The Gaya - Harbourside United Kingdom

I have been to the Gaya once previously, it was pleasant and I didn't think too much of it then. This time when head chef and owner Leo invited me to dine, I thought, why not. Before we even ordered, the waitress brought out a complementary starter of homemade potato chips and cheese puffs. The homemade potato chips were a great snack, but the cheese puffs were a little strange, but we ate them all up quickly. Zoya and I started with the Beef Cream Roll $15) and the Seafood Jijimi $15). I ordered the Beef Cream Roll as I had heard great reviews about it, and it didn't disappoint. This was my favourite savoury dish of the night, and although the ingredients sounded strange at first with fried garlic chips, asparagus, enoki mushrooms, capsicum, cucumber and cream cheese, wrapped up in beef, it worked very well. The Seafood Jijimi is more of a traditional Korean style pancake with spring onion, onions, carrot, squid and fish. Unlike other Korean pancakes I've had, this one was full of fresh ingredients and was cooked evenly, it was not too oily or soggy in the middle as some can be. For mains we decided on the 36Pork $32) and the Gaya BBQ Rib Galbi $32). The last time I was at the Gaya, Dan ordered the 36Pork and I immediately regretted that I didn't order it. This dish is made of pork belly sous vide for 36 hours, put with pumpkin potato puree, soybean paste sauce, chives and apples. The Gaya BBQ Rib Galbi, is a grilled beef short rib, with daikon roll salad, potato egg salad and coconut rice. All the elements on the plate were tasty but didn't really work very well together. Both mains came with some traditional Korean sides, which were Seaweed, Potato Salad and Spicy Beansprouts. The seaweed and beansprouts were a nice side dish, but the potato salad had a strong sourness I couldn't get used to. After all this we were so full, but still decided to get the dessert. We shared the Redmisu $9), a homemade Tiramisu with red bean paste, which is presented similar to the flowerpot dessert I had at No. 4 Blake St. This tiramisu is delicious with the addition of red bean and also has a right balance of coffee within it. We also got the Ho-Tuck $10), a Korean style sweet pancake with dark brown sugar inside, topped with walnuts, sunflower seeds, pine nuts and strawberries. This pancake was surprisingly delicious and the flavours tasted very similar to Spanish churros. Apart from the A la Carte menu, the Gaya also offers a set menu, which includes a choice of a starter, main and dessert for an affordable $50. Overall, I had a very good time here and thank Leo for the opportunity to taste his creations. I would recommend to order the set menu, to try the beef cream roll, and definitely don't miss out on dessert.

Tucked away in an arcade off Kearnes Crescent, The Gaya is the first modern Korean restaurant to step foot into Applecross. At 6pm, the restaurant was still empty so we got to choose where we wanted to sit. Of course I chose a table with decent lighting Before taking our order, the waitress brought us some complimentary house made potato chips and cheese puffs. I liked the chips but the cheese puffs weren 't great. It was soft and not crispy as I had hoped. I can 't go past Korean pancakes when dining at a Korean restaurant! It is a must! The Gaya 's seafood jijimi is one of the best I 've had in Perth crispy, thin, and full of seafood. Don 't you hate it when restaurants stinges on the filling? The batter on the crab croquettes was not too thick and the crab meat filling was full of flavour. Was surprised to see such a generous amount of crab inside. The pork trotter was an extremely filling dish was beautifully cooked moist, tender, the meat fell off the bone, and it wasn 't overly salty. Although very enjoyable, we didn 't come close to finishing this. The Boy chose the beef short ribs (I may have influenced him, just a little, to pick this . For me, this was perfectly marinated and I didn 't mind getting my hands dirty. The coconut rice added a nice touch to this dish and reminded me of Malaysian nasi lemak. The potato egg salad was The Boy 's favourite part of this dish. I let him finish it all since he wasn 't eating much of the meat. Of course, banchan (Korean for 'side dish ' were served with our meal kimchi, potato salad, and I couldn 't pin point what the third one was. By the end of our mains, we are stuff literally to our eyes. If you do end up trying The Gaya, don 't leave without trying the Red Misu (red bean tiramisu .

One fine Wednesday night, a friend of mine invited a bunch of us out for dinner to celebrate his birthday at The Gaya. I've been to The Gaya once before and was neither impressed or disappointed, it was just so-so. This time though, the experience was a much more pleasant one (and the fact the birthday boy paid for everything made it even better! Ha!

Tucked away in an arcade off Kearnes Crescent, The Gaya is the first modern Korean restaurant to step foot into Applecross. What a great addition to my neighbourhood! I was lucky enough to be invited by Head Chef and Owner, Leo, to taste his exquisite work. Leo was very patient with me throughout the booking process. I changed my booking on him at least 3 times in the span of a month! Thank you for being so accommodating.

A very quiet Saturday night, we ate and left by 8 and only 1/5 full. the recommended dish by others was a chewy disappointment (beef roll) . when we had mans , we had one dish with a small rice and decided to order another, without being told the next dish had so much rice we couldn't eat it all. Overall a disappointment given the revirews