209 Jaffe Road, Wan Chai Tel: 2827 9287 Open: 11.30am-3.30pm, 5.30pm-11pm
Cuisine: Korean
Price: about HK$175 without drinks and the service charge.
Ambience: not much. The restaurant is small and tables are packed closely together. Two overhead televisions - on mute, thankfully - show Korean news and soap operas.
Pros: come for the homey pots of soups and stews, and skip the barbecue (which is cooked in the kitchen anyway; there are no grills on the tables).
Cons: the servers are competent, although not particularly welcoming. Some of the more interesting dishes are not listed on the menu - you have to be in the know to order them. Lettuce with boiled pork and spicy sauce (HK$250) had meat that was too firm, and the vegetables - used to wrap the meat - were soggy. Rice with seafood, vegetables, beef and egg in hot pot (HK$110) was served in a dolsot (stone pot) that wasn't hot enough, so the rice didn't develop a good crunchy crust.