Sodam Korean Restaurant (N1°29.772' E103°49.028') located at Permas Mall Block A. It's just behind the Taman Permas Jaya Developer office (Just next to Jusco Permas Jaya).
We had our Mother's Day dinner over here. It's my first time dining in this Korean Restaurant. The decoration created the relax ambience among it.
Relax environment of Sodam Korean Restaurant
Honestly I'm not good in ordering the Korean foods, so....we just order the set for 6 adults. I'm not sure what it contain in the package, but definitely it's Korean foods! Haha!Beside that, my wife and her sisters ordered a bottle of Baek Se Ju (Korean Alcohol) to share and just mug of Heniken for me.
Baek Se Ju (MYR35.oo per bottle)
The Banchan (side dish) serve in less than 10 minutes....Beside Kimchi, I don't know the name of the rest of the side dish.
And follow by the main dish - the Beef and Pork. The waitress was professional enough to BBQ the meat for us.I was attracted by the BBQ stove design. I think we can't get it in local market, it maybe imported from Korea.
Beside the stove I also like the Korean idea of using the compress smokeless charcoal. It's good for environment.
The small portion of the beef (left), cost MYR59.00. Must be imported.
Well trained waitress was preparing the foods on the stove.It's just took about 3-5 minutes, the first plate of BBQ Beef serve on table.
BBQ Korean BeefThat was really delicious!! This was my first time bite on Korean beef, and it's Different from local! It's excellent!
That moment only last us 20 minutes....because the beef left only this...
The last few pieces of the Korean beefAnother good dish was the Steam egg. We ordered Double!
Korean steam eggUntil all of us almost full, the Big portion of Korean Seafood soup was serve! Oh my goodness!
The soup was good and tasty, but I can't have more....I'm extremely full! Haha! But I'm prefer more strong taste like local soup...This Korean restaurant provided a good service (including the boss of the restaurant) and environment.
The damage of the dinner : MYR432.00 (For 6 adults and 2 children). It was pricey!
The Korean boss of the restaurantEven I prefer Asian foods with strong taste, I would say this Korean foods was good!
I rated : 4/5
Sodam Korean Restaurant
Permas Mall, #01-34,
Block A, No. 3 Jalan Permas Utara,
Bandar Baru Permas Jaya,
81750 Masai Johor.
Tel : +607-3880800
Hi Robo, thanks so much for blogging about this. So far I only know of two Korean restaurants in JB and they are at Stulang Laut and Lido Beach. Now you just added a third one to me. :)
ReplyDeleteThe beef looks very delicious! Korean food is so pricey!!
ReplyDelete@JL,
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome! :)
@foong,
Yeah, it's pricey...
I just went to the Sodam Korean Restaurant with my wife and another couple, our first visit on 18/6/09. We ordered the Bulgogi (RM35/set), pork shoulder loin (RM20/set), beancurd seafood soup with rice (RM18/set), Bibimbab (the one with rice in a stone bowl, not the plastic bowl (RM23/set), and green tea (RM3/glass free refill). There were about 8 side dishes. Grilling of the meat are done by the waitress, immediately after they finish grilling they remove the grilling plate (not authentic), usually in a true Korean restaurant they should leave the meat on the grilling plate so it won't turn cold as the plate is still warm even if there's no fire burning beneath it. The taste of the meat are ok, i'd give 3.5 out of 5. The beancurd seafood soup is terrible, all beancurd and a few clams (they claim that to be seafood, what happen to the shrimps and fish?) I'd say this is definitely a 2 out of 5. The stone bowl bibimbab is worse, the rice is all wet and the portion is so small I can finish it in 5 bites, in other words the smallest I have seen in any restaurants ever, it's also a bit salty, guess that's to cover how bad the cook's skill really is, I'd give this dish a 1 out of 5. The side dishes can be refill as well but after two rounds the waiters/waitresses just turn blind and deaf as they do not want to give you any more refill for the side dishes, again this is bad service for a Korean restaurant. I have been to Korean restaurants in Korea, Indonesia, US, and China all will keep providing the side dishes no matter what. When we asked for the bill and feedback to the cashier she told as that the side dish have ran out, what a crap excuse! The customer next to us are Koreans and they keep getting more and more side dishes and the service provided to them are better, even the boss of the restaurant is attending to them personally. My advise, if you're not a Korean don't go there as they give different grade service to different people and as you can see they are quite stingy with their side dishes. I'm not raising a racial issue here but rather a service and food quality issue so do not get me wrong, I'm sure there are still very good Korean service out there which provide equal service to all types of customers, but just not Sodam! I will not visit this place again as a paying customer as I believe I deserve better services and better food.
ReplyDeleteHi Leo,
ReplyDeleteAppreciates for your value information.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience at Sodam Korean Restaurant, I believe the Boss attitude was not acceptable. I agree with about the seafood soup was not tasty!
I might be the Only lucky one who doesn't treat in that way....
Anyway, thanks.
Robo, you're most welcome, just sharing my experience to others.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, I find the price of the white rice ridiculous, RM5 for a small bowl (metal bowl) of white rice. Not even a 5-star hotel charge that kind of rate! Just want others who intend to visit the restaurant to know this fact.
Leo,
ReplyDeleteThanks again.