Iryewon Asian Fusion Restaurant is really a Korean Chinese restaurant.
This place is really busy as I arriving to a half full restaurant on a weekday for a late lunch and more and more people kept coming in even after I leave. Most of the patrons here are Koreans.
The menu consist of Northern Chinese dishes but with a Korean twist. There are English description on the menu.. but not on the Today's Special page which are all in Korean.. trying to figure out what is today special can be a challenge when one don't even know which is the Korean character for the day of the week.
Banchan is a little different than the usual Korean restaurant because aside from kimchi, there is this raw onion which I suppose to dip it in black bean sauce and eat that.. to give me the onion breath!
I decided on the Jjamppong ($7.99 special at $6.99) which is a spicy noodle soup with seafood flavoured with onions and chili oil. The broth is not too spicy though it looks really orange. The noodles are really good.. chewy and a little transparent looking I wish there are some more. There are tons of squid (they are quite tender), a big shrimp (not good, mashy texture), smalle shrimps and little mussels(the frozen type)
There are a lot of privacy since there are high partitions set up between the tables and there are quite a few private rooms for groups.
The service here is quick and friendly.
They accepts Visa and Mastercard.