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Where to find KOREAN FOOD IN DUBAI

Did you know Korean food in Dubai and the world over is on the rise?

Korean food can be healthy, convenient to cook and now really easy to find in Dubai. Apparently Waitrose in the UK has seen a 42 % increase in sales of the distilled grain spirit, SOJU!

There are even 3 Korean restaurants in Chennai! It seems Kimchi is cool…

Korean Food in Dubai DoinDubai Kimchi

We tried some Korean food at new branch of a well established Korean restaurant in Dubai’s International City. Not my usual stomping ground at all, but I was intrigued by idea of learning about authentic, Korean cooking methods.

Yes we had to cook our food this time, and I’m glad I did. Join me, I guarantee you’ll love KFood Middle East, more substantial than KPop!

Learning about Korean food in Dubai via a cooking class

I’ve recently eaten at Namu, the Japanese/Korean restaurant at the W hotel in Dubai and loved it!

But I didn’t think I’d also like the fresh, tasty dishes we made at Manna Land in International city almost as much! We were part of a cooking class that involved us making 2 authentic Korean dishes at our work stations.

Korean Food in Dubai DoinDubai cooking class

We were instructed via an interpretor by the hugely experienced Korean Grande Dame of cuisine in Dubai Mrs An.  The cooking class was organized by aT Center Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

I liked the simple, fresh ingredients we used for our Bibimbap, a mixed Korean rice. I don’t eat beef, which seems to be a popular Korean choice, but the you can substitute chicken very easily too.

Korean Food in Dubai DoinDubai Bibimbap
The cooking utensils are very practical as well as functional, so the stoneware lined rice bowl, not only stores the finished dish, it keeps it gorgeously warm too!

I’ve never seen a frying pan that was raised in the middle before, but again, it’s designed to cook the meat on top, then that gat simmer away in a more gentle broth at the sides.

I’m definitely going to try recreating my bibimbap rice bowl at home, another post on that at a later date. We were given some of the ingredients to take home and try.

Korean Food in Dubai DoinDubai ingredients

Where to find Korean food in Dubai

There are a number of restaurants you can try Korean food at here in Dubai, we’ve reviewed some of them here:

Namu

Sobhan

Koreana but you might like to try Shogun in Sheikh Zayed road.

Find Korean ingredients for cooking your KFood at the locations in the pdf here  

Korean Stores in Dubai

Try some KFood yourself this week end at the beach in JBR where there’s a Korean Food Fete happening.

Maybe I’ll see you down there!

Thank you Monica.

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KOREAN COMPETITION – now closed

Eat for Free at Sobahn

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

Announcing the winners: According to Random.Org, the winners are commenters:

Jennifer and Terry ! Well done and congratulations to you both ! I will email you your winning vouchers tomorrow, valid till the end of the month, do enjoy your meal and let me know what you thought of Sobahn !

Who said there’s no such thing as a free lunch ? Sobahn Korean Japanese restaurant has kindly offered Do in Dubai two vouchers for a buffet meal for 2 people each. Sobahn so good!

All you have to do to win one of these is to be a subscriber to Do in Dubai (just fill in your email and follow instructions) like us on Facebook and answer this easy question in the comment box below

What is Kimchee?

I’ll as usual let the Random Number Gizmo choose 2 winners at the end of next week, that’s Thursday 31st October and email them the result, that’s it, just enjoy your well made Oriental meal in great surroundings.  The hard part will be choosing who to take with you ! Thanks Monica

Click here for our review of Sobahn restaurant to whet your appetites and Thanks to Sobahn for another Great Do in Dubai Giveaway. And if you haven’t already seen it, click here for our link to Oriental Dubai.

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KOREAN restaurant in Dubai

Koreana is an authentic, reasonably priced Korean restaurant just past Mall of the Emirates, with easy parking and tasty food. It serves both Korean and Japanese food, the night we tried it for dinner we had the usual Kimchi (comes automatically) in the form of chilli cabbage, cucumbers, bean shoots and potato and ordered the barbeque cooked at the table, choices are chicken, beef or seafood.

Koreana restaurant Dubai

The Chicken gyozas we had to start with were plump and well filled and the sushi was plentiful as well but more Korean than Japanese style in that the fillings were more vegetarian than raw fish. The owners are Korean and regularly get involved in the kitchen, so authenticity is assured and perhaps confirmed by the many oriental diners in the restaurant. Usefully menus are explained in Korean and English which is helpful for those of us who aren’t too familiar with the range of Korean cuisine.

Mr Son has been running the Koreana restaurant for years but in Satwa where parking was getting quite difficult, the new location behind Hacker Kitchens in Sheikh Zayed Road near the 2nd Ibis hotel is much more convenient for his customers. Try it as a change to your local places, it’s great not having to walk through a mall to get to a restaurant and let me know what you think of Korean Cuisine in Dubai.

Koreana Restaurant is located in Al Barsha 1, parallel to Sheikh Zayed road past Emirates Mall in the direction of Abu Dhabi, near the 2nd Ibis hotel (not the one just behind Mall of Emirates) near Hacker Kitchens. It has moved here from Satwa, parking is easy right in front of the restaurant. Service is helpful and friendly, menus are in Korean and English.

Tel : 04 392 9918

 

Less of the raw fish Sushi at Koreana in Al Barsha 1

It’s open for lunch (not during Ramadan of course) between 11.30 and 3.30 am and for dinner from 6.30 to 11.30 pm. Families are welcomed and the night we visited there were many Orientals and Western expats dining there.

Did you know about this restaurant already ? And has the my post inspired you to try it ? Let me know in the comments box below, your email address will be kept private, only your comment will be displayed, thanks Monica.

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