Onggii

Opened in March last year in Suntec, Onggii is known for specialising in Korean comfort food, particularly hearty soups and stews like gomtang. As a jiggae and soup fanatic, I knew I had to bring my nephew here for dinner

Located in Suntec, the restaurant’s name, “Onggii,” is inspired by traditional Korean earthenware pots used for fermenting food and is owned by the same people behind the viral SOTPOT restaurant

The restaurant is decked out in dark brown wood colour, which resembles the traditional Korean earthenware pot, and there are various displays around the restaurant showcasing different sizes of pots and traditional Korean ingredients

While Gomtang is their star menu, they do serve other soups like the pork bone soup and stews like the kimchi jjigae, doenjang jjigae without meat and the one with beef. For those who like gomtang but prefer other meats, they also have the pork slices, pork sundae and chicken. They also have other items like pancake, steamed pork, braised kimchi pork or beef

I ordered the gamjatang, which came in a set of side dishes like radish kimchi, fresh kimchi with fishcake and soy quail eggs. The soup itself was bubbling hot in the earthen pot and was packed full of ingredients like pork ribs, potatoes, vegetables and perilla leaves. The broth was deep, rich and flavourful with the flavour of the ribs combining with the earthy soybean paste flavour. The dish was as authentic as we can get for gamjatang and reminded me of the ones I tasted in Korea

The other soup we tried was the pork gomtang, which is the chicken soup, and was served with a small bunch of noodles, radish kimchi and gochujang, salt and pepper for flavouring. The broth was light and creamy, and more bland, combined with the pork gukbap we had in other restaurants. The broth itself was quite porky in flavour, which was loved by my nephew, but I do think the ingredients were not as much as my gamjatang. The leeks also gave the soup a peppery, refreshing taste, which was light on the stomach

Overall, Onggii served very authentic flavours when it came to soups and stews, and it helps to cure a craving quite well. The flavours were similar to many restaurants in Korea and would be the next best place for anyone missing the soups. The price is also generally reasonable, although I would prefer to go to the gukbap restaurant if I were looking for that particular dish, but for other stews and soups, I still think Onggii fared well

Address: 3 Temasek Blvd, #02-300 Singapore Suntec City, Singapore 038983

Opening hours: 11.30 am to 3.30 pm and 5 pm to 10 pm, 11 am to 4 pm and 5 pm to 10 pm for Sat and Sun