. . . rambling thots . . .

as a follow up to my search of halal korean food in KL, i think this might be it.

my cousin, who has been kind and perhaps persistant enough (even when i am almost at the brinks of giving up), have found one Korean Restaurant that's halal. it's located at Darby Park.

apparently, quoting her, "all restaurants in Darby Park are certified halal". it's supposedly their policy to only have halal food providers in their premises.

and did you know that there are such thing as halal certification of hotels, which is based on the hotel's main kitchen, given by JAKIM?

as i did, you might be asking "Are you sure?"...

well, for one thing, if you're unsure, might as well skip it altogether.

as for me, with the halal certification from JAKIM, i think i'm gonna give it a go. but for my own good and comfort, i'll ask them first!

For the past few months, my tastebuds have been dying to try Korean food and thus, I have been pestering my cousins to go with me.

I asked around, should anyone come across any decent korean restaurants in KL or the PJ area that is Halal, which the possibilities are almost none of course, knowing that mostly are non-halal.

Food I wanna try : Eomuk (fish-based), Tteokbokgi (rice-based), Gimbap (sushi-like), Kimchi (fermented spiced cabbage).

I've heard one or two people saying, "Oh, that one is Halal!". This coming from people that I question their understanding of "HALAL" and its actual meaning.

When I convey this to my cousin, a few days later she came back and told me about this one restaurant in AmCorp Mall. Today, having a few minutes to spare, I Googled it.

Korean Food @ Haeun Khon Restaurant, Amcorp Mall.

This place has been reviewed by many Bloggers (the likes of masak-masak, KYSpeaks, wantanProductions), but no Halal mentioned in any.

Perhaps I can find at least one listed in FriedChillies.com. Or so that is what I thought. Look at the list it returns. It's more of a forum rather. Going through one by one, hitting CTRL+F and typing "halal" resulted in "Phrase not found". Instead, I found "3 layered pork" or people talking about the latest korean drama they watched or missed.

Starting to feel a bit disappointed here people!

I've heard of the one Korean BBQ Restaurant at the Plaza Kerinchi but again the question of whether it's Halal or not kept creeping in my mind.

Remembering about the service provided by JAKIM on list of certified Halal Restaurant and Product, I quickly went to their website.

Again, nothing but disappointment. This time typing "Korean" returns zero result.

Maybe I should just forget the idea of trying Korean food.

Or, perhaps, I should just open up a restaurant that serves authentic HALAL Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and all the other food I love, so that whenever people (or me myself) feels like eating something other than the local cuisine, they know where to get it and not be wary of its Halal-ness.

I just love trying new and different kind of foods. As long as they're HALAL. Fullstop.

ps: If you've came across my site in search of list of "halal Korean food in KL or PJ", sorry to disappoint you. Cuz, I don't quite have the answer myself! );

NAME 5 FAVORITE FOOD YOU FEEL LIKE HAVING NOW.
1. actually, right now? anything edible... bcause i missed my Sahur this morning. so, in this condition, i can eat a horse
2. those steaks or ribs from Roma! anyone care to accompany me? we go dutch yeah?
3. Mama's lontong with that oh so yummy sambal sotong
4. crabs!!! fried or cooked in sweet and spicy sauce! either will do!
5. that yummy ice cream snow dessert from... what's that shop's name again? i kept forgetting... but how delish!!!

NAME 5 FOOD YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR BREAKFAST IF YOU COULD.
1. pancake from any shop will do... i love pancakes!
2. pasar minggu's kuih lopes
3. nasi lomak
4. ... entah la... to tell u the truth, i normally don't eat breakfast. i'll get stomachache sometimes

NAME 5 FOOD YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY BUY FOR BERBUKA TODAY.
don't think i'll buy anything today... gonna rummage my fridge and have either one of these...
1. last monday's bubur lambuk
2. last monday's bread and butter puding
3. jambu batu cicah with kuah rojak
4. jambu air cicah with kuah rojak
5. or mamee-in-cup...

bcoz I'm gonna buka puasa at my own house today... in my desperate attempt to eat less and lose some weight by Raya...

i've been eating like cow for the past 3 days...

hahaha!!!

so, now, tag! u're it!