Damotory

It’s an average place. The bbq seems to be the most popular. Cold noodle is average, pancakes are very nice and the small dishes are really bad. Has outdoor (people watching) or indoor (eyes watering smokey) seating options.

DO NOT EAT HERE. I get it; it’s located in a lively spot (Robertson Quay), and why not stop in for a late night drink? But, if you’re looking for decent Korean food, do not come here. On the day that my group of four went here for a meal, the samgyupsal was shamefully salty, and the galbi tang was almost unidentifiable as such… it had no noodles and was seasoned with soy sauce and sesame oil. What? I’m Korean, and that is just wrong. The soondubu was watery and has almost no taste. To top it off, the prices are high. Save yourself from a bad experience, and do no eat here.

Last Friday, we decided to go Damotory just because there was no queue. I went with very little expectation, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Damotory has both indoor and outdoor seats. If weather permits, you should really try sitting outside on the tatami (Korean style) seats, sipping your soju under starry night. The indoor seats also have a section of tatami as well as normal wooden bench. It mimics one of those humble Korean restaurant you would find in Seoul neighbourhood.
Their side dishes were not interesting. There were only 4 banchan but I totally loved the kimchi. The cabbage was very well pickled yet still crunchy. Mind you, I actually finished 3 helpings by myself.
We ordered a half-​half pancake of kimchi+chives. The kimchi side is definitely better because the chives half tasted like plain dough. The pancake is a tad oily but it does make the pancake taste nicer.
The highlight of the night was the spring onion beef roll. The sauce was sweet, the meat was tender and the spring onion makes the whole roll crunchy! It’s not cheap, 3 beef rolls for $ 20 but it’s really good!
We also ordered a chicken and glass noodle stew platter (can’t rmb the full name). It was tasty! The carrot and potato was cooked soft enough yet still preserve sweetness of the vege plus the tasty stew sauce. It comes with some rice cakes in it too. It’s rare to find rice cakes cooked in a non-​spicy sauce, it’s delicious. The $ 40 chicken stew is quite a big portion, probably feed 2 – 3 people if you don’t order anything else.
To celebrate end of the week, we had 2 jars of makgueli. They serve their makgueli in my favourite Korean clay-​jars. You can easily spot that almost every table order their makgueli, because it is GOOD.
I would come back to try other dishes on the menu because they serve quite a lot of un-​conventional Korean dishes which you may not find in other Korean restaurant in Sg.