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| - Finally had a chance to try this place! Not sure if it's because of the consistent high ratings that made me have a super high expectation for this place, but I wasn't as impressed at my visit.
This place is good for 4- people, any more it gets too crowded.
We ordered the Kookminhakgyo assorted set ($57.99 for 4 servings) which included pork skirt meat, pork shoulder, pork jowl meat, and pork belly. We had 6 people, which wasn't enough food for us so we also tried the beef skirt meat ($23.99 for 200g of meat), and an order pork jowl meat ($14.99 for 200g).
The meat are fresh and you can tell it's good quality meat. I didn't really like the beef skirt meat, thought the meat was slightly tough for me. I liked the pork more, pork jowl being the best in my opinion as it was the most tender one. I didn't like how the meat were not marinated, but I'm guessing that's the authentic way of eating it. You marinate it yourself with all the provided sauces, green onions and then wrap it in the lettuce. The red paste and black pepper/salt/oil sauce was good. I actually didn't like the sauce that was in the jar (bbq sauce i think?).
I think the best thing we had at this restaurant was the steamed egg! The egg was SO soft and SO fluffy, and flavorful, it was amazing. One pot comes free but it was so good we actually ordered another one even though we had to pay for it. I don't know why it's so good but it's the best steamed egg I've had at a korean restaurant.
Service was good, quite attentive and fast with serving. One thing I also really liked was how you can store your belongings inside the seat you are sitting on - this is smart cause then your jacket or bag won't smell like BBQ!
Overall I enjoyed my meal here. I would come again, as long as the wait isn't crazy.
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