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| - One of a must in any Korean community is the existence of a good jajangmyun and jamppong restaurants. This is because, unlike most other Korean foods, these dishes are very difficult to replicate at home. Many good cooks can whip up a good dwenjang jjigae, ddukbokki, or jun, and even more can fire up a kbbq or jungol on their portable gas grill that every Korean family owns. But trying to perfect the sauces that are the catalysts for these two noodles so that they taste just like the ones from the old country, that is a monumental challenge. For this reason, jajangmyun restaurants that make great sauces are known by every Korean in that community. In Vegas, apparently there is Island Style.
I guess to non-Koreans this is a Hawaiian place? But in the Korean community, this place is known as Baek Li Hyang, a Korean-Chinese restaurant that serves up Jajangmyun, jamppong, and tang soo yook (sweet & sour pork, Korean style). They also have other Korean dishes, one of which I noticed is the beef jun. We were here specifically for the noodles, and thus ordered a dish of each. Expectations were high because we heard consistently that this is the best Chinese noodle restaurant in the valley. As a result, disappointment was also high as we realized that it was not going to meet those expectations.
First the good. Jamppong is pretty good. The soup has that requisite taste required, and the ingredients were ample with fresh and plump seafood pieces. The deep red color is accompanied by an equally deep taste, although not quite as spicy as it appears. Now the mediocre. The noodle on both dishes were just okay, not as firm and chewy as it should be indicating it's not handmade. Take note, noodles are a big differentiator in these two dishes. When they are not proper, it will "tire out" the dish. This will result in the symptom where you will initially like it, but then find yourself not finishing the dish. It was such here. The bad is the jajang sauce. It was too sweet, and did not possess that distinct taste required to qualify as good jajangmyun. The combination of that sauce with the noodles made it at best an okay dish.
The bare set up did nothing to enhance the experience, but the servers were pleasant. While the Korean-Chinese dishes we had were only mediocre, I'm wondering if there is something that they to well since the place was decently busy. Maybe I will give it another go on some of the other dishes... But based on what we had, I can't do any better than 3 stars.
Table-for-1 Factor: Absolutely fine to eat by yourself here, both the atmosphere and the dishes are set up for it.
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