Sura is the place I had passed through multiple times when I was trying different restaurants on Robson. It's another Korean restaurant on this Korean block :D. This is a really popular restaurant which does not take reservation and often has ~30min line up at meal time.
Taste ★★★★☆
Portion ★★★☆☆
Service ★★★★☆
Cost $$$
Not Really Recommended. It's nice for a well-prepared/ cooked Korean meal, but the line up/ wait and the portion killed the deal. The lunch set menus could be worth it if the wait isn't long.
Taste
The food was nicely prepared here. They've put effort into presenting the food, so they all look pretty savory when they came up. Most of them are on the sweeter side while the food I had in Korea were all more on the salty side - it's still authentic and nicely cooked~ so it's just my personal preference. Honestly, I don't think there's anything you can order wrong on the menu, the menu has all the pictures and they all look really great and just like the way they will bring it to your table (almost). Except in smaller portion than on the picture :P.
The taste here did not surpass my favourite Korean place in Coquitlum, but I believe, in downtown Vancouver, this could be the best.
Side dishes:
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| Sea weed - salty and sweet |
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| I still didn't figure out what this is, tasted like fried yam in some sweet sauce - I like this side |
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| kimchi - I actually love their kimchi - not too spicy and it's sour and salty - tastes authentic. |
Dishes:
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| #19 Bossam = Sliced Pork belly simmered in Herbs: The meat is cooked to just the right softness and the sweet BBQish sauce on top brings out the sweetness of pork. It didn't feel fatty when I was eating it. The combo with the sides - the spicy bean sauce they provided, the raddish (flower like one and kimchi ones in the can) as well as the veggie matched really well --> LOVE it. |
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| #42 Japchae - stir fried potato noodles in sweet sesame oil with beef and mixed veggies : My must-eat at any Korean restaurant. This is not the best I've had, but it was decent. Tasted great, sweet and salty, with enough veggies and some beef slices in there. The noodles are cooked so that it retained its strength, not too soft, not too hard. |
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| The size of their rice is slightly small - but if you've ordered noodles or rice, you won't really need this. |
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| #38 Soondubu Jjigae - Spicy tofu stew (seafood): you can choose beef instead of seafood, but we chose seafood. There was shrimp, octopus, and I believe clams (?). And lots of tofu lol- the soup is nice, not too spicy, seasoned just right. Tastes even better with kimchi |
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| Pineapple Soju Cocktail: I didn't take a picture of the yogurt one, but it just look more milky orange. My friends prefer the yogurt one compared to this. I really love pineapple, so I liked mine. It's even got real pineapple fruit in there (so the straw was useless, I just drank from the jar. It's a bit too small in portion though... didn't think it's worth $7. It tasted like pineapple can + Sprite + soju ==> can make this myself :P |
Portion
The portion of each plate is on the smaller side for the price. I wasn't that hungry to begin with and by the end of dinner, I was just full. Three dishes filled 3 girls' stomach, I guess it was still fair, but I can see how it will NOT be enough for guys. I don't know if we can refill the kimchi (side dishes), but I I felt like we had enough.
Service
When you entered the restaurant, make sure to have your name put on the list by the host - and ask him how long the wait is, if he forgets to tell you. The food came in reasonable time- oddly, our drinks came after all the foods were on the table. I don't mind that actually, but it was unusual - the server apologized lol - I was like, I don't mind. They do clear the table (almost) right after you are finished and give you the bill after asking you if you'd like anything else. The server said he didn't mean to rush us, but I do realize they have a bunch of people still waiting by the door- so we quickly got out. Overall, their service was good. I have nothing to complain.
Cost
This place has fairly economic lunch sets for $15 or $20 and you get a variety of different dishes. The portion is not really that big here, though. I went with 2 other girl friends and all of us were just filled with 3 orders of food. We also each had a cocktail soju - so the cost for each came to $25/ person. - which, is quite fair, I guess, given the atmosphere and the food quality/ presentation.
Overall, it was a great dinner experience, I just didn't think the wait was THAT worth it. Maybe downtown is just not the place to look for Korean food :P the best ones are still in Coquitlum~
I will write about my other restaurant experience later in the week.
ttyl
Bye Bye ~ ★
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