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| - Walking around in the late hours in Koreatown we struggled to find Lim Ga Ne. Until we realized, that is, that this was a new spot; a reincarnation of its former self on Euclid. And it was only after sitting down that my dining companion remembered her previous experience and it was a mess: bland food and impossible-to-deal-with service. The new Bloor street version apparently looked better, but not by much.
Like a lot of restaurants in K-town the decor is "rustic." Peach coloured walls creeping with 1980s wood panelling, laminate floors and washrooms that score a six on a scale of dungeon to dynamite. There were two LCDs blaring Korean TV, and I'm somewhat grateful I couldn't understand the goings on. Weird stuff.
As we arrived, the staff was munching away at a table. They inexplicably pointed our party of two toward a table for six, but that's not a bad thing. We were promptly served the requisite water in plastic jug and given the menu: a photo-grid place mat of their various offerings: pork rib ($10), sellung tang ($8), dduk kook ($8), soondae ($8) and several meaty platters meant for two that started at $30. I had a hankering for dolsot bibimbap ($10) but it was described as vegetables, sprouts and noodles. I asked if I could get mine with meat, and my server just repeated the word. Meat. When I tried to specify pork or beef, she just said "meat" and nodded. I had no idea what I was getting.
The sizzling bowl arrived, and the 'meat' was there as promised. Ground up grey stuff that neither looked nor tasted appetizing. Being spoiled by spots like BCD and SAS, I have to say it: this was a fail. The bibimbap was heavy on the sprouts and devoid of flavour. I was killing it with Sriacha, and I barely got a third through before I gave up. (This is rare; normally I force bibimbap down with the ferocity of livestock attacking feed.)
My DC's meal (beef brisket in a spicy broth) was much better received, so perhaps stone bowls aren't their speciality. For me however, this place was definitely a disappointment.
Obligatory Title Pun: This place has it's LIM-itations.
Menu Readability: I do enjoy me a photo-grid place mat.
Need to mention: A solid selection of banchan was served, but even the kimchi was a let down.
What this place teaches me about myself: If you're gonna bring the sizzle you gotta bring the steak. Or in this case, the 'meat.'
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