Wineshark Mystery Restaurant - Hancham 韓珍

This Korean restaurant is located at Pret Avenue in TST, specializing in Korean BBQ, with a range of dry-aged beef, pork belly, and other types of seafood. Adjacent and sharing the same floor is another restaurant Bong Ru offering Korean Chinese cuisine. Today, we go to Hancham for dinner before my trip to Vietnam on the next day.

We are the first group of customers to arrive and are arranged to sit at a booth. The setting is quite standard, with the stove in the middle of the table, and the ventilation fans on top to suck up the smoke. We have decided to go for Set Menu A ($1,580 for two), and quickly the staff brings us the different side dishes. I like kimchi most.

The menu starts with Mushroom Dubuseon Yuzu Salad. The salad is fresh, drizzled with yuzu sauce which brings a nice balance of acidity and sweetness, and is appetizing. There are some stuffed mushrooms which provide additional flavors and texture to the salad. Pleasant and a nice start to the meal.

Next is Egg Bomb, which is like a mini-stainless steel pot with fluffy steamed egg, with an interesting taste that reminds me a bit on salted duck egg but minus the saltiness. With cheese on top and some flying fish roe, it is a hearty dish that is delicious and appealing to all ages.

For BBQ, the plate has different components, including a large piece of 90-Day Dry Aged Hanwoo Ribeye Steak, Marinated Rib Fingers, Chuck Flap Tail, Jeju Black Pork Belly, plus some other vegetables like asparagus, potatoes and shaggy mane. The quality of the meat is very good, and I like the chuck flap tail most for its flavours and less fattiness. There are also lettuce and shiso to wrap the meat, plus other condiments for seasoning. The meat are of high quality, and we can taste the original flavors. Apparently they are confident and proud of the meat.

Then it is Kimchi Fried Rice, which came when we were still half-way on the BBQ, so by the time we enjoyed it, it was not as steaming hot and became less tasty. The flavors are good though, with some melted cheese on top, and if the restaurant can time it better it would be perfect.

Service is decent, with the staff attentive and helpfully asking whether we want to refill the side dishes. I think she would like to help us do the BBQ as well. The bill on the night is $1,788 and if you like to have some nice Korean BBQ, this is one of the places to go.