Dumiok Restaurant: Korean Food in Dhaka

So, on the 28th to celebrate my lil miss E's 7 months b-day we went to Dumiok Restaurant in Banani area. I went there for a very important "errand", but also had this in mind that I would visit this restaurant at the same shot. Sort of killing two birds with one stone kind of scenario. Banani area is not close to where I am staying currently. So, it's a no brainer to do these two things on a same outing all the way there.

My actual task, which was to change our return flight to New York was a major fail. I kind of knew it.That. It would happen. So, wasn't majorly disappointed there. Anyway, now, off to talk about food at the Dumiok.

Dumiok is a Korean restaurant. It seems like Dhaka, now has pretty significant Korean expats. This restaurant is adjacent to its bakery, of which products I tried few weeks ago. It was nothing earth shattering tasty, but pretty decent. And then I had the opportunity of trying their food the other day.

Menu is overwhelmingly Korean. I'm surprised nothing was Bengalized over there. And, while we were there however number of patrons we saw, were also overwhelmingly all Koreans. So, it's pretty authentic in that sense. I mean, I would think it was since Koreans were eating at a Korean restaurant! LOL I LOVE few Korean dishes, and among those is Bibimbap! I knew, I would try that. They had their usual flare of beef bar-b-q stuffs, octopus etc. We probably would have tried the beef bbq had we not had little miss E with us. She was quite a handful to deal with. Anyway, we had bibimbap, which was vegetarian (no meat) with an egg poached on top. So, we needed some meaty stuffs, and we ordered a dish called "chicken with garlic sauce", which didn't sound much Korean-y, but when we saw it, it did seem a bit different than the usual ones I would see in a Chinese restaurant. Food was good. I didn't care for the taste of chicken. Bibimba was mmmmmm!!!! And then came the bill, with two bibimbap dishes, one chicken dish, two sprites the total came about 2400something BDT, approximately $30.00. hmmmm...can't say it was expensive, but considering we were in Dhaka, can't say it was cheap either. But we had to try. I'm glad I did. At least if for nothing else, I can recommend it to someone who likes Korean food!

And here are the pics!

Assorted vege appetizers that come beforehand, which includes Kimchee...

Bibimbap

 Chicken dish

And bibimbap after mixing it all together..mmmmm

Ajo Restaurant : My First stop in Dhaka eating

So, I've been reading about this restaurant Ajo for a while before I came here. And for the obvious reason I wanted to try it out. This little "restaurant/cafe" is hiding inside Dhaka Art Center. Honestly, if I didn't know already that this cafe exists here, there is no way of telling if one crosses the Art center. Not much of publicity from the street, but plenty online. It just seemed little different from looking at their pictures on their FB page. We went the other day to have some early evening snacks. It was my sis, my cousin, little niece and my baby. Food was okay, a little on the spicy side. Really. Even their pasta with white sauce was spicy! Anyway, we had two types of rolls-chicken and beef, I had pasta with white sauce, my cousin had paste with meat sauce, and milk shakes. Yea, I get it way too much for snacks. And since when pasta is considered snack? LOL I liked the food, and as for the ambiance....hmm, what can I say? It seemed like it's a place for couple to make out. yikes. And a place for bunch of teenagers/young adults to act "cool" by smoking  and conversing in Banglish (mixture of English and Bangla), and touching each other (opposite sex) for no apparent reason. huh!


Would I go back there? Yes, food is worthy of a second visit. But if you don't want to ruin your appetite from seeing couple doing PDA then don't go. Well, not great pics of food ever taken, here it is nonetheless,