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I'm not so sure if what I ate was the same thing my Yelp friends ate at Sura because our experience, myself and others, was not even remotely similar to theirs a few hours ago. I was going to give this place 2-stars but decided to be the better and be rational, forgiving, and understanding. Maybe they had an off day; maybe the prep cooks were new and didn't marinate the meats correctly--who knows...I'll be generous this one time.
Let me break it down for you guys...
-- Service - 3 stars
-- Food selection/taste - 2 stars
-- Ambiance - 2 stars
-- The feeling I'm at a tourist trap in a major city -- PRICELESS
I've never, except in we'll renowned restaurants or birthday outings, experienced so much flash photography in my life. No, they weren't Yelpers, bloggers, or Instagram people...they were flat out tourist taking a picture of their group for the memories. Memories of a Korean restaurant, with no ones birthday in sight. You had me at WOW! Maybe I'm spoiled by my exes (mature Korean women) feeding me well for over a decade, or that I've been to South Korea twice and ate authentic Korean dishes, or that I've just eaten at a whole hellaofa lot of Korean restaurants that makes me sound boastful, arrogant, and full of myself. Well, unless your Korean (un-Americanized) or had the pleasures and frustrations of living with Korean women that are trained cooks, then your opinion means nothing to me. To quote Jim Cramer from CNBC's Mad Money, "they know nothing...". BTW, if you meet a woman who can make exceptional kimchi from scratch...marry her! Thank me later. There hard to come by.
Well, about the food:
-- Beef Brisket - most of it was not tender and hard to chew. The best Korean Buffets are all about brisket....plate loads and plate loads...no one was going for it at Sura.
-- Spicy Pork - very sweet marinate...yuck...my favorite Korean dish gone in flames or lack there of. (Key word: spicy)
-- Pork Belly - not great quality, cut too thick for its cubed size.
-- Intestine - I usually like this stuff but they didn't clean the insides which gave it a funny smell and taste.
-- Pork Loin - similar to what you'd buy at Korean Markets as "Pork Belly or Pork Black Belly"...something like that. Well, they marinate it in wine. I didn't like it. I'm in the opinion they did that so not too much would be taken as it is expensive.
-- Beef (Bulgogi) - didn't try cause it didn't look right to me...
...that's all we could mustard. Went here cause Woo Che, a similar restaurant a few blocks down, is most likely out-of-business (disconnected phone line). Too bad...their meats and sauces were better and they were far cheaper than Sura.
Sura: lunch $15.99, dinner $24.99, children 3-8 $7.99
Woo Che lunch was $12.99..I think and they didn't charge for kids under 5 years old.
*Oh yeah...had to chase down service, literally, to get a refill of soda/water. A big no-no for me. Efficient Korean restaurants will just give you a pitcher of your beverage.
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