Roast Pork Sambal Ijo Roulade. House made sambal ijo, roasted garlic cous cous, glazed peppers and coriander herb oil.
First, let's talk about the cous cous. When I ordered it, I was worried about the texture of the cous cous. If you know me, then you know that I totally hate quinoa. If it has the same dry texture like quinoa has then 100% I won't touch it at all. Luckily it's not. The cous cous was dry but not too dry. I think the coriander oil gave a huge impact to the texture. So yeah, I enjoy the cous cous.
The main star of that plate was the roast pork, no doubt. If I close my eyes when I eat it and you say that it's chicken, I'll believe it right away. Lean pork meat with no fat and no pork smell at all. It's grace when the non fatty pork meat could satisfy me that much. But shame, I love pork flavor and I tasted nothing there. Grace and shame at the same time. The sambal ijo was really compliment the roast pork. However, it tasted mediocre. It tasted like a very normal sambal ijo you can find anywhere.
Har Jeong Gai Charcoal Burger. Battered prawn paste chicken thigh, charcoal brioche bun, romainne, tomatoes, tri-color coleslaw served with signature shoestring fries.
The bun was beyond my expectation. It didn't has that dry texture to it, but the taste wasn't that far from normal bun. However, the chicken thigh was extraordinary. Tender and full of flavors. Don't you hate it when the flavor is just on the surface of the skin and the meat is completely bland? This chicken thigh wasn't that kind of crap. It's meaty, juicy, nutty and a bit sour. And the burger was solid, it's not too crumbley so I could easily eat that without making any mess. Plus point for that.
They served it with the shoestring fries and tri-color coleslaw. The fries was good. It's fat, not that skinny crunchy type of fries, I do prefer this kind of fries. Not to mention that the seasoning powder was nice. But look at the tri-color coleslaw, it only had single color. Where's the other two colors? Not really important though.
The place is still new. There's so much room to improve. Based on this dish alone, I think this place is gonna be gem in PIK area. My only concern is the price, is it worth that much? Actually, I wanna give a full 5 marks, but I should put the price as something to consider right.