COCONUTS HOT SPOT — Mido is one of the latest Korean restaurants in SS2 Petaling Jaya. The exposed brick walls on both sides of the double-barrel thick wooden door reinforce the traditional ancient slant of Mido’s facade, as designed by one of its owners, Joseph Lee.
The interior of Mido is like a traditional Korean house with warm brown tones everywhere. Bamboo blinds, Korean masks and other knick-knacks are hung against the hand-painted walls, worked over long hours by Joseph and his crew.
Talk about labour of love, every painstaking detail in Mido is sketched and etched by Joseph himself with help from his staff.
Mido is known for its Korean BBQ, which lists chicken, beef and pork in the menu. My dining party ordered Marinated Chicken, Pork Collar and Marinated Pork for the grill. Free-flowing banchans and salads were served and we helped ourselves to the tangy kimchi, pickles, sautéed vegetables and refreshing salads that quickly filled up our table.
I was glad to note that the smoke absorption and exhaust system has been carefully installed underneath tables and I must say it’s very effective as I didn’t get much of the smokey smells on my clothes.
The marinated meats had a concoction of sauces and premium fresh Korean soy sauce mixed in and the non-marinated meats had been aged for about a week to ensure the flavours are all compressed inside. The grilled meats were tender and juicy and I was happy to note the marinade was not overwhelming as various types of dipping sauces were also served.
While waiting for the meats to be cooked on the grill, we had plates of Seafood Pancake and Korean Fried Chicken, both regular and spicy versions. I liked the Seafood Pancake which had a good portion of shrimps and squids, made more enjoyable when accompanied by makkoli (Korean rice wine).
Fried Chicken
Other popular items here were Bulgogi Casserole and Kimchi Casserole. On cold wet evenings, it’s most enjoyable to savour slivers of tender beef simmered in sweet soy broth together with mushrooms, vegetables and glass noodles.
Bulgogi
Kimchi
The Kimchi Casserole had lighter flavours with a punchy tang. We had our fill of vegetables, mushrooms, chicken sausages, Korean rice cakes (tteokbokki) and glass noodles which were bubbling merrily away in the hotpot.
Mido’s offerings are simple hearty fuss-free fares. The menu is not too extensive as they want to focus on serving tasty authentic dishes – the usual classic favourites like Sam Gyetang, Beef Galbi Jjim, Bibimbap and Naengmyeon are also featured.
MIDO (non-halal)
11-G Jalan SS2/64
47300 Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-7865-9779
(same row as Pelita and across the road from MacDonald’s)
Open 11.00am till 11.00pm
Chris Wan also blogs at Pure Glutton
