Tikim26: Authentic Yedang (Ortigas, Mandaluyong)

I see alot of korean restaurants,groceries, and other korean-related establishments (face shop, etude house, missha...etc) popping up here and there there's one restaurant that stood out amongst the few known korean restaurants in Manila. Ye Dang, which means a "an official title name", is a shortened version of 예조당상(禮曹堂上). Ye Dang is a Korean BBQ restaurant which serves marinated meat [pork or beef] before grilling. They serve vegetables [take note: Yummy and healthy vegetables] in small plates as their appetizer. Do know that these veggie appetizers are refillable. My favorite appetizers include mini pancakes [동그랑땡(dong gu rang ddang)], the sweet sauced potatoes, and the garlic spinach [시금치(si gum chi] while Evan likes the kimchi [김치]. Thank you chloe for the Korean food names :) Aside from the appetizers, I also love the taste of their water; tastes like roasted rice which by the way, also smells so good!

Yedang 

I had eaten here for about 5 times already and on my latest visit I noticed they did some improvements :). They already installed extra ventilations (electric fans) to prevent smoke from clogging the restaurant. This made the place unfoggy and clearer to the eyes. 2nd, they added new appetizers like their green salad and dilis. What is great abour these appetizers is that you csn ask for a refill! 3rd, their yedang beef special is now sliced into pieces (better than cooking the wahoke thing)  which made eating it easier.

               Before: Appetizers                       After: More to taste

On the table we ordered the following...
The Yedang Special Angus beef [P600.00] is a must try, tasty and blends well with the sauce. The beef they now served are again sliced into smaller pieces, plus points for convenience! Evan usually wraps the cooked beef in cabbage and puts chili sauce with it while I like it partnered with rice.

Before: The beef was rolled



After: The beef sliced into bite size pieces! :) Yey

How to eat

Also ordered their Usamgyup, Grill beef belly [P300.00]; Dak Kui, Grill chicken which I thought has some chili marinated with it. If you can't take the spiciness of the chicken, I suggest you eat it together with the vegetables from the appetizers!  

Usamgyup

Dak Gui

Can't miss the Dolsot Bibimbap, vegetable hash rice in hot stone bowl [P280.00] I always make sure I order this, it is actually a mea in itself. It has veggies and meat that reminds me of fried rice! :) Don't forget to mix the egg with the rice while it's hot or it will be a fried egg yoke.

Dolsot Bibimbap

Taste: 4/5

Quality: 4/5 

Ambiance: 3.5/5

Ye Dang
88 Meralco Avenue, Ortigas, Mandaluyong City
Contact: 636-1461