Chanced to visit Bamboo House for a quick dinner and
ended up having a good time. We were walking around Queen Street looking for a
place for a quick meal and then we came across this little Korean restaurant Yat
Nal Bab Sang (Bamboo House) and thought of trying it out. As an individual, I
knew very little about Korean food but my friend with me, had lived in Korea
for a while and insisted me to try it out so we made our way inside.
The Bamboo House restaurant (Yat Nal Bab
Sang:옛날밥상)
is
located in downtown Auckland, near Queen Street at Commerce Street in the CBD
area. It is a small restaurant with few seats and as we visited there on a
weekday around 8pm, it was really quiet. They had varieties of Korean food from
appetizers, soups, dumplings, rice meals to Korean beers and wines. We ordered
some Korean dumplings for the starter and a meal of spicy chicken on rice and
Bibimbap on hot stone. The price of the food was reasonable with all meals
being in between 13 to 17 dollars per dish. I had had soju numerous times but had
never tasted Korean beers so I did take this chance for trying that as well.
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| The Hike Beer at Bamboo House, Auckland |
The staff in the Bamboo house restaurant (Yat
Nal Bab Sang:옛날밥상) were Koreans, really
friendly and we got our meals quickly as we ordered. I ordered for the Hite
beer. The Korean beer Hite actually wasn’t so different than a regular lager so
it wasn’t such a different experience like when you drink Soju, which is
different than any white or red wine you drink. Our starters were soon on the
table. The dumplings filled with chicken was delicious but the dumplings was
not so different than most Asian dumplings and the only difference I found was
the texture of the fillings inside. Also the dumplings came with a dip with sesame seeds which was something I had never tasted and worked quite well with the dumplings. The spicy chicken on rice, came with a
platter of sticky rice with chicken on the side mixed with veggies which was
more like a salad. It also came with various Korean condiments like Kimchi and onion
and ginger salad. The spicy chicken wasn’t so spicy for my taste and I could
totally get that as a culture here in New Zealand, a lot of food even if it
says spicy isn’t that spicy unless you tell them to make it really spicy. But
overall combining the chicken with rice and some spicy kimchi was really good. The
Bibimbap on hot stone, quite resembled a kebab sizzler or a Sisig platter in
the Philippines, with meat pieces in a hot stone, with sizzling steam while
served. It looked amazing and was really great to taste as well.
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| The dumplings for starters at 옛날밥상 |
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| Dinner at Bamboo House, Auckland |
The overall review of the food at Bamboo
House (Yat Nal Bab Sang: 옛날밥상) was really good. I guess locals should try out this little
restaurant for takeaways or quick bites as it proves to be really good. Would I
go back again? Oh yes, the people were friendly, and even if the food weren’t
that amazing, it was good and I guess most people do love their food anyways.
Had a good time and cheers to the restaurant staff.
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