The
Korean food hype isn't stopping anytime soon, and I don’t think it will. If
you’ve been following me on Snapchat and Instagram, this month alone, I have
been having Korean food more than I have ever had six months combined. There’s
just something so fascinating about Korean food that makes you crave for more,
palate-ly speaking, I think it’s the rich seasoning and how familiar I’ve been
with rich food considering I am Indonesian and we’re blessed with good food
ever since our arrival to the mother earth.
Recently,
I paid a visit to this relatively new Korean restaurant (around 5 months 0ld as
this post is written) opening in Pantai Indah Kapuk called It’s Chimaek Time. It’s
owned and managed by the same people who own Dubu Jib and the newly launched Hello Kitty Cafe, that’s why they both are
located in the same building, and you can freely order both food wherever
you’re seated in the restaurant area.
Maybe
I was born with dirty minds or something but everytime I hear the word
“Chimaek” it instantly want to make me laugh if you Indonesians know what I
mean! Never mind, Chimaek actually stands for Chicken and Maekju (beer) and
that’s what It’s Chimaek Time emphasizes their focus on: serving good fried
chicken and beer, the two companies Koreans love the most when they dine out & hang out
with their fellas. On my last visit to Seoul a few months ago, I just can’t
believe with the amount of food they could take, even the females can be
deceiving! I once saw a petite lady having a huge bowl of ramen, a beer and
some condiments all by herself, while me and my mom couldn’t even finish a
bowl, I seriously started to feel sexually depressed.
I
forgot the name of this drink, it’s basically the refreshing mixture of yuzu
drink and Heineken beer.
Came
here with some friends, and friends = big lunch, and big lunch = lots of food,
and lots of food = happy fats and happy fats = HAPPY with all capitals! We
shared some food from Dubu Jib and It’s Chimaek Time, mentioned earlier that
you can order the food from both restaurants wherever (and as long as) you’re
seated in the dining areas, so technically you can have the following food
anywhere.
Jumokbap
Jumokbap
is Korean’s very own onigiri, normally in balls shape (not mine). The texture
of the rice is pretty identical to the Japanese sticky rice, but in Jumokbap,
the rice is topped with various toppings such as seaweed, dice-cut cucumber,
fish roe and sesame seed. They offer two selections here: the original and the
one with spam. We had the original one considering there are more proteins
waiting to be finished. I liek the saltiness of it, it’s just nice.
Sundubu Combo – IDR 78k
Big
big fan of Sundubu, what can possibly go wrong with rich hot seafood sundubu, a
runny egg that you mix along together and generous mushroom inside. NONE. This
was pretty tasty, sometimes I wish they can use this kind of broth to the
ginormous Budae Jjigae (they mostly have lighter soup), I could eat that
non-stop.
Tteopokki
I
found the food with Gokjujang base seasoning here to be pretty bold, same with
this tteopokki, the sauce was so rich but in a good way convering the perfectly
firm tteopokki.
Jap Chae – IDR 68k
Their
Jap Chae aka potato vermicelli rice was just so simple with light seasoning,
here’s the thing, if I had this alone, I would say that it’s slightly under
seasoned, but considering how I basically pair every single thing here with the
other food, I found this pretty enjoyable.
Cheese Buldak – IDR 140k
Cheers
for cheese! Talking about buldak, mozarella cheese happens to be the right fit
for this kind of food particularly what I mentioned before, the gokjujang
dishes here are rich, so the mozarella cheese acts sorta like a neutralizer and
balanced out the flavor. The chicken was tender and quite generous for a single
serving.
The
only problem was the mistake in adjusting the spiciness, here you can opt the
level of spiciness you fancy, went for the regular and there’s only a tiny bit
of spicy flavor but soon covered with the sweetness of the sauce, should have
gone for either Medium or Hot.
Bulgogi – IDR 120k
Texture
wise, I found the Bulgogi (grilled marinated beef) pleasant enough with tender
meat, I would love it even more if the meat had this smoky flavor, aroma and
bolder seasoning.
Budae Jjigae – IDR 150k
I always
refer to Budae Jjigae as a happiness in a pot (NOT THAT POT), the perfect cure
for cold days, and best thing about it all is having it together, well it’s too
much for yourself I bet.
Theirs
was quite tasty with loaded Budae Jjigae typical toppings: sausages, hams, veges
and ramyun. The default amount of gokjujang sauce was good enough to give such
flavor to the serving, more is even better as I like my Korean soup spicier.
Gojuchang
sauce being mixed with the then neutral flavored vege broth
MIX
MIX
Now
ramen in!
Ready
to serve!
Ban Ban B – IDR 138k (Half
Crunchy and Half Yang Nyum/Spicy)
Perfect
for sharing and to experience both variants: the Ban Ban B consist of half
original crunchy and half yang nyum (spicy). The yang nyum chicken is coated
with generous rich red sauce (again with gokjujang base).
Comparing
the two, I think I might like the original one better for it’s simplicity,
along with the beautiful well-balanced flavor. The yang nyum (spicy) one was
very tasty but I found the seasoning a bit strong, maybe since I’ve had so many
food with Gokjujang base seasoning and the original came just in time for a
little retreat and intermezzo.
I
notice they also have the garlic chicken, but it’s not available on the
half-half menu, well next time.
What a
satisfying lunch, flavor and portion wise. If you ask me what sticks the most
in my head right now it’s probably the sundubu combo soup and the crunchy fried
chickens, I would be more than happy to recommend those two to you when you go
here, and on top of all, I notice the pricing to be very reasonable and still
on the “affordable” range.
Dubu Jib & It's Chimaek Time
Ruko Garden House Blok D No. 20
Jalan Raya Pantai Indah Kapuk - PIK
Jakarta Utara 14470
021 - 2903 3375
Opening hours: 11 AM-10 PM
Average spending for two: IDR 300
Dresscode: casual
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