Better with cheese: dinner at Kobi Korean BBQ

Kobi Korean BBQ

Along with the restaurant name signage, there were a couple of other signages boasting of Kobi Korean BBQ’s specialties: Chicken and Cheese and Pork Belly. So, we no longer complicated our lives by ordering anything else. For either of those, there is a minimum of two orders so it was good for our party 5. DD#2 wanted dumplings so we ordered those as well.

The place was packed as it was a Friday night but we got a seat at the patio. It turned out to be a good thing as the smoke from the grill was not confined as we imagined it would be in the airconditioned area. However, as with any BBQ, we were resigned to smell like smoke at the end of our dinner, which we did.

The side dishes (ban-chan) came first along with fluffy steamed egg. We also got soup which was ready to boil in the middle of one grill. We had two grills as one was to be used for the pork belly and the other, for the chicken and cheese.

We got the pork belly ready to cook along with some lettuce for wrapping and a ton of onions to go with the dipping sauce. We started cooking it right away. The only way you can go wrong with this pork belly is if you burn it. It was wonderfully cooked, so we all enjoyed it-- ahem ahem..

BBQ Pork Belly @ Kobi BBQ

The soup was delicious but it got boiling hot and we didn’t know how to get the bowl out.  We couldn’t turn off the grill as we were still cooking the pork belly. In the end, after we turned off the grill, we had to let it cool down before we got to enjoy it.

soup @ Kobi BBQ

The spicy chicken was already cooked and came in a circular grilling pan with cheese around it. The grill was used practically just to melt the cheese. The chicken was nicely flavoured, a good combination of sweet and spicy. The additional richness from the gooey cheese brought it up a couple of notches.  Anything with melted cheese is good, right? It was like a different kind of fondue.

Spicy Chicken and Cheese @ Kobi BBQ

Anyway, service was okay considering how busy the place was and the food was good. It was pretty pricey though at almost $20 per order (with a minimum of two orders for the grilled items we ordered). I can say it was such a hit with DD#1 that she is already asking when we are coming back. I think we will come back very soon.