WU JANG GUN Wolter Monginsidi Jakarta

For some, meeting could be the most devastating thing as well as the most unpleasant thing to do, well, that's not my case, because I don't ever have to suit up and got stuck on hours of super boring meeting, and in fact. I kinda like meetings.

This might sounds hideous but this is true.

So far I've been "blessed" with clients that were not super demanding and in fact very cooperative and super nice to work with, more often before we proceed and agreed on a project, my clients mostly held casual meetings with me having the privilege to choose wherever I want to. Hang on this is nice!!!

And two days ago, I had a late meeting with someone who-is-now-my-client at this new Korean restaurant called Wu Jang Gun in Wolter Monginsidisi. This new establishment totally added the list of the Korean restaurants located around Senopati which was already quite plenty. Wu Jang Gun is located just beside the Maestro Meat Market and align with Tobak, you're going to notice the dragon shaped logo they're using.

Don't mind this picture because it was taken around 9:30 PM, I arrived around 8 and the restaurant was quite packed.

TBH I kinda like the logo :).

The restaurant was not crazy spacious but it could accomodate around 100 people with dining areas located on the first and second floor. The design was ok, just simple and proper without so many things going on.

The awesome thing about Korean meals: BANCHAN! My goodness they're so crazy with their Banchan, like literally they could serve 8-10 BANCHAN for each person and they came in medium sized bowls which I found quite a burden because there wasn't enough space even for my own table! I needed to "borrow" someone else's table beside me (who I assumed felt sorry for us). I think they should really put the Banchan in a smaller plates or bowls, talk about efficiency.

Didn't take all pictures of the Banchan but this squid and carrot dish was pretty decent, they have the spiciest Kimchi I've ever tasted.

The salad was quite fresh, simple but good.

We didn't really browse the menu as normally for new restaurants, I would just stick to the recommended menu and see how it went, one thing you need to know about Wu Jang Gun: THEY ARE COMPLETELY HALAL! Normally Korean restaurants are so heavy on the pork but rest assure for this one, I even saw a lot of Muslims here :). The polite waitress recommended us their signature meat Yangnyeom Galbi (IDR 240k) and Sutbul Gui (IDR 190k).

Wu Jang Gun Yangnyeom Galbi

IDR 240k

Yangnyeom Galbi is actually beef short ribs. I could see that the meat was marbled beautifully. The meat was marinated - according the waitress, for days - then cooked awesomely by the kind waitress, this reflected on the flavor and the consistency of the meat: savory with tender, juicy and slightly chewy consistency, the plus value of grilled meat, the smokey scent and flavor from the charcoal totally live up the appetite. Having this with the salt and nut sauce was incredible.

Sutbul Gui
IDR 190k
This was slightly sweeter than Yangnyeom Galbi and this was another quite successful dish with Korean BBQ sauce marinated nicely in the thin sliced meat, supported with the nice cooking skill, but if you ask me, I would prefer the Yangnyeom Galbi just because I think the cut and the quality of the meat was awesome (not that this one wasn't).

PS: you can cook your own meat if you want to

Yangnyeom Galbi on cooking

Look at 'em smoke!

Sutbul Gui on cooking

Yangnyeom Galbi ready to served. Loving the redness of the meat, it was cooked medium.

Sutbul Gui after cooking, I could tell that you're imagining the flavor aren't ya? The meat was thin but tender, the sweetness of the sauce was perfect without overpowering the natural savory flavor of the meat!

Sundubu Jigae
IDR 65k
Ironically, the one that stole my heart the most was this one. You might think I'm crazy but seriously, I've tried so many good Korean BBQs (those better than this) but this was probably one of the best Sundubu Jigae I've tried so far in life (aside from how much I love soup dishes). It was spicy, but that kind of addicting spicy-savory with broth from the beef and clams with perfect seasoning, the filling was quite generous and the portion was big enough for two. I only wish that next time they're presenting this with the egg still raw (because I asked for it), it's just that there's this personal satisfaction when I know I could mix my own egg. Sounds childish but hey that's me...okay, I'm craving for this again!

Overall, it was a joyous dinner over casual business meeting and good dinner. I must say that I wasn't disappointed at all but I wasn't out of the world excited to tell everyone to come here and splurge, but this is definitely on the good range of my personal standard, with so many Korean restaurants in town (and most of them sux tbh), this one worth your try :).

As in for pricing, we spent around IDR 620k for three dishes and one lime squash (my partner didn't order drink), yes quite hefty but that's the standard of the Korean BBQ in Jakarta, I wonder why Korean restaurants are mostly expensive?!

KAMSAHAMNIDA for reading!

Wu Jang Gun
Jl. Wolter Monginsidi No.34
Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan 12180
021 - 725 6181
Opening Hours: 11 AM - 11 PM (daily)
Price Range:
Food here ranges from IDR 60k - IDR 300k, but I suggest preparing around IDR 400k - IDR 500k (for two)
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Map for Maestro Meat Market, Wu Jang Gun located right beside

KOGI KOGI Korean Restaurant Jakarta

Got invited to try this new Korean restaurant joint that's soon to be opening for public on July, and I got the exclusive sneek-peek (more like spoiler) cover for eatandtreats readers! Say hi to KOGI KOGI Korean BBQ!

Kogi-Kogi which by the way means 'meats' in english, is a new Korean restaurant opening in the happening Wolter Monginsidi area with along with Korean BBQ Buffet as their concept, special thanks to bobobobo for inviting me over to the HOT BBQ dinner and since I freaking love korean food, especially the grill, it was a straight yes and I couldn't wait to NOM over the glorious food!

Typically, Korean restaurants in Jakarta are hefty and not so many of them are good, most are just common and kinda lose its authentic Korean sense and flavor, sometimes some which claimed to be 'authentic' ended up to be very crappy and "one and done" for me, just because you serve Kim Chi doesn't mean you actually serve Korean food, if I could I just wanna tell them upfront that their Kim Chi tasted like rotten vegetables and they're SUX while there's a thin line. However, knowing that this happens to be a buffet restaurant, I was already happy enough just for their existence, but was the food happen to be glorious enough for me? Keep on reading.

Sikhye, a traditional korean beverage made from rice. This was not my thing.

Sorry for the lack of interior pictures, how come I forgot to snap some T.T, starving tummy could control the empty mind, fact be told!!! 

Anyway, they have pretty decent range of meats for you to choose: beef, pork and chicken variants!

- Galbi (beef short ribs)

- Galbijjim (braised pork short ribs)

- Bulgogi (thin sliced marinated beef)

- Dwaeji Bulgogi (spicy pork)

- Dakgalbi (spicy chicken)

- Gungjung Dakgalbi (sweet marinated chicken)

Along with the raw meats, they also provide white rice, soups, salad, raw vegetables, condiments and sauces (Samiang, Suyu, Kogi-Kogi and Tokkochi Sauce).

The Korean rice rolls wraps were not exactly sushi but they were wrapped in vegetables or meat, the one which was very close to the sushi was called Kimbap or Korean sushi but they didn't have it here, according to the owner who is a Korean, best tip to eat the rice roll (Ssambab) was to dip it in the Tteobokki soup (more info below) and yes it changed the entire flavor and texture in a good way! Along with this, as for the cooked items, they also have Jap Chae (fried vermicelli) and Buchu Jeon (Korean chives pancake).

Thought the topping was some kind of beef chili but it was actually sauteed veges with sour flavor and tasted almost like Ratatouille, wasn't a big fan.

They claimed the veges to be organic.

'war' essentials!

Fat chee-kun (chicken) NOMNOM!

Grilling begins!

I was quite stunned when I realized that they didn't need to use any fat as the oil for grilling because most of the times when I happen to eat at a Korean restaurant that provided marble pan as the grilling plate, instead of the iron net based, they usually layer the pan with fat first, and plus it kinda help to cook better and to rise that aroma and flavor I believe, and yes my assumption of the cooking went right as most meats were sticking to the pan causing it to burn easier. Generally, I think the meat needs to be marinated with stronger bolder flavor, probably the marinated sauce needs to be thicker in consistency so that it could stay along with the meat while absorbing to the meat itself, as in for the spicy flavor, I couldn't really find the hint of spiciness.

Owner's tip to grill: make sure you cook the meat NOT at the center, but at the side of the pan for better distribution of heat and to prevent the meat from being burnt easily.

ALA CARTE!
They currently have four ala-carte menus and I got the privelege to taste EVERY ONE of it! *happy*.

Haemul Tteobokki Soup - Tteobokki is Korean language for rice cake.
I personally think that the soup was slightly sweeter than my expectation, I was expecting something that's a little more savory like Sundubu Jigae soup. This was my first time to ever try Tteobokki in soup form and I didn't think it's bad at all, the rice cakes (tteobokki) was chewy and I love the sweet tofu as it gave a little flavor play.

Sundubu Jigae
Hands down, for me this was one of the best Sundubu Jigae I've ever tried and it came from a restaurant that wasn't even launched yet so it was pretty surprising! The soup was very tasty and I love the proper level of spiciness, you know, that kind of addicting spiciness... The seafood was also fresh but they should be more generous.

Bibimbap

As much as how I am very fond of Bibimbap, this one was love and hate. Love because the ingredients were generous enough for the portion, hate because I think they're lack of sauce, but you can always ask for it - me judging on the original portion.

Steamed Egg
The steamed was nothing special, just common steamed egg with light seasoning.

As for desserts, they have Korean Rice Pudding in Vanilla and Chocolate flavor and fresh fruits to clean the palate. I found the chocolate one to be more interesting and the texture of the rice pudding was just good!

Fresh fruits, also to clean the palate!

I was pretty shocked when I found that each person will only, yes, only charged IDR 199k++, if you are a korean food enthusiast in Jakarta, you must know that one portion of meat in most Korean restaurants in Jakarta could range up to hundreds of thousands and here you can pretty much have anything you want, all you can stuff! As in for overall flavor, I must say that most of them were just okay, not really stood out but you get what you paid for and yes, you can still be hungry and fulfil certain percent of your Korean food craving!

(IDR 199k++ not included the drink).

KOGI KOGI
Jl. Wolter Monginsidi No. 85
South Jakarta
021 - 726 4999
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