by Twyla Campbell | Apr 5, 2019 | Food, Restaurant Review
Despite three unsatisfactory experiences (save for a couple of dishes being “okay”), I feel Jang has the potential to be so much better. The chef loves being creative, and that’s good, but just like bigger is not always better, more...
by Twyla Campbell | Aug 8, 2017 | Restaurant Review
When you first step inside this Korean restaurant on 99 Street, you might be impressed with a space made warm with strings of patio lights, planks of rustic-chic wood on floors and walls, and inviting areas to sit—either under umbrella-ed patio tables, or...
by Twyla Campbell | Mar 31, 2016 | Restaurant Review
After the reform of Canadian immigration laws in 1966, Canada’s Korean population grew from 2,000 in 1969 to almost 20,000 by 1980. Naturally, the émigrés brought with them the flavours of their world and Canada was introduced to the exotic flavours of bulgogi...
by Twyla Campbell | Jun 6, 2015 | Restaurant Review
Restaurants with small menus and specialized fare get my motor running. Think Cibo, Farrow, Tres Carnales, Corso, Rge Rd; the days of four-page, laminated menus are (almost) history in Edmonton. Nongbu Korean Eatery in Old Strathcona has joined the ‘small but...
by Twyla Campbell | Mar 7, 2013 | Restaurant Review
Before this Won Jung Gak opened at 10023-107th, making your way to the original location in the concrete bowels of a south side industrial area required the combined forces of a homing pigeon and a Sherpa guide – or at the very least, a GPS. And even when you found...
