A Big Pleasant Surprise In The Most Cosy Korean Restaurant Ever!

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★★★★

Talking about Korean cuisine, while locals might have all rushed to the renowned Korean Street at Kimberley Street in Tsim Sha Tsui, forigners might actually find Fu Shan Korean Restaurant very familar. For unknown reasons, Fu Shan is actually pretty famous among the foreign gourmet network.

Walking through the shabby Daily House, I stepped onto the Ashley Road and there I saw all these foreign restaurants' names popping into my eyes. Never thought there is such a prosperous street out of no where.

In the middle of the road we saw Fu Shan Korean Restaurant. To be honest, Fu Shan Restaurant's entrance is definitely not the type I would stop and check its menu when I passed by. Yet, walking into the restaurant, we were immediately greeted by the big cute restaurant owner (which I later found out), and they were speaking Korean to us.

To my surprise the owner thought I was Korean. Anyway, the restaurant gave a cosy feeling, all of their workers are Korean, mostly family member it seemed. The Restaurant is nicely furnished, you could see several bits and pieces of Korean elements around the room. The restaurant also provides more private seatings further at the back of the restaurant, where I heard laughter in Korean and English everywhere. Speaking of Fu Shan is famous to foreigners, I saw no locals at the night I dined in.

Fu Shan Korean Restaurant provides a wide range of combo choices and all are at reasonable prices. Yet we already had the dishes we want in head so we ordered separately from the set menus. And....Here comes our mouth drooling dishes of the night:

Kimchi Pajeon (Kimchi Pancake)

Taking my first bite on the Kimchi Pajeon, I know its savouriness was not exaggerated. Sizzling on the iron pot, the Kimchi Pajeon displayed a glow of golden yellow with a drizzle of fresh green onion on top. The Pajeon was soft in the middle and crispy at both sides of the crust. It was mildly spicy with tasty kimchi spread evenly across the pancake. This was truly amazing that I kept craving on it.

Toppoki (Korean Rice Cake)

Later came in again on a sizzling hot pot my all time favourite - the Korean Rice Cake. I have always had a thing for Rice Cake, either in Chinese, Japanese or Korean style. Peeping inside the pot you saw heaps of little reddish-white rice cakes and beef served on a thick brown sauce with sliced tomato, kimchi and chopped red and white radish at side. Feeling really excited, I quickly took in a piece of rice cake along with a slice of beef.

Sauce. Yet.....I was a bit disappointed. This pot of rice cake cant be compared to those I had in my last Korea Trip at all. The pot of rice cake was not spicy at all and was dominated by sweetness. I guess Fu Shan is more specialised(or localised) in making a thick and sweet tomato sauce than the traditional thick and spicy tomato sauce. Despite my personal bias, the sauce itself was pretty tasty and nicely stewed, as you could taste the essence of tomato and beef in it.

Rice Cakes & Others. Although the sauce was not something that I like, the rice cake itself was. It was soft, chewy and saturated with the sweet tomato beef sauce.The Beef was sweet and fresh, the original taste of the beef could still stands out under the much stronger sweet tomato sauce. The red Radish was also soft and yummy. To conclude,all the ingredients are nicely stewed as all of them had absorb the essence of the sweet thick sauce. Personal comment is adding more spicy Korean paste into the pot to give more Oriental flavour.

Korean Bacon

Korean Bacon Barbecue is always on my must eat list when having Korean food. The best(and only) way to have the bacon is to spread a piece of kimchi, a slice of barbecued garlic and a small spoon of Ssamjang sauce onto a nicely done bacon and wrap them up with a big slice of fresh green lettuce, serve fast. Speaking of which, you have to order the fresh lettuce and Ssamjang separately.

Ssamjang (Perfect Sauce for Grilled Meat)

SsamJang('Jang' means sauce) is no ordinary soybean paste but a special dipping sauce for grilled meat which is often served in a lettuce wrap. It is made up of a mixture of soybean paste, chili paste, minced garlic and sesame oil. The ingredients explain how tasty it is!

The method I mentioned earlier on was the Genuine Korean way to enjoy the bacon wrap, just as my Korean friend told me. The owner's wife might have figured I knew how to eat Korean food, so she brought along some garlic with the SsamJang when I asked for the sauce. How thoughtful she was! The SsamJang should be a homemade one, 'coz it tasted nicer than the one I bought in citysuper lol!

The Cute Bear Pen

While having the nice dinner, the owner's wife suddenly came over to our table and handed me this lovely rainbow coloured Bear Pen! After explaining that the owner wants to give it to me, she left our table with a big warm smile. I was so thrilled and touched by the pleasant surprise, while feeling like a kid upon receiving such a cute pen in such occasion.

How could any restaurant be more friendly and cosy than this? Highly recommended! If you want to have a genuine Korean food experience, come Fu Shan and feel their cosiness!

Fu Shan Korean Restaurant

G/F, Kowloon Centre, 29 Ashley Road,

Tsim Sha Tsui

☏ 2376 2543

Opening Hours: 11:00-15:00, 18:00-23:00(Mon-Sun)