1 General introduction about Dookki restaurant chain and Dookki Da Lat branch
Address: Basement 1, Lam Vien square (Big C), Da Lat city, Lam Dong
Business hours: 10:30 – 22:00
Hotline: (0263) 351 1335
Reference price at the restaurant (excluding 10% VAT)
Adult ticket price: 139,000 VND/person
Child ticket price: 69,000 VND/person
Add cheese rings 69,000 VND, or pureed cheese 39,000 VND
Dookki restaurant chain is a unique combination of buffet and tobokki hot pot, instead of just selling traditional tokbokki dishes, creating a new craze in the style of enjoying Korean food for young people. Not only Vietnam, Dookki also brings new waves to other Asian countries such as Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand… Conquering the world with its own direction, but still retaining its traditions in Korean cuisine, which makes the Dookki restaurant system increasingly famous among young people.
After creating the above fever in big cities such as Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Da Nang, Dookki buffet restaurant chain opened another branch in Da Lat to attract a large number of diners to enjoy on their discovery trip. My Da Lat.
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2 What’s attractive about the menu at Buffet Dookki Dalat?
The food counter is located right in the middle of the restaurant. Coming here, you will definitely be immersed in the appeal of a variety of delicious Dalat dishes, freely choosing the dishes you like.
At Dookki there are up to 7 types of sauces for different hot pot flavors, you will be able to mix your own sauce according to your taste. If you are confused about how to mix the sauce or which flavor is delicious, please ask the staff, they will carefully guide you on how to mix the sauce as you like.
The dishes are divided into separate adjacent areas, in clean separate trays and are brought out regularly by the staff so you don’t have to worry about missing dishes.
At the hot pot topping counter, there are more than 20 different types of toppings, diverse types such as regular tobokki, cheese tobokki, fish cakes, mushrooms, sausages, shrimp, fish balls,…
Of course, there will be vegetables for hot pot such as mustard greens, mushrooms, kimchi… and fresh meat counters such as pork, shrimp, squid…
Next to that is a counter of other pre-cooked side dishes such as fried chicken, crispy fried milk crab, fish skewers, Korean-style rice balls, fried potatoes, fried noodles, etc. There are also Korean instant noodles for you to choose from to add to the hot pot.
The rice ball counter also has many choices for you including jam meat rice balls, tuna rice balls and kimchi rice balls.
More specifically for cheese lovers, buy an extra ring of cheese to wrap around the hot pot to make the fun more complete. It is estimated that a large ring for 69,000 is enough to feed 6 people, even 8 people. Dip rice cakes and many other toppings into delicious, fatty cheese.
After finishing the hot pot, don’t forget to enjoy some hand-made mixed rice from the ingredients provided at Dookki along with the black bean noodles provided at the instant noodle counter. Served with pickled cucumbers and cantaloupe, the flavor is both wonderfully harmonious and not boring.
Especially, drinking water at Dookki is completely free, you can take as much as you want. There are 3 types of water for you to choose from: 7up, fanta, pepsi.
3Space and atmosphere served at Dookki Dalat restaurant
Coming to Dookki, you feel like you are immersed in the Korean culinary space as you are surrounded by a full line of food for you to freely choose from. Dookki buffet restaurant system has a space design with a common characteristic, which is outstanding Korean style. The area is just enough, but still ensures the most airiness and comfort for all diners when dining here. The tables and chairs are simply designed, with convenient aisle arrangements for you to get in and out while choosing food. Dishes and utensils are clean, no longer oily or damp.
The food stalls are divided into reasonable positions, there will be a separate line containing only raw foods, followed by sauces for you to choose from to make hot pot, the next counter will be the homemade food counter. Pre-cooked fried rice, mixed vermicelli, pickles, fried chicken, french fries, etc. are all arranged scientifically and methodically to bring you the most convenience.
Besides, the staff at Dookki Dalat serve very enthusiastic and friendly. You will receive detailed and thoughtful instructions from the staff from making hot pot sauce, taking orders and assisting in preparing dishes at the table to make them most delicious.
When leaving, the staff also bowed very politely, accompanied by a very friendly smile. While dining at the restaurant, when you need help, you just need to glance at them and see where they are, they will come to support you extremely quickly.
4Tips for preparing delicious hot pot sauce from Dookki
When you go to eat hot pot, you will usually be served a pot of hot pot broth that already has spices. However, when coming to Dookki, the staff will only bring out a pot of clear and bland broth, with almost nothing special. Therefore, you can prepare your own hot pot broth according to your own preferences.
If it’s your first time coming to Dookki, you may be a little confused because there are many different flavors of hot pot. In addition to asking for advice from the staff, Vietnamtravelio will give you some suggestions about the taste of the sauces.
– BUSAN sauce: This is Dookki’s newest sauce. It combines spicy, sweet, and salty flavors. Especially you can use it directly to dip food
– BLACK SOY Sauce: For Korean food lovers, black bean sauce is not a strange spice. The black bean sauce is not too strong and harsh, quite smooth and suitable for diners who do not like spicy food.
– CURRY SAUCE: Made from curry seeds, the sauce has a very characteristic aroma and strong spicy taste.
– DDUKMO sauce: this sauce has a medium spicy taste, stimulating the taste buds.
– DAEGU sauce: This is the spiciest sauce at Dookki. If you are a fan of spicy food, this is the right choice. Otherwise, you will have to eat and inhale while burning your tongue.
– GUNGCHUNG sauce: This is a standard BBQ sauce. The sauce is sweet, salty, and rich with roasted sesame seeds.
– DOOKKI sauce: If you can’t eat too spicy but still want a little heat in the hot pot, choose this sauce. The mild spicy taste of the sauce will stimulate your appetite.
– Cream Sauce: As its name suggests, cream sauce has a sweet, fatty taste. If you like the fatty taste, add this sauce to your hot pot.
Please save the sauce recipes below suggested by Dookki restaurant itself!
5Some notes when coming to Dookki Dalat restaurant
– If you don’t see Dookki Dalat restaurant when you arrive at basement 1 of Lam Vien Square, please follow these directions. Dookki is located next to the bowling alley of Cinestar cinema, opposite C-Gym. You can get here from the stairs up at the entrance to the cinema or go straight to the main gate from the car park of Big C supermarket.
– Maximum dining time at Dookki is 90 minutes. But rest assured, within 90 minutes you will be completely full and forget the way back.
– Dookki Restaurant does not limit the number of times you can pick up food, so take a little each time, if you don’t have enough, get more. Because if there is too much food left over, an environmental fee of 40k/table will be charged.
Although Dookki Restaurant has not been in the Vietnamese culinary industry for a long time, it has an extremely outstanding appeal. Luxurious space, fresh and hygienic food, enthusiastic service. If you have the opportunity to travel to Da Lat, visit Dookki restaurant to enjoy a warm hot pot.