Cheap Korean Eats - Azumma

Last week C and I went to Kimberly Street (aka Korean Street) in TST for some Korean groceries and a quick lunch. I noticed a new restaurant had opened a few doors down from New World Mart (my favorite place for home-made kimchi) across from Hansung (another place for an cheap bite). We saw on the menu that the some of the rice dishes had a $10 discount (so dishes that were $50 became $40), and it looked busy, so we decided to have a try. We ordered a stone bowl mixed rice (bibimbap), a kimchi fried rice (kimchi bokkeumbap), and a cold buckwheat noodle (mul naengmyun). It only cost us $170 total.

Beef Bibimbap - Stone Bowl Mixed Rice

Mul Naengmyun - Cold Buckwheat Noodle

Kimchi Bokkeumbap - Kimchi Fried Rice

The bibimbap was okay, and there was nothing spectacular about the naengmyun, but the fried rice was surprisingly good. It was lightly spicy, tangy from the kimchi, and although you could see the oil on your plate it didn't feel greasy in the mouth. There were also bits of pork and onion in the fried rice, and some seaweed was sprinkled on top to finish it off. Sure, it might not be the healthiest thing to eat but it was pretty tasty! 

I think Azumma is better than Hansung. Even though Hansung is okay, I think the flavors at Azumma were more on point. It's worth trying if you're in the area, and you should pick up some Korean groceries while you're at it!

Azumma Korean Restaurant

G/F, 3B Kimberley Street, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2311 - 3983