Omma: A New Korean Resto in Town
A Korean style brunch
Photo by Elizabeth Ranger
From the ashes of Senzala (well okay, it’s just moved to Acadie boul.), rises the paradise-bird of Omma – a new Korean resto in town, almost impossibly close to my apartment!
I get my own wi-fi at the table even, the boys wear frilly orange aprons, there are jars of nice teas lining the bar and almost more importantly than all of these things combined – I now have a source for generous bowls of spicy kimchee at a moment’s notice, and with bottomless coffee besides. Eeek! God I love brunch. And ESPECIALLY brunch involving dumplings.
It was the first sunday brunch service ever, so some hiccups were to be expected. I’ll divulge right now that it took a looooooong time for our food to come, but for a fledgeling restaurant I’d say they have a good vision going alread I can’t wait to see how it improves in the future, and even now I was pretty impressed with the offerings. It’s all very affordable, and we started some sides of the aforementioned kimchee for 2.50$ (bliss!) and a bowl of roasted tomatoes and white beans for 3$. The beans were definitely made from scratch, and were really wonderful, a much lighter and fresher version of the sticky baked beans that so often accompany a Quebecois breakfast.
Photo by Elizabeth Ranger
We also got some toast alongside because, well… the options were rice or toast with the mains, and I figured we should try some of everything Omma had to offer. The butter that came alongside was in little packets (aw, points off) but I’m pretty sure the cherry-like strawberry preserves were housemade as well (points verily ON!), and I like that it was seedy buns instead of loaf bread.
For our mains we ordered the Dolsot Bibimbap with rice, BBQ beef, sauteed and seasoned vegetables, a fried egg and gochujang spicy paste for 14$ - (how could we not??) and the Pajeun omelet/pancake for 12$. Both were supposed to come with fruit, but I didn’t mind that only one bowl came, because that’s not really what we were there for. No, I was there for the Bibimbap with it’s crispy rice that fries to such a lovely crust on the bottom of the sizzling bowl, and for the mix of fresh vegetables and runny rich yolk that typefies the dish.
Photo by Elizabeth Ranger
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Photo by Elizabeth Ranger
Dolsot Bibimbap
Photo by Elizabeth Ranger
Pajeun omelet
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