Sydney Madang- Sydney's best Korean restaurant

Hi everyone~ for people who know me, i've been obsessed with Korean food ever since i got back from Korea for my post-HSC vacation in December. I've been hunting for the most authentic Korean food restaurant in Sydney city and I've found it through reading the reviews of numerous people online.
I've been to this restaurant three times already within the past 2 weeks and it has NEVER disappointed. I'm so happy i found it because it's like a dream come true. It is cherished by all Korean people in Sydney and no doubt those who have experienced Korean culture because of it's authenticity of the food.

The first time i went to this restaurant was when i was searching up places to eat for my friend's birthday celebration get together it was the day before UNSW info day (5th of Jan). I decided to try out the restaurant before making it the venue so a friend and i tried two dishes. When i first went to the restaurant i expected it to be in an alley way lolz~ but i accidentally passed it and it looked a bit dodgy haha. it was a funny situation.
Black bean noodles and the famous seafood pancake during lunch time (before 3pm). My friend expected the pancake to be small because it specified for the "small" serving. It cost $12 and it was well worth it. It had a spectacular taste and there was an abundant amount of seafood in it. The second dish was black bean noodles ($10) which is a very common food in korea that nearly everyone eats. It was VERY filling. I couldn't eat dinner after this day's meal.
The side dishes including the salad, sweet potatoe and cabbage were very fresh and tasted very much like the ones i had in korea. the cabbage was a bit chilli but it had a very delicious sweetness to it. My friend and I decided to burn the calories off by walking to Pyrmont Point park because she had not been there before. Pyrmont point park is one of the best locations for private get togethers which i will talk about later in a future blog entry. But yeh, back to the point. the restaurant has a SELF SERVICE BUTTON that i like pressing lolz~ i don't like it when the waiters rush me in ordering = =" . $22 for 2 people is great value. =)

The second time i went there was ON UNSW info day when i was ready to go home from the uni and randomly received a text message from a friend at UNSW handing in an assignment for the summer school program. He was complaining about the uni being extremely crowded (because it was an info day ><"). Since he had nothing to do again and i was SO HUNGRY, I decided that we go eat lunch lolz at the same place. When we got there he said i changed his impression of an alleyway being a "place where people get bashed" haha~ so yeh. we had bibimbap and of course the SEAFOOD PANCAKE <3. bibimbap is vegetables hand mixed with rice with some chilli paste. It was crunchy and scrumptious =) . They had different side dishes that day, i think they added some miso soup and some marinated lotus root (which were equally appetising) hehe . The funny thing was, that one of the waiters recognised i came the day before haha~ and he kept on looking at me to see if i was the same person xD . $24 altogether . and yes, we went to walk around town hall because we were quite full.

The THIRD time however, was the actual birthday celebration get together on the 13th of Jan xD. We went to Big echo karaoke (in which we had to wait for an hour to get into because it opened later than we expected at 1pm) so we ended up singing for only 2 hours because i reserved the sydney madang restaurant for 3pm. Usually they don't allow reservations so i think the manager lady was a bit grumpy that we were 15 mins late but she still gave great service! She taught us how to cook the beef on the bbq because it was a charcoal bbq. we ended up ordering 2 plates of meat for 5 people because some couldnt eat beef. The cooked meat was superb! =) full of compliments today haha~ We also ordered a type of fried dumpling (yummy), terriyaki chicken (tasty), 2 seafood pancakes and some others which i don't remember because i didn't eat them lolz. But the two tables were full already with side dishes.

We were nearly too full to have dessert which was the birthday cake. It was a Taro cake from Breadtop, very tasty as usual. The restaurant catered very nicely for us and we all appreciated the forks and plates. We gave them $10 tips . I'm just going to go to this place after a long day at uni... with a BIG group of friends haha.  the ambience is very good when it's lunch time. their dinner service is ferocious (is what i heard) since people line up until the end of the alleyway for dinner there. its like a 30 min wait after 6:30pm or something. *sigh*. The waiters and waitresses spoke little english but it didnt matter as much because the manager spoke it quite well. It ended up with a $108 bill so it's $13.50 for 8 people who ate until content haha~ I would give this restaurant a 10 /10 but everything but this isn't even an official review. I'll make one when i go there again and order heaps of dishes xD and take many photos. haha~

smigg[LILY] <3