The brainchild of renowned Korean Celebrity Chef Jong Won Paik, Bornga is Korea's leading chain of barbeque restaurants with almost 50 branches worldwide since it was established in 2002. 33 of these are in Korea with the rest in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and the United States. Following the successful debut of its 1st foray here (last November at The Star Vista), a 2nd has opened on the 2nd floor of VivoCity in May this year. My dining companions and I waited for more than half an hour on a weekend evening before we were seated near the back with a view of Sentosa and its fireworks. Dimly-lit and spacious but a tad smoky despite extendable black exhaust tubes hanging from the ceiling, which could be pulled down to just an inch above the grill. With the exception of kimchi as well as broccoli and cauliflower with accompanying sauce, complimentary free-flow banchan were mostly salty and nothing to rave about or fault.
