Korean food at EmQuartier: The Bibimbab guide

On the B floor, the dining level below the shops. Opening hours are 10:00 to 21:00, every day, and the branch answers its own line on 093-161-8282. The branch record, with a map search link and the hours written out day by day, is on the EmQuartier branch page.

Phrom Phong is the one part of Bangkok where the family keeps two tables a few minutes’ walk apart. The EmQuartier branch is inside the mall on the B floor and trades 10:00 to 21:00, every day. The Sukhumvit 24 branch is a street-level restaurant rather than a mall unit, and trades 11:00 to 21:00, every day.

So the choice is simple. Mall hours and an earlier start belong to EmQuartier. A room off the street, away from the shopping floor, belongs to Sukhumvit 24. The kitchens cook the same recipes, and both take their own bookings.

Korean house cuisine centred on dolsot (hot stone bowl) bibimbap, soups, stews and classic sharing dishes, prepared with balanced nutrition in mind. Three things anchor the table.

• Dolsot Bibimbap

  돌솥비빔밥

  The house original, served roaring hot in a stone bowl

• Korean Soups & Stews

  찌개 · 탕

  Slow-simmered daily, from kimchi jjigae to soft tofu

• Classic Sharing Table

  한식 상차림

  Grilled fish, pancakes and banchan for the whole table

At this branch the 13 bibimbap bowls run from 250 to 280 baht, and the griddle dishes, pork seared at the table, from 270 to 320 baht, before VAT. The whole carte, filtered to what this branch serves, is on the menu page.

Yes. Dolsot bibimbap is built as a single serving: one hot stone bowl is a complete Korean meal for one person, rice and vegetables and protein in the same vessel. Soups, stews and noodle bowls are served the same way. If you want the method before you order, read how to eat dolsot bibimbap.

Yes. The menu runs from mild to spicy so every generation finds a dish, and most of the table is meant to be shared. Large tables and group orders are arranged by the Group Order Center on 02-662-2268. If the mall unit is full at the hour you want, Sukhumvit 24 is the fallback within walking distance.

The griddle dishes here are cooked at the table, but a full Korean barbecue evening is the work of Hwaro, the family’s griddle BBQ brand, which runs 4 branches: Central Ladprao, The Mall Ngamwongwan, Central Pinklao and The Mall Bangkapi. None of them is on Sukhumvit. The branch-by-branch Hwaro guide has the floor, hours and phone for each one.

Four more The Bibimbab tables sit within a short ride of Phrom Phong.

• Sukhumvit 24Sukhumvit, Bangkok092-276-8282
• One BangkokB1 floor, Rama IV, Bangkok080-821-5233
• Siam ParagonGround floor, Pathum Wan, Bangkok083-728-8282
• CentralPlaza Grand Rama 9B1 floor, Ratchada, Bangkok083-730-8282

All 13 branches the family runs, across every brand, are on the locations page.