After recently expanding my Korean food horizons in Melbourne (the modern Bistro K, the fried chicken of Gami, and the quality basics of Arisoo and Seoul Soul), I felt like seeing what Canberra had to offer. Honestly I re-discovered for the 2nd time in a month that Urban Pantry isn't open on a Tuesday (or Monday) and so picked somewhere else in the vicinity.
In Korea, meals get served with a load of condiments. Although not the same, Tosung certainly gave more than the other Korean places I've been to in Australia. Condiments of kimchi, some kind of white soft jelly I couldn't figure out, tofu and vegetables were served.
- Yungyang Wang Galbitang $13 (beef rib soup) - delicious warming beef soup with tender meat;
- Dolsot bibimbap $13 (Mixed vegetables, beef & egg on steamed rice in hot pot) - gochujang sauce is excellent, but otherwise the individual ingredient flavours weren't too special. Also the rice was probably too wet so there was no burnt crust formed on the bottom;
- Hae Mul Ddeok Bok Ki $25 (rice cake & seafood with chilli sauce) - I was desperate for rice cakes and this $25 dish was the only one. The chilli flavour was great with nice octopus, squid and chewy rice cakes. The shellfish and prawns were a bit disappointing;
- Green tea icecream with chocolate sauce - a nice green tea possibly scooped out of a little cylindrical carton.
The food is nice and not overly expensive for general Canberra and the midst of Manuka. I'd be happy to eat there again and possibly try the charcoal BBQ they are known for.
