Before the lockdown, I went to Hwatu for an easy catchup with my friends!
Ordered:
🥘 Spicy Sausage Hot pot (large): army style hotpot with pork belly, spam, sausage, rice cake, baked beans, mixed veggies & ramen with 2 steamed rice ($35.00)
🍗 Fried chicken: half and half original and spicy
🌽 Corn cheese
🥞 Korean pancake
Review:
The quality of food at Hwatu is pretty good, but what was better was the quantity. So affordable per person, especially if you don't add on a drink 🧐. My friend paid around $20 for his portion! Our friend paid less than $20 and he was full!!
For the food, the corn cheese was also unique and delicious. The budae jjigae was also delicious, with lots of hearty ingredients inside the stew. Everything else was okay as well!
Seated upstairs, they had fun decor. They've decorated the inside to look like you're sitting in a tarp, making it very Korean-esque. It brought some of my friends back to their time in Korea 🤣.
Definitely consider Hwatu on your list if you're in the Lygon st area. A great place to catch up with friends.
Had chives pancake, tofu soup and fried chicken - boneless spicy and original with bones. Everything was delicious! We were seated upstairs, which has more of a street food feeling - round aluminium table, small round chairs and blue tarp covering the walls. Good dining experience overall.
Minor point: we added corn cheese and beer to our order and had to cancel cause they took too long.
Here for the second visit. The food was excellent and the staff are always very welcoming, they made every effort to provide excellent service. Would definitely recommend!
Pork Belly Sizzling and Seafood Tofu Hotpot are my favourite! Yum yum!
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