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| - The uptown K-town has no shortage of Korean restaurants, and plenty of them in this area are good.
If you're in the mood for the meat sweats, the all you can eat menu here is a good choice (and the only thing I've tried the two times I've been). They have a regular menu as well, but I've only tried the all you can eat menu here (twice) so that's all I'm going to review.
For about $28 after tip and taxes on a Friday, you get mounds and mounds of Kalbi ribs, bulgogi beef, pork, and other variations of Korean meats. The quality of the meats is good, and I would say better compared to other Korean BBQ's that I have tried in Toronto.
The Kalbi Beef is well marinated and you can't wait to dig in as you wait for it to grill up in front of you. But all the meat is good, and if you and your friends are hungry, this will do the job.
For the weekend dinner, the meal also comes with some "extras" which are not all you can eat, last time I got a skewer of shrimp and scallops, and fried shrimp (torpedo style).
As typical for Korean restaurants, they serve a number of side dishes along with your meal, which you can ask to be refilled at any time. These are your typical kimchi, pickled radishes, etc. that you come to expect from any Korean establishment.
The BBQs here are the typical gas burners, not the coal type which are so rare and hard to find in Toronto.
My biggest criticism with the all you can eat menu here is that you cannot order lettuce or other sides which are typically used to "wrap" the meat as part of the menu. Orders of lettuce will cost you extra. This is a bit confusing to me, as the cost for lettuce is really, really cheap compared to the meat they're providing.
All in all though, I don't think there's anything distinctively special about this place, though if you want a large, unhealthy serving of meat (we all crave this once in a while) then it's a good choice.
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