Ma Ma's Korean

MaMa’s Korean
8867 Pendleton Pike
Indianapolis, IN 46226
(317) 897-0808

Wow, I can't say I have Ever had Korean food before. Even though I enjoy new things, I cant say that I would ever try it again. I was highly unimpressed with the food. Not necessarily because it was bad but because I just didn't care for the taste. We joined a group of about 20 people and were the late arrivers.

Initial greeting was good, there wasn't any wait line. The drink selection was good and timing for the drink order was decent. As a side note: It's always hard for servers to be on the ball if there is a large group of customers.

There is a general appetizer served with every dinner. The meal selection is enormous with detailed descriptions of what it is that you are ordering. From what I've gathered, this is very close to authentic Korean food.

The amount of food that you get with your orders is enough for 2 people to eat a meal. There portions are Very LARGE, if you go here don't worry about not having enough to eat.

This is the most annoying part about the meal, the check took about 7 to 8 mins to pay. If there is something that i dislike most about a meal is is waiting to pay. As a general rule I don't really like to give away my money and waiting to do something that I don't really enjoy doing is very annoying. Had I not been with a large group of people I probably would have left without paying.

Overall the value for the money was good. I think that I could say that a little stronger had I enjoyed the meal. The general appetizers served with every meal are great. There is a combination of different item to taste.

New Day Meadery

New Day Meadery
Historic Fountain Square
1102 Prospect Street
Indianapolsi, IN 46203
888-MEADERY (888-632-3379)

Here is a quaint but modern tasting room located in Historic Downtown Fountain Square. As your walking down the side walk to get here you may be reminded of how people used to live in the city so many years ago. Where everything you needed was located in one city block and you didn't need to take your car everywhere you went. Your deli was on the corner, a dessert shop close to it, maybe a restaurant down the way a bit and a produce and flower shop somewhere in the mix.

The outside of this shop is beautiful. It has a wonderful glow about it in the rough of a portion of the city that is still trying to survive. There is seating enough here to have... say a baccalaureate party (which was going on when we were there) if you wanted to. There is a counter to stand and taste their mead and then a few table and chairs if you're with a small group.

Now if you have never had mead before, It is similar to wine but not quite the same. Wine is made made from grapes and the soul definition of mead is honey. Eh, some taste similar to wine and some are completely different.

From what I understand, all the fruit they purchase is local to Indiana along with the Honey they use to make the mead. Also they sell the honey in the store if you would like to take some home.

Bottles of mead range from about $12 to $22 and if you ever frequent wineries the you know the prices is comparable. If there was a mead I would recommend it would be the Plum Mead which is highly delectable and slightly intoxication with its sweet aroma and bold character. I think a bottle cost $16 and is well worth it. This 'meadery' gets an A+ for class, style, taste, presentation and hospitality. One more thing to keep in mind though when going to taste, there is a small fee of $5 for a full tasting which isn't by any means compared to the value you get from the mead and the explanations that come from the owners themselves. I do hope you decide to try!!