. Their food was great but the business was not so good. Around January 2012 (if I remembered correctly), they had almost moved to Bandung because they believed that the market would be better there. Unfortunately, they had to cancel the plan because the uncle fell from his motorbike and he was too weak to move. Too much for two good souls like them.

Now that the uncle had passed away, the aunty had to make all the empek-empek all by herself. Sometimes, I saw her workers helping her, but when the uncle was still alive, he told me that he and the aunty prefered to make the empek-empek by themselves (although it was tiring) because they didn't want to disappoint anyone. The uncle even worked although he had to walk around with crutches and after he had some surgeries on his knees.

Even though the uncle had passed away, the quality was still as good. So, please give them a try. You will like it. I have recommended this place to practically everyone who asked me, and all of them agreed that this place served the best empek-empek in town.

Here's a map that I made via Paint to guide you to this place. Please don't mind the lame map. At least, I tried!

Empek-empek Ahong

Jln. Singa

Dae Bak Korean BBQ

With all the K-pop waves, it was not a surprise to see a number of Korean food restaurants popping up here and there in this town. The number of Korean food restaurants in Medan are not more than the fingers on both of your hands, but will this number increase, remain the same, or perhaps, decrease? I would list out the restaurants here for you: Angry Korean BBQ, K-Pot, Zing Do, Dae Bak Korean BBQ, and Itcho Sushi (Itcho Sushi maybe a Japanese restaurant but it served Korean food too. You have to request them. Many of the Korean food were not on the menu.).

The first time I knew the existence of this place was when I saw a congratulatory column on the news paper. The sender (the one who put up the advertising) was a friend of mine. Because of my huge curiosity, I called my friend and asked him about this place. He told me that this restaurant was a joint venture of his friend and his friend's friend. His friend's friend was a Korean. My friend told me that his friend said that the dish served in this restaurant would not be modified (fusion-ed) to suit the taste of the people here. The restaurant would serve authentic Korean cuisine.

As soon as I heard the word authentic, I was intrigued. I wondered if the business will survive because authentic Korean food...authentic Korean food are not as tasty or do not use as many seasoning as Indonesian food. You might feel tempted when you watched Korean dramas or variety shows where the actors or actresses eating Korean dish but trust me, they were not as good as they look. Most of the Korean food were mainly sour and a little bit smelly. But as I try not to be cynical or skeptical, I asked two of my friends to accompany me to eat here. Mainly because they were my only friend who were willing to get fats with me (read: eating barbecued meat = fats).

Terribly sorry because I have totally forgotten the name of the dish. BUT they were serious when they said "authentic Korean cuisine". Except that they used more chili than average Korean food. I think this was the only difference between the food served here and the authentic Korean cuisine.

Really, really, love the kimchi! Very sour and the spiciness was perfect. This was by far my most favourite Korean BBQ restaurant in Medan.

We tried the soju (which I have forgotten the brand but there was a poster of the drink). You should try them too. The soju was good. It tasted sweet yet mild. Not too sweet that made you worried of getting diabetes. Usually, in winter, people would drink that to warm their bodies. The soju has low percentage of alcohol, so worry not!

Dae Bak Korean BBQ

Jln. Timor

Komp. Jati Junction No.:T1-T2

Tel.: +62 61 80501700

Medan - North Sumatra - Indonesia

Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/daebak.medan