Me 'n' Myself: Pines Restaurant

God! I am extremely stuffed right now. Feeling all bloated! Hahaha … JiaJia and I had a heavy dinner at Pines Restaurant this evening. I had been craving for Korean food for the past few weeks so I invited JiaJia for dinner tonight. It was my advance birthday celebration for her coming birthday next month. I am expecting that I wouldn't be celebrating with her this year. Hence, the early birthday dinner.

I asked her to choose in between Kimchi Restaurant and Pines Restaurant. She chose Pines Restaurant as the food is more authentic and the customer service is not bad either. I had been there one year ago when Sister came home last year. That was long long time ago. Hahaha … There weren't much customers when we arrived. Just us and another table of customers.

I think we had ordered too much. We managed to finish half of the food we ordered. Both JiaJia and I ordered for the same sushi – Brunei Roll. I thought it was quite nice when I tried it last year. But not that nice when I had it this evening. The sushi rice was a bit too hard, I think.

1. Brunei Roll

The fried rice crumbs coating the sushi were a bit too hard for my liking. I remembered that it wasn't that hard when I tried it one year ago.

Rating: 6 out of 10

2. KimChi Chigae (KimChi Stew)

Hmm … There's nothing much to comment about the dish but I would prefer if the chef sprinkled less salt on the stew. It was far too salty for my liking. But it was hot and spicy enough. =D

Rating: 7.5 out of 10

3. Dolsot Bibimbap

JiaJia ordered this. She said it was nice. The sauce was a bit sweet and doesn't taste spicy at all. I think the rice would have taste better if the sauce had been slightly spicy. Hahaha …

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

This is how Bibimbap looked like after being stirred together with Korean sweet paste and sesame oil. The more sesame oil you poured on your rice, the nicer it smells. But do make sure that you don't overuse the sesame oil or else your rice is gonna be all oily and sticky.

4. KimChi Pajeon (Kimchi Pancake)

This dish is actually not on the menu. I had specially requested for it since JiaJia is not supposed to consume any seafood. Additionally, I would prefer KimChi Pancake more than Seafood Pancake. I missed the Kimchi Pancake at Kintaro Restaurant in London Chinatown.

Rating: 9 out of 10

5. Complimentary Side Dish

The overall ratings for the entire dinner were just about 6.5 out of 10. The customer service had been good but I don't like the taste of the food. Far too salty for our likings. The cashier did ask us whether we are happy with our food. I told him that everything is fine apart the food being salty. Hahaha …