Arang 22

We decided to come here since it was usually the 1st of many Korean restaurants after exiting BEJ and into Senopati. It always looked full with many cars and if it's full the food usually shouldnt be too bad right?



We ordered the seafood pancake, sweet marinated kalbi and pork belly. Along with that was the many variety of small dishes that all good korean restaurants serve.

Alot of people say that the quality of a korean restaurant is usually dictated by the amount of small dishes they serve. I dont know how that would be true but thats what i usually hear people say. Arang 22 serves quite alot of small dishes, there were cockles, omelette, chips, veg, mini pancakes, kimchi to name a few. They were pretty alright, but im not such a big fan of the small dishes so i cant judge much.

While waiting for my sister we ordered the seafood pancake first, it came out hot and crispy which is ultimately important because of the recent failure in texture for all my meals!! How was it? For about 70k, there were very small pieces of seafood which if you dont pay enough attention would be missed by the radar. The requisite spring onion was a tad too overpowering in the meal as the taste was cutting into the pancake quite abit. But overall, i would rate it decent. The accompanied chili was pretty good as well.



Snob sister finally came (she doesnt like it tht i call her snob sister cause she claims she's not a snob ha ha) and the bbq meat came out. The portions i have to say, its pretty pathetic considering it cost like 160k for the kalbi, and 60k for the pork belly. The pork belly i was surprised it came out in strips of bacon, basically rendering it... bacon. It wasnt even pork belly considering how thin it was!!!! Of course 60k isnt alot, but they should have just given me one thick slice rather than with so many thin slices. This would have made the pork belly crispy on the outside while still maintaining its juices, texture my young padawan.....


Thin Strips of Bacon

So how was the 160k kalbi? Well it was tender and juicy, and considering how few pieces there were, i would expect this to be pretty decent quality of kalbi for that price. But i couldnt go past the fact that i could probably have gotten this cheaper at some other place. Or still pretty much enjoy my kalbi at a meat that is of a lower quality.


Kalbi Boneless

The place was pretty crowded with a mix of young and old, i saw 1-2 korean families coming in. The place is okay, but at such a price i probably would have gotten my fill at Galerai J, but mummy snob says that the quality is not as good as last time.

And oh, the many side dishes, i think it was offset by the expensive meat man..

Arang 22
Jl. Tulodong Bawah no. 1A
Kebayoran Baru - Jkt