Lotte Korean Mart - Tanjong Pagar

A trip to the Lotte Korean Mart after work! Just a few minutes walk from my workplace

Location: 67A Tanjong Pagar Road 088488

It is a 5 minutes walk from the Tanjong Pagar Station, Exit A. Located along somewhere in middle section of the long stretch of shophouses. If you spot the Orchid Hotel, just walk along it.

Haneul Bori - $1.50 (Barley Tea)

I was expecting this to be sweet and similar to our barley drink, of a different shade but I was so wrong. This is sugarless.  For those who had tasted Oolong Tea without sugar, it is kinda similar to it. There is a wheaty barley taste that lingers in the mouth and tasted more pleasant each mouthful.

Any TTMIK listeners out there? I started learning Korean a few months ago with the podcasts from TalkToMeInKorean (TTMIK)

Coincidentally, I bought the tea that Kyeon-Eun Shi was talking about in the video. (Watch around 0:40s onwards.) This video is in full Korean but with translated annotations.

I really appreciate the free podcasts that they provide. Thanks TTMIK!

Milkis - $1


This looks kinda cute. I think there is a lot of unexpected taste when it comes to Korean beverages, and partially due to the fact that I can't read Korean labels.

This is a actually a strawberry yogurt drink but with fizz. Imagine drinking strawberry yogurt drink (similar to the Marigold Strawberry Yogurt drink) but with carbon dioxide from a soft drink fizzing in your mouth. It's like drinking sprite and yogurt drink at the same time. Pretty cool.


It gets a little too quiet here if not for the TV. Some Korean snacks, drinks, instant noodles, frozen food can be found but there were not much variety compared to larger Korean marts in Singapore. There is a nice Korean guy working in the mart though.

2D1N Soju Bang @ Tanjong Pagar

My second visit to 2 days 1 night (Soju Bang) with some course mates. The store is located along the shophouses. Do come an hour early to reserve a slot. The queues gets crazy around 7pm or so.

It costs $25.89 per pax for the buffet, inclusive of GST and service charge. This is a great place for carnivores like myself - All-you-can-eat-meat varieties.

Awesome meat. We started cooking before the rest arrived. I love the marinated chicken, sausages and pork belly the most. Sweet, tender and juicy chicken.

More meat.

If you notice, at the side of the pan, there are some oil bubbling. The bbq grill pan is actually slanted so that the excess oil will drip into a bowl that is placed just below the mouth of the pan. The amount of oil that didn't end up in our stomach is amazing. (The bowl was 3/4 filled with oil by the time we finished eating.)

Some of the meat variety

More pork belly and chicken

More pork belly and beef bulgogi. A plate of kimchi.

Some fresh lettuce to make some lettuce wrap the pork and beef.

My favourite banchan (side dish) - Japchae. Basically it is a kind of sweet potato vermicelli mixed with vegetables and sesame oil. I don't know why but I really love the taste of sweet, sesame oil goodness. Have some to go with the meat, it is delicious.

Minimal pasta salad and Tteokbokki for tasting. They tasted really awesome but eating starch is not advisable in a buffet as they fill up your stomach. I prefer to leave some space for my meat.

They only offer lime juice on that night. Not too sweet or sour.

I'll definitely recommend huge appetite meat eaters here. Nice place for gathering. The staff were really very friendly and come round every 15 minutes or so to change the aluminium foil so you don't have to worry about grilling your meat on burnt foil.

The only downside (that I can think of is), like most bbq, your hair and shirt smelled so bad afterwards.