Drunk Garden 酣庭院, Gubei Shanghai
The Gubei area of Shanghai, located in the southwest part of the city proper, boasts a large enclave of Taiwanese and Korean. My personal experience in Gubei is very little. Though I wish to visit that area more often in the future. But on this night, we were able to get our Korean classmates to bring us to have food of their land.
When I was living in Los Angeles, I had a chance to sample several different styles of Korean ranging from Korean sushi, Tofu Soup, Porridge, Beef Soup, Homestyle comfort food and BBQ. I’m sure, given enough time, I will be able to find each of these distinct styles in Gubei or have my Korean classmates take me.
酣庭院, loosely translated into Drunk Garden, features different styles from BBQ, tofu soup, and soup. We started with beef and pork BBQ, which was cooked away from our large table. There was a grill in our private room with a grill behind with a preparer for the different meats. Later on, there was a thinly sliced beef cooked in a broth similar to something I had before in Los Angeles – Hwang Hae Do. The tofu soup was good, but a bit more soupy than I would have liked. Perhaps it wasn’t the standard tofu soup – but more spicy soup with tofu. Or perhaps it was tofu soup catered to the palate of the local Chinese. I wasn’t quite sure.
The venue, located in a Hotel on the 3rd floor, features a large main dining room as well as several small private rooms. In China, private dining rooms are common place for many traditional restaurants. We had the largest private room for our little party.
My classmates had a tough challenge in finding a decent place where 25 people could enjoy Korean cuisine with a couple of different styles. 酣庭院 proved to handle our large group with room for us to act dumb with beer and soju. Special thanks for Mr. A, Mr. YS, and Miss M for setting this up.
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