Dadam KoreanBBQ

Springfield Central, the master-planned sprawl west of Brisbane, is not where you would expect to find charcoal-grilled Korean barbecue, which is part of the appeal here. This is the corridor's first proper Korean BBQ house, and the format is the traditional one: a grill set into the centre of each table, the smoky work of cooking left to you while the kitchen keeps the marinated meat and side dishes coming. Wagyu features across the cuts, alongside pork and marinated beef galbi, and the combination sets are built for a table that wants to graze slowly over the coals. Around the grilling there is the rest of the Korean canon done plainly and well: bibimbap arriving in hot stone bowls, seasoned rice crisping at the edges, along with soups, noodles and a rotating spread of banchan and house kimchi. The room itself is unfussy and contemporary, clean lines and casual booths rather than anything showy, which suits a suburb still short on this kind of cooking. Service tends toward the attentive, staff circling to turn meat and refill plates. For anyone in Ipswich or the western growth suburbs, it is worth the short drive.