Mongolian Food

[Bob's Orange]

I am off to a restaurent tonight called Kubla Khan which is a £20 three course meal. The starter and desert is standard seemingly, but the main course sounds quite interesting. You choose your meat and then get the chef/cook to cook it to your taste, you choose your style etc. It is all cooked up in front of you and the best part is that you can go back as much as you like!

Anyone else ever eaten Mongolian food? What can I expect?

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

no i haven't! probably never will either. what is a typical mongolian dish?

[Northern Red]

I went a Mongolian BBQ a while ago - It was nearly english food (meats) just cooked in front of you on a griddle.

Is that it?

[Reg Smeeton]

I am off to a restaurent tonight called Kubla Khan which is a £20 three course meal. The starter and desert is standard seemingly, but the main course sounds quite interesting. You choose your meat and then get the chef/cook to cook it to your taste, you choose your style etc. It is all cooked up in front of you and the best part is that you can go back as much as you like!

Anyone else ever eaten Mongolian food? What can I expect?

 I thought Mongolian grub was mainly soured yak milk yogurt, dried yak meat.....with a bit of  goat's head soup for a treat.

 Alright if you like yak.

[Bob's Orange]

I went a Mongolian BBQ a while ago - It was nearly english food (meats) just cooked in front of you on a griddle.

Is that it?

Maybe! I have heard nowt but good reports from the old dears at work although Yak milk doesn't sound too appetising!

[Reg Smeeton]

Think camel and horse are also eaten....when available.

[santini]

Wasn't it in Mongolia where Ewen McGregor and Charley ?  in Long Way Round had to eat boiled sheeps eyes and balls. Considered a real delicacy.

[janaage]

Think camel and horse are also eaten....when available.

I hear camel toes are a Mongolian speciality!! May as well try that out.

[Bob's Orange]

Thanks, I am not looking forward to this now! :evil:

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

The Mongols eat whatever the fuck they can get their hands on.  They just sling it in a big pot, boil it down and eat EVERY bit of the animal.

I'm sure restaurants over here aren't anything like that though Jan :|

[Reg Smeeton]

Thanks, I am not looking forward to this now! :evil:

 I'm not sure Edinburgh camel toe would be so different to Mongolian.

[Bob's Orange]

Here is the review of the weegie one!

"A Mongolian restaurant? In Glasgow? Oh yes, and what a refreshing change! Situauted in the Merchant city Khublai Khan provides Glasgow diners with an alternative dining experience in ambient surroundings slap bang in the city centre."
"Apparently in the 13th century it was customary for the Great Khans, the warriors who ruled Mongolia, to cook their food on an upturned shields over a camp fire. Consisting of chunks of meat, a selection of vegetables and aromatic oils, herbs and spices, Khublai Khan have propelled this ancient tradition into the 20th Century and present us with their 'Mongolian Feast' - a three course extravaganza at the very reasonable price of £15.50 per person."

Both your starter and sweet are chosen from the main menu, while your main course is a Mongolia barbeque buffet affair where you can eats as much as you can manage!

I plumped for a starter of Tarag Davs, fresh mushrooms in a creamy sauce enhanced with garlic, brandy and wine, while my companion tried the Gahainy Mah -barbequed yak ribs marintated in a smokey sauce which tasted very similar to pork. Both dishes were lip-smackigly tasty and our anticipation was mounting as we made our way through to the barbeque.

Keeping our waitress`s advice in mind (try small portions and go back for more) we picked up our bowls and began to make our way along the tables of ingredients. Firstly you have to choice of rice, noodles and beensprouts which you pop into your bowl followed by a selection of beautifully fresh vegetables, then add your choice of meat or fish (chicken, pork, beef and tuna to name but a few). Next you arrive at tables laden with exotic oils and spices which you add to your bowls to make a tasty sauce. For novices (like us!) there`s a helpful menu of possible taste sensations with names such as 'The Wrath Of Khan' and 'Kani Mak Mi Swally It'. I plumped for 'Ruby Khan' which included ingredients such as curry sauce, garlic oil, cumin and coriander, while my companion tried the Hordes` Feast which consisted of coconut milk, olive oil, tomato and herbs, dessicated coconut, tumeric and cumin. The next step is to visit the hot plate where your mountain (so much for the small portions) is cooked on a giant hot plateand then returned, steaming, to your bowl. You can go back and fill up as often as you like, but be warned, watch out for the ginger, a little goes along way.

Surprisingly we did manage a sweet. I chose the 'Hung Yum', a rich banoffee pie which, was delicious and came accompanied by homemade ice cream, while my companion chose a light and refreshing sorbet.

There`s a wonderful selection of coffee, teas and herbal infusions on offer to compliment your meal, as well as a very interesting selection of cocktail pitchers (£9.00 for 2 pints) and house wine at £8.50 a bottle (white or red).

Khublai Khan is certainly the most original dining experience I`ve ever had and is definetily worth checking out.

Mongolian food? I was intrigued and discovered a 3 course feast (15.95) consisting of Khubla Temptations, The Barbeque, and Khans Delights"

[Bob's Orange]

Right, just home from the boozer!!

The restaurent was top, top notch! For starters, I had Zebra enchiladas, which was very nice. For mains, I went up 5 times. From memory I had; Ostrich, Kangaroo, Sprinbok, Venison and a seafood mix of Tuna, Prawn and Shark (Which is lush!). The mains was great, as you get to choose your herbs and sauces. The first 2 I had was too dry but once I had got used to the amount of sauce you needed, the food was maximus lusiousness! For puds I had a white chocolate eclair. We had this russian beer (It began with B, cannae mind the name) which was very nice and was rounded off with a whisky liquer (sp) coffee. All in all, for £30 it was a spanking lot of food and drink and I would definately go again.

Mongolian food is recommended!

Oh and I drank some Swedish pear cider in the boozer afterwards which was very nice, but you couldn't drink too much of it as it is pretty sickly! :roll:

[Dazzza]

Sounds like one I went to (think they're a franchise).

Did it have a big fuck off hotplate where they cooked the goods you swiped off the buffet?

Absolutely cracking feed and was cheap as chips the place I went to.

[STFC Village]

Sounds like one I went to (think they're a franchise).

Did it have a big fuck off hotplate where they cooked the goods you swiped off the buffet?

Absolutely cracking feed and was cheap as chips the place I went to.

That sounds like the Mongolian Wok Daz, went to the one in Pox regularly, loved it. It's closed now though