Ticket To Korea

While you may not get a free trip to Korea, Ticket to Korea (TKK) intends to bring you simple Korean food as well as their fusion foods. Perhaps you'll get a glimpse of Korea that way?

TKK is located in Setia Walk, Puchong and opened 6 months ago by this couple that both start with the letter J. The dude that you meet when you enter? Sorry ladies, he's the 사장님 (sa-jang-nim; manager, owner, president, whatever you want to call it) of the place and is taken. The other half of the duo is behind in the kitchen.

Service is slow and they don't seem to have any other staff in the front besides the J-dude and perhaps why even drinks will take about 5-10 minutes to arrive but the J-dude is pretty friendly, polite and wouldn't mind conversing with you.

We first ordered my favourite dish during cold winters or even random days while in Korea - a 부대찌개(budae jiggae - army stew) that went by the name sausage & ham soup. Honestly, if you're familiar with Korean foods by their Korean names like me, you'll be wondering what on earth these mean. Is Korean Chilli Stew 매운탕 (mae-un-tang - litereally spicy stew) or something else? The army stew (I'll just call it this) was pretty basic. Spicy broth with pork, ham, sausages, rice cakes, cheese, baked beans, cabbage etc. The rice cakes were store bought but it's pretty rare to find hand made ones (not to mention the effort it takes. While I lived in Korea we always got it from those ajumma's at the morning market) It already comes with 라면 (lamyeon - ramen) as a budae juggae should and Medium (RM 35) can easily feed 3 people and if you don't find it enough you can add on more ramen for RM 6. In true Korean fashion I recommend letting the soup dry up and finish it by ordering rice to make a congee. Tho we didn't try it so I don't know if they'll do it here.

We then also ordered a cheese stick (pic) which is half sweet potato and half mozzarella cheese wrapped in wonton skin and deep fried. The cheese didn't have that nice stringy effect I wanted and it tasted very strongly of 고구마 (sweet potato) hence if you like sweet potatoes, this will be THE ONE for you. But it's RM 6 per stick so there's that.

해물전 (hae-mul jeon - seafood pancake) - RM 20 came up next. These were my supper foods with friends while in Korea along with some 소주(soju) or 맥주(maek-ju - beer). That being said I'm spoilt since all my seafood pancakes are loaded with cabbage, chives and cut 오징어(o-jing-eo a type of octopus) and they give a bite to every mouthful. This had good batter, it was flavourful. But the seafood was just small rings of squid on top which made me a little sad. That being said it's RM 20 while the ones I eat in Korea are at least 10-16 USD depending on where I eat them.

Next was the Kimchi Quesadilla (RM )18.50, a korean twist on the quesadilla. Don't ask me to pronounce it. I just pointed at the item and waited for the dude to say it for me. The quesadilla was simple food I would say. Cheese, kimchi, and more cheese. It's simple, but I can't deny it's good comfort food. It tasted like pizza with the occassional wild kimchi. If you like cheese, this is fer yah.

Ok I'm almost done. The bill comes with a 10% service charge and no GST.

If you've made it this far, kuddos! We probably can be friends!

Run by true blue Koreans, Jeff and Juju, Ticket to Korea is a great spot for sharing authentic, comforting Korean food with a group of friends. Offering affordable lunch sets (ranging from RM56.50 to RM144.50) with a wide variety of dishes, consider visiting this restaurant for your next hearty Korean meal! Tastemaker Foodroll absolutely enjoyed the toppoki stew in the "First Trip in Forever" set — a combination of Korean chili paste, vegetables, ramen noodles, and chewy toppoki — which also comes with addictive cheese sticks and a huge portion of torched cheesy teppanyaki rice.

Look no further! Head to Ticket to Korea at Setiawalk Puchong.
Jeff and Juju are the friendliest (and good looking) owners you can ever speak to!
I've always wanted to try these ramen and topokki stews. They always look amazing on TV! The ingredients were quite simple. Secret sauce and Korean chilli paste, tonnes of veggies, sausages, tofu skin, ramen, topokki (Korean rice cake) and many more. All of these, boiled over some delicious chicken broth. It's exciting to see how it boils over, gets REALLY red, then thickens and turns into a darker red.
I love the soup and ramen! So delicious and flavourful. Topokki was the best I've tried so far. Chewy and soft. Perfect texture to my taste. And the soup was not very spicy! Kind of like a sweet and spicy soup. Such a simple dish with bombing flavours in your mouth. I guess you don't need to be too complicated to deliver good food! Can't wait to head back here to try more things.
Also a #Burppletastemaker eatup with @emilychoong_. We were lucky enough to be treated by @tickettokorea!
Food: 8/10 Price: 8/10 (RM 35.90 - this portion is enough to feed 3-4 average eaters, and maybe 2-3 big eaters. Me and Emily were quite stuffed by 3/4 of the stew. But it's quite expensive alone. The set is the most worth it!) P/S. Go for the set at RM 65++ which serves about 3-4 pax and more value for money! You get one stew, a plate of cheesy Korean friend rice, cheese sticks for appetiser. We were stuffed, but so happy and giddy after this over-satisfying lunch.

Ticket to Korea is a place to go to for fusion food (that doesn't go wrong). I mean, everything goes well with cheese. (Haven't you heard of maggi cup and cheese?) I would love eating this plate of rice by myself if I was low on carb or not as stuffed as this day. (Stew for 3, cheese sticks and now this. Talking about being a glutton for the day! Hehe)
The taste of seaweed was fragrance and kimchi was not overpowering as well. I like the bit of charred taste, maybe because it is pan fried on the tepanyaki pan. It was very fascinating to see Jeff melting the cheese AND SEE THE CHEESE MELT. Oh yummy food porn. The cheese adds on flavour to the fried rice. It wasn't as melty and cheesy as I thought, but it was stretchy enough! Checkout @emilychoong_'s profile for some cheesy food porn.

Food: 8/10 Price: 7/10 (not sure about the price for ala carte because I had it with the stew set.)

It was only a stick. But it was enough to just try and keep our appetite for a tummy war later (when the stew and rice came). Mashed sweet potato with cheese wrapped with some wonton skin and fried to crisp. So addicting and so good! I had to resist ordering an ala carte.
Food: 8/10 Price: 8/10 (RM 6 for 3 sticks)