Restaurant Review!
Marche l Jamsil l Seoul
It’s great. I love the fact that Seoulites have this love affair with Germanic foods. They seem to have the same love of hearty meals and beer; a similar roughhousing affection for drink and laughter. It reminds me a bit of Asterix to tell you the truth. I also love the fact that the food never really suffers for it. That is, it’s not too far off from the real thing and any differences are purely accidental.
Take Marche for example. It’s this hilarious cafeteria style restaurant with various cooking stations where you choose want you want and get a stamp on a card depending on how much it costs. The inside looks like a cross between a Hoffbrau and Boulangerie and the hostesses are dressed like Heidi. I had a chicken cordon bleu with a rosti while my friend had a rib eye steak with thick cut potatoes. It wasn’t too bad at all. My chicken was nicely fried with a good amount of ham and cheese but my rosti was on the soggy side. The steak was beautifully charbroiled and bloody as hell. Perfect.
The restaurant is attached to COEX mall which is supposed to be the largest underground mall in Asia. It’s not that big compared to North American malls but the choices you have are pretty good. Especially since it’s attached to Hyundai Department store which has a great food hall in its basement. There are quite a few choices for you here and all are reasonably priced. But if it’s an alpinesque meal that you want, you know where to go.
Marche l Jamsil l Seoul
It’s great. I love the fact that Seoulites have this love affair with Germanic foods. They seem to have the same love of hearty meals and beer; a similar roughhousing affection for drink and laughter. It reminds me a bit of Asterix to tell you the truth. I also love the fact that the food never really suffers for it. That is, it’s not too far off from the real thing and any differences are purely accidental.
Take Marche for example. It’s this hilarious cafeteria style restaurant with various cooking stations where you choose want you want and get a stamp on a card depending on how much it costs. The inside looks like a cross between a Hoffbrau and Boulangerie and the hostesses are dressed like Heidi. I had a chicken cordon bleu with a rosti while my friend had a rib eye steak with thick cut potatoes. It wasn’t too bad at all. My chicken was nicely fried with a good amount of ham and cheese but my rosti was on the soggy side. The steak was beautifully charbroiled and bloody as hell. Perfect.
The restaurant is attached to COEX mall which is supposed to be the largest underground mall in Asia. It’s not that big compared to North American malls but the choices you have are pretty good. Especially since it’s attached to Hyundai Department store which has a great food hall in its basement. There are quite a few choices for you here and all are reasonably priced. But if it’s an alpinesque meal that you want, you know where to go.
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