Woori Ga Restaurant

Woori Ga Restaurant

Woori-Ga restaurant is situated behind the Mnet building in Cheongdam-dong. The restaurant serves Royal Korean Cuisine. There's no sign in English, but you can recognize Woori-Ga by the little bamboo garden with the stone steps out the front.

The restaurant's simple monochrome décor sets a beautiful backdrop. The restaurant has egg-shell colored walls, white linen tablecloths and creamy lighting. Some of the walls as well as the ceiling lighting fixtures have antique Korean doors covered with Hanji paper. The effect casts shadows of doors around the restaurant. The table settings usually have big green leaves under them and the napkin holders are often accented with fresh flowers or branches. Big white candles, stones and flowers minimally embellish the inside of the main dining room.

There are a la carte choices, but most people will come for the full set course meal, which will includes course after course of mouthwatering delicacies.

Courses include dishes like Radish Kimchee soup, Gu Geoul Pan (Veggies wrapped in thinly sliced radish and dipped in wasabi) Shrimp on a bed of rice cake, fried and breaded seafood, pork or beef, cold noodles with vegetables in a seafood/beef broth, crispy veggies wrapped in a thinly sliced layer of beef, Kalbi Jim (tender marinated pieces of beef rib slowly stewed with sweet potatoes, carrot and chesnut). At the end of the meal, you will get a sweet yet tart fruit tea to cleanse the palate and following that is a tray of rice cakes and nutty tasting desserts.

The presentation of the food is really impressive. The food designer believes in that food should appeal to all the senses, thus through sumptuous visual presentation, she believes the food tastes even better. The pottery dishes are typically adorned with leaves, branches and bamboo sticks. The dishes really look like art on a plate. So get ready to have a Royal Korean dinner at Woori-Ga Restaurant.

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