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| - Everyone knows you're supposed to gorge on pasta before a marathon. What should you eat afterwards? The answer: all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ.
I came to this outpost of Korean Grill House a few hours after finishing the Toronto Marathon (in October '08). I was so hungry I could have eaten a horse, but a bountiful supply of pork, beef, chicken, lamb, salmon, squid and shrimp--and of course pickled veggies--satisfied me...and tasted much better. The aforementioned items come with the all-you-can-eat menu selection. The quality of these meats is good. Sure, it isn't as high as the top-choice tenderloin on the a la carte menu, but at $16, who can argue?
As sore and famished as I was, I would have eaten in a meatpacking plant. Still, this KGH's ambience was impressive. The interior is modern and sleek, and groups of teens and twenty-somethings give it a fun vibe. For an establishment whose trade is animal flesh and fluids, the interior is remarkably clean. The centerpiece of the restaurant is a fluorescent bar at the far end. We didn't sample anything from it this time, but I bet it makes for mirth and merriment later at night. This restaurant is tailor made for a big, raucous party.
In the end, my companions stopped at two round of meats, but I polished off four.
Best part of my meal: the ventilation. After leaving the premises, my clothes didn't reek of pork fumes.
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