Ori gui

Yay I met up with Nika, Sue and Taehwan aka the Lee siblings for dinner tonight. This occasion was to farewell Nika who will be off to Korea and Europe for a few months..... lucky her. Wish I can fly off to Korea and Europe too. Hopefully my turn isn't too far away.

We went to this place called Toseung in North Strathfield. It is relatively new and the setting was quite neat. One of the common and the most important rules for the successful business in dental clinics and restaurants are that they have to give customers/patients a positive first impression.. and this place was good at it.  Everything is nicely decorated with wood and modern Korean atmosphere was good. Oh the suction was so awesome I didn't smell a thing when I went in!! (Perhaps because there wasn't many people at the restaurant yet???)

We ordered half a duck and 2x beef ribs which came with complimentary side dishes. It was enough for us so I did not get to find out whether it is refillable or not. They gave us 동치미, which is white kimchi in cold water. Oooo havn't had that for ages. Yumyum!! 

We grill the raw meat on the charcoal fire, which supposedly tastes better. The reason being that when charcoal burns, it creates infrared lights which has higher heat energy (physics anyone?). This means that the infrared lights will make sure the meat gets cooked well rather than getting burnt on the outside. I don't know. I'm just blabbing. I don't know a jack about lights all I know is that charcoal can be quite useful when the fridge stinks. Also you can put it with the rice when it's cooking and it tastes better. So it must be good.

The meat came out and I have to say I was a bit disappointed with the quantity. All of us got quite full and it was the right amount that we ordered, but still, I raise my curiosity over the "half a duck".... maybe they used a duckling rather than a duck...? 

Last time I tried ducks was when I was in Beijing a few years ago. We had the ORIGINAL Pekking ducks and received the certificate saying we've eaten the 71943790th duck since the restaurant was opened. (Geez not sure if that's for real).... Anyways the taste of BBQed duck was quite different from that of Pekking ducks'.... it tastes like.................. err............................HAM. Yeah. Ham....  very fine soft tender juicy ham unlike the ones you get from Wollies. It was yummy.. better than lamb!!!  I forgot that I am supposed to go on a diet for a while.. This is why it will never work for me... *touch wood*

 Taehwan and Sue

Taehwan, Sue, Nika

Oh man I'm so full.. It's been 3 hours since I've eaten but still I'm very full. Luckily tomorrow's my off day I can stay up a bit longer to cool my tummy down. Arghhh all those times I tried to shrink my tummy... I think it's regrown back to its original size........ but no regret. I live to eat not vice versa!!