Mr Lee's Foods, Ringwood East

My favourite routine these days is watching mukbang videos on YouTube and doing a little bit of light exercises in front of the television. My favourites are Tzuyang, Sanghyuk, G-NI and a Japanese lady whose videos dates back to 2 or 3 years ago when they're English subbed.

I love how they go around eating delicious food, or even better, completing times food challenges. It is amazing how much they can fit into their bodies without gaining any weight. Sanghyuk especially look almost gaunt in the face but how he eats more than the average person without sacrificing his ripped body is beyond my understanding!

But anyway, what has that got to do with today's post? All those mukbang videos made me crave for some home style Korean good, which was exactly what I got at Mr Lee's. 

This is a small family run restaurant and that can be seen straight up at the door. There is only one lady serving and most of the time she is juggling between checking people's vax certs, taking phone orders, serving and helping in the kitchen. 

We wanted to order the jokbal but the table before us got the last one so we made do with steamed pork belly and the pork soup.

The guk bap is pork bone soup cooked so long it is milky, with pork belly slice and pork organ meat. It comes with rice and kimchi radish and green peppers. 

The pork belly slices are simply steamed, served with doenjang, chives and garlic. I would have liked some lettuce leaves to make a ssam but wrapping the pork belly slice with green pepper, garlic then dipped in doejang works for me too. 

We paid $45 for the meal including an extra serve of bap. The taste of the dishes were clean and healthy, like what a good mom makes for their kids. No msg, just lots of old fashioned love.. I could taste it in the dishes. 

I wish the restaurant was a little bigger so I didn't have to worry about social distancing but then that would ruin the atmosphere and everything this restaurant stands for. The owners are also very strict about checking in and vax certs so there is less to worry about. Oh yes, this restaurant also does soondae which is blood sausage which we tried in Korea but didn't like so we didn't order it this time round.

I think this place would be perfect in the winter when one is craving for some hearty bone broth and some.