Badaya Korean at Desa Sri Hartamas: Restaurant Review

Hidden on a Hartamas shop-house first floor, here’s a Korean restaurant with a difference.

No BBQ meat on Badaya’s menu

Instead, expect stranger specialties like what some might call a ‘fish reproduction soup’ (RM35 before taxes).

This tangy broth brims with not only the roe of female fish but also milt, the sperm-bearing white reproductive glands of male fish, tasting like buttery brains.

A Fiery Stew

Next up, another fiery-red stew, bearing a delicacy that might also prove an acquired taste.

Chicken Feet

Spicy gelatinous chicken feet, a whole pot of ’em, chopped and roasted. RM30.

Fritters

Less threatening-looking, these fritters. No prizes for guessing what’s battered within.

Oysters, fresh and juicy. Ten of them cost RM40, a not-bad bargain for these inflationary times.

Side Dishes

Love Badaya’s ‘banchan’ side dishes, especially since they’re egg-filled, of the sunny-side-up chicken kind and the hard-boiled quail sort.

Kimchi daikon, crunchy carrots and more; enough to keep us satisfied, really.

“Hundred-Year Wine”

Cool liquor too: Baekseju, the Korean ginseng-laced “hundred-year wine.”

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