Tongdaemum Korean Restaurant

337, BoAi 2nd Road, ZuoYing District
(Corner of BoAi and MingHua Roads.); (07) 522-7755
Hours:Everyday 11:30 am-2:30 pm;
5:30 pm-9:30 pm
All major credit cards accepted.
10% service charge. Parking available.

Tongdaemum Restaurant is a do-it-yourself, all-you-can-eat, Korean-style BBQ. For under NT$500 per person (discounts if you're under 140 centimetres tall) you are set loose in front of a glowing furnace of hot coals to gorge for two hours on a large selection of barbequed meats, seafood, hot pots and kimchi. The restaurant is spacious (to say the least) and has special rooms in the back that cater to larger parties (the larger tables featuring several built-in grills). This writer made the mistake of going alone and thus bore the sole responsibility of finishing off multiple plates. Fortunately the restaurant sells Korean soju (a Korean rice wine, NT$200), which is a traditional Korean digestion aid. The large, open restaurant and colourful Korean decorations on the wall (complete with gowns, puppets and pictures of traditional dancers) is eye-catching and stylish. The staff is polite, friendly and eager to help. Regulations require FYI South to remind you not to drink and drive.

--By David Artman, translated by Annie Liu

FYI South is required to remind you not to drink and drive.