Ajuuma, Damansara Uptown

On another Grabcar ride to the hospital last week, I discovered yet another new restaurant, Ajuuma @ Damansara Utama/Uptown.

Restaurants that are located on the outer ring of the shophouses that surround Damansara Uptown are less visible to me because I seldom venture to that area. I also noted that these restaurants tend to attract less traffic.

So last Friday after the hospital visit (the day my dad was discharged) I dropped by for a quick lunch before heading back to the office.

The decor as you can see is minimal, no frills and definitely not instagrammable. If I had to describe it, only one word comes to mind - clinical.

I would say that the ambiance is cold, not a cosy place to hang out but what is more important is the food and service, right?

Ordering here, as it becoming the trend, is by way of scanning the QR code although they do give you a physical menu. Payment is made after you are done with your meal.

What is served here are basically rice bowls, noodles, fried chicken and other Korean side dishes. Let me show you a sampling of the menu.

Bibimbap.

Noodles

Soup

Stir Fry dishes

Yup, fried chicken.

Pancake and Gimbap

Kimchi Rice Bowl

On my first visit, I ordered the Bibimbap Beef Slice and Korea Barley Tea.

Service was very fast. I suppose the components of the bibimbap are all precooked and all that needed to be done was to assemble.

In the bowl there was purple rice (you can also opt for white rice), an assortment of vegetables, kimchi and beef slices. It was topped with a fried egg and a dollop of gochujang sauce.

As I understand it, to eat bibimbap, you mix everything up kacau, kacau, kacau and then you ngap!

Tastewise, what can I say? It was nice enough and if you love bibimbap, then you should have no complaints. The Korea Barley Tea was very refreshing on a scorching hot day (as is everyday unfortunately).

Today, I revisited but not for the carbs hah...hah....

I had the Stir Fry Bulgogi Beef Slice. I was very pleased that there was not much glass noodles in the dish, so I can say that I managed to low carb (though not quite ketovore since bulgogi sauce is sweet). It was quite tasty though the portion size was a tad small for me. If you want rice, you have to order separately.

Today's drink was a bit diluted. 

All in all, I think Ajuuma is good for a quick fuss free Korean inspired meal. It is not super authentic but good enough if you are not particularly fussy about your Korean fix.

Note : I will not come back here again. Why? Read here.