Korean ‘Chefs’ Attack Italian Cuisine!
Do not go to Macaroni Market in Itaewon. It is quite possibly the worst attempt at Italian food I’ve ever had the misfortune to be served. And that’s coming from someone who has lived in Korea for quite some time so I have seen some foodcrime atrocities of the highest order. This time the crime is not just the dreadful food, but also the deception and fraud like nature of their activities in Itaewon.
Walking into the place the initial impression is that it will actually be quite reasonable. The waiters are all smart and attentive, the room is roomy and nice, it has an open kitchen, all very good things. I should have had my alarm bells ringing when I noticed that all the chefs were Korean!
I ordered the Vongole, the missus ordered some Tomato thing (I didn’t catch the name of the dish). The missus’ was edible-nothing special, my pasta was not cooked. I’m not talking al dente as it should be, but about 5 minutes undercooked and I had to send it back, it was replaced and this time they hadn’t bothered cleaning the clams properly and they were full of grit. I filled up on bread, the bread was actually OK.
I asked for the wine list and was frankly fucking astonished about how expensive it was! The prices were ludicrous, 80 thousand won for plonk, 200+ for anything half decent. Absolutely fucking ridiculously overpriced, we mostly drank water.
All in all 3 glasses of Champagne, 1 Glass of nasty white wine and two very very mediocre tiny portions of spaghetti with sauce and a bit of bread, set us back a cool 80.000 won. Fucking outrageously overpriced, and the food was terrible, for that kind of money I’d expect something a little better. I could make that meal myself 10x better and for a tenth the cost. We were a party of ten so the bill’s total was about 400,000 won! Nobody was impressed with their food. That is basically theft as far as I’m concerned
To the food criminals at Macaroni Market a hearty ‘F**k YOU!’. Do not go there, it is shit. Avoid this crappy place like the plague. It may look nice inside and the food does look OK, but it is simply very expensive crap. I’m not a cheapskate, I’ll willingly hand over a wad of money to a restaurant that produces quality, I do recognise that you have to pay for quality. However I do not appreciate being ripped off and conned and that is the foodcrime that Macaroni Market are guilty off.
I sincerely hope that some Italian mobsters get wind of this place and kneecap the proprietors of this insult to Italian cuisine.
December 12, 2009 at 3:05 am
Worst pasta I ever had was at Pizza Hut by the bus station in Cheongju, just after their Pasta Hut phase. A basic carbonara that smelled like feet and tasted like ass. Riddled with PARSLEY. I could only suffer one bite then sent it back and didn’t pay. I had the taste of it in my mouth for a day.
December 13, 2009 at 10:49 am
A Dwaegi Galbi restaurant here in Bu Yeo served me and my friend from Cape Twon tainted pork and beer that was two years past its Due Date. 20k poorer for the privilege.
The owner was a bitch about using her phone for a minute. I paid her five thousand won for using her phone. Damn, she was angry – even though she told me it’d be perfectly alright.
December 15, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Is the gutter language really necessary, foodcrime? My kids like to read about bad Korea food too, ya know… Sheesh.
December 16, 2009 at 10:56 am
Jesus, and I thought from experience that the worse Italian food of the world was in the Mid-West of the U.S.
Keep writing ! I’ve missed you.