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| - I used to like Ka Chi. I really did.
In fact, the locale in the Annex used to be the Korean restaurant of choice I used take noobies to expose them to the greatness that is Korean cuisine.
However, the Korean town location has started to slide a bit over the last couple of years. The quality is simply not as good and since I have had better since I really do not go to that location anymore.
For example, more than once I have found the Pork Bone Soup to be undercooked -- by that I mean the meat is still firmly attached to the bone and thus you find yourself having to wrestle with your meal and you know you can't splash pork bone soup. Since once even a spot falls on your clothes, that stuff is simply not coming off. That is just a pork bone soup no-no.
However, on a recent trip to Chinatown... I was going to Seor Ak San for Korean however once there, we found the place closed. Bummer.
I knew of *THIS* Ka Chi from before and after opting to go in here instead of the Korean restaurant literally next door to this one, I must admit I was pleasantly surprised.
Yes, the place is lacking some sort of central heating and it feels a bit damp, but the food was good and satisfying. The banchan were varied and delicious and even though the motherly waitress\owner seemed to be serving and cleaning tables at warp speed, she was never busy enough to ask if we wanted a banchan refill or if we needed anything, like more tea in a more than friendly manner.
My date and I ended up chatting it up for a bit and not once did we feel rushed, nor did they try to sneak in the tab.
Finally, we left as the place started getting packed and we felt it unfair to have them loose business because we were using up a table.
Yup, we felt that good about our stay that we wanted to help them out. That says something.
If I want to go back to Ka Chi, I will come back to this one locale.
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