JMT Korean Delights. Photo by Amir Menachem The Korean wave that has taken the world by storm continues to spread, this time reaching us through our plates and deliveries. After captivating screens with "Squid Game," revolutionizing the beauty world with snail creams, and commanding social media with K-Pop bands, Korea is claiming yet another victory: its cuisine has arrived in the heart of Tel Aviv with the opening of JMT – a vibrant and promising Korean street food joint on Nahalat Binyamin.
JMT, short for Jon Mattaeng – a slang term meaning "insanely tasty," offers a well-crafted menu with a variety of traditional and popular Korean dishes, featuring authentic South Korean street flavors with slight adaptations for the local palate. With intense, spicy, fermented, and colorful flavors gaining momentum worldwide, it is one of the most intriguing launches of the year.
Korean Restaurant. Amir MenachemThe short yet significant conflict with the Iranians created a need for deliveries at this new restaurant. Coupled with the intense heat and lack of desire to cook, this offers a great opportunity to bring colorful Korean cuisine into your home.
The greatest advantage of JMT is its introduction of an unfamiliar cuisine, not just another stir-fried noodles or salmon sushi but a kitchen resembling other Asian cuisines yet with its own vibrant appeal.
JMT's menu includes a wide array of dishes with Korean names that are not always easy to understand, but it comes with a glossary for easy ordering. Here are a few must-order dishes to experience this cuisine:
Tteokbokki – Creamy – one of the well-known dishes. Made from sticky rice cakes in spicy gochujang sauce with carrots, fish cakes, mozzarella cheese, and a poached egg. It felt somewhat like a wintery Italian-Asian dish worth trying, but it wasn't the best dish in the delivery.
Gimbap – A giant-sized Korean sushi roll with rice seasoned in sesame oil, fun to eat and comes wrapped in a designed cylinder. It can be filled with a variety of vegetables, fish, crispy chicken, or meat. A dish we really enjoyed, incorporating sourness and saltiness, and we even had half left for the next day, which was still tasty.
Korean Wings – The most delicious dish, crispy and intense twice-fried chicken wings, spicy and full of flavor, worth ordering in a large portion.
Daegi Phae – A tremendously thin schnitzel, seasoned with gochugaru, wrapped in colorful paper packaging like a delightful postal delivery.
Bibimbap – A comforting and fun dish recommended to try at least once. A traditional rice bowl with vegetables, an egg, and intensely flavored sauce, available with beef sirloin, seafood, or tofu, we chose sirloin, and it blended wonderfully.
Other snack options include Gimari – fried nori seaweed filled with noodles, Pajeon – spicy pancake made of potato flour with seafood or a vegan version, and spicy peppers stuffed with cheese and bacon. Accompanied by handmade kimchi, fermented for 30 days at the location and served fresh.
Gimbap Katchu - 68 ILS (approximately $18)
Bibimbap Sirloin - 84 ILS (approximately $22)
Korean Pancake - 48 ILS (approximately $12.5)
Daegi Phae - 79 ILS (approximately $21)
Wings - 48 ILS (approximately $12.5)
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Before the taste, the appearance of the delivery is charming, designed, and colorful, making it desirable even without knowing the food due to its richness. This, in my opinion, is a very important part of the delivery experience.
Another wonderful conclusion is that the flavors and dining experience were just as enjoyable and delicious as dining in the restaurant at the opening – which speaks volumes about the delivery method and product quality.
The delivery was truly delicious for us, with the wings, Bibimbap sirloin, and Gimbap crispy chicken being the standout dishes. Order now
Korean Sushi. Photo by Osnat Guetta
