It's hard to avoid homogenization in the restaurant industry, and it's no different for Korean restaurants. Looking at the whole of Chongqing, there are not many Korean restaurants, most of them exist in the form of barbecue restaurants, with pork belly as the main recommendation, and the main dish is not bibimbap, that is, fried rice cakes, and the dishes are very simple. In contrast, cat scratch barbecue includes grilled pork, beef, mutton, chicken and seafood, and the dishes are rich and more popular with young consumers.
Founded in 2011 and with branches in Beijing, Guangzhou and other cities, Cat Scratch Barbecue is a local Korean food brand, but it is not inferior to those Korean-owned restaurants in Chongqing. The logo of the cat scratch barbecue is a small gluttonous cat that licks its tongue left and right, and the logo is also the main element in the design of the restaurant, so the cat scratch barbecue is known as the "cute barbecue restaurant".
Korean barbecue restaurants mainly use seasoned meat, which has a richer taste than plain meat, but many barbecue restaurants use the same seasoning to marinate the seasoned meat, which inevitably makes diners feel monotonous and greasy. Cat scratch barbecue provides a variety of seasoned meat, and the seasonings used in the dishes are also different, each with its own characteristics, such as pickled pepper fat beef is the restaurant's secret pickled pepper spread on the surface of beef, and the soft meat of the fat beef with sour and hot and refreshing pickled pepper is not only appetizing, but also a collection of sour, fragrant, salty, spicy in one, rich taste. Cat scratch rattan pepper chicken is marinated by rattan pepper, millet pepper, two wattle strips and other seasonings, the chicken pepper is fragrant, the entrance is slightly numb, with a little salty taste. The tenderness of the chicken and the freshness and spicinessness of the seasoning are combined to create a smooth and crispy texture, which is very enjoyable. The long beef tongue roasted with green onions is made of Zhangqiu green onions as an adjunct, and the beef tongue has a hint of sweet onion fragrance, and the meat is tender, and it can also play a role in relieving greasy when eaten together with green onions. In addition, yakiniku slices with a secret Japanese sauce and pork plum meat topped with black pepper sauce are also worth trying.
Seasoned meat must be marinated to enhance its flavor, so Korean barbecue restaurants generally don't have high requirements for the meat ingredients used. Although the ingredients of cat scratch barbecue are not top-notch, they are not small. Onion beef cubes are the restaurant's signature signature, using Australian Angus steak cubes, which are more tender than regular steaks. During the roasting process, the onion is cut into small slices and wrapped around the beef to prevent the juices from running away. The beef is on the sweet side, juicy and full with a subtle onion aroma.
Pangasius is not a common dish in barbecue restaurants, but it is very popular with children. Remove the bones of the pangasius, wrap it in tin foil and put it in a baking tray, wait until it is cooked, then tear the tin foil, sprinkle with chopped green onions, and the fragrance is strong. Pangasius is tender and sweet, and it tastes best when dipped in hoisin sauce. It is worth mentioning that the restaurant has prepared a set menu, which is divided into two groups: the hot version and the tender version, each group has a total of four dishes, the former is spicy, the latter is sweet, please go to the store for details.
There are not many staple foods of cat-scratched barbecue, and they are all the most common items in Korean food, such as bibimbap, cold noodles, fried rice cakes, and so on. The difference is that the cat scratch barbecue adds some "fun" to the seemingly "boring" dishes, such as combining bibimbap with seafood and cheese, the cheese is wrapped in rice, which is full of glutinous, the green peppers in the bibimbap dilute the greasy taste of the cheese, and the seafood makes the taste richer.
Although Cat Scratch Yakiniku is a Korean-style barbecue restaurant, the overall environment is based on the style of a Japanese izakaya, and the Korean elements are almost extinct, which is a bit disappointing for diners who want to experience Korean culture. Cat Scratch Barbecue has opened a total of four stores in Chongqing, and it is so popular that it is often necessary to wait for a table. Although the price of the dishes is not high, compared with other barbecue restaurants, the restaurant has some more charges, such as lettuce wrapped in barbecue, electric stove, etc. Even so, in Chongqing, the cost performance of cat scratch barbecue is still better than that of the old franchise chain brands Xilai Thin Meat and Jiang Hudong.
