Marubang BBQ (Northbridge)
A two storey Korean restaurant where you'll find KBBQ on the top and typical Korean fare on the bottom floor.
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Who is this suited for?
Guests after a Korean BBQ restaurant (gas and charcoal available).
What type of food is available?
Korean BBQ and a number of side dishes (some dishes from Marubang downstairs can be ordered)
What should I order?
- Whatever protein that tickles your pickle (we loved the wagyu)
- Yook hae (Korean style beef tartare)
- Bossam (pork shoulder)
How much will it cost?
- Set menus range from $74 - $176 (include choice of jigae / soup)
- A la carte protein options range from $16 - $60.
Can I see the menu?
Click here for the menu.
Where is it?
Just around the corner from North Metropolitan TAFE (Northbridge TAFE).
What're their socials?
Marubang can be found on Instagram here.
The details 📝
Located in the hustle and bustle of Northbridge you'll find Marubang - a Korean restaurant spread over two floors. Each floor provides a different dining experience. You'll find familiar things like bossam (our fave), jeon (pancake), guksu (noodles), soy marinated raw seafood and more when dining on the ground floor.
Take the stairs up and you'll be transported to Marubang BBQ. Here you'll find gas BBQ tables and the delicious smells and sizzling sounds of meat being cooked to perfection. We've heard charcoal BBQ is also available when dining outside on the balcony.
We visited as a group of four and ordered the wagyu set A, bossam (small), yook hae, four bowls of rice, a bowl of cold noodles, beers and soju. This made for a comfortable amount of food and set us back around $75 per person.
We started the night off with the yook hae. Yook hae, for the unfamiliar, literally means "raw meat". Its most common made of beef, but it variations with pheasant or horse meat can also be found. Essentially, yook hae is the Korean version of beef tartare.
Marubang's version of yook hae is served with seaweed rice paper chips, which provide a nice contrast in texture from the raw beef and creamy egg yolk. On the side is a small serving of nashi pear.
A dish we like to order is the mul naengmyon - cold noodles in a cold beef broth which originated from North Korea. Though these are most popularly consumed during summer, the colder end of Autumn weather didn't stop us from ordering it. The noodles were refreshing, nevertheless.
The star of the show was the wagyu set. Marubang offers a number of set menus, with each set also coming with your choice of jigae. Our choice was the kimchi jigae.
Like at many Korean restaurants, on ordering you also get a side of banchan (Korean side dishes) which are refillable. Don't be afraid to ask for refills! Towards the wall mounted TV, you'll find a small fridge with leafy greens which you can help yourself to.
The wagyu had nice marbling and came with a side of vegetables. We cooked our wagyu from least fatty, to highest marbling and rested each slice of wagyu on the vegetables once cooked, to prevent it from cooking further.
You can order a number of dishes from Marubang's downstairs menu. One of our favourites to order is their bossam. We were a bit too excited to eat it - so much so we didn't grab any photos of it this time around. Marubang's smaller $31 ish serve was enough to cater for a group of four.
Menu
Before visiting 🚙
Anything else I should know before visiting?
- The cylindrical chairs double as storage - remove the seat cushion and stash way any jackets or clothing that you don't want smelling like BBQ
- You can order things from Marubang's downstairs menu - best ask your waiter for more information
- KBBQ is great for sharing, so visit with more friends so you can eat more 😉
What's the address?
Where do I park?
- Some street parking is available on Newcastle Street and on adjacent streets
- At time of writing, Perth CPP is offering free parking after 6 pm. The closest CPPs are CPP State Library and CPP Cultural Centre (both a short walk to Marubang).
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