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| - I'm no Korean food expert, but I know what I like. And I know when I've eaten better. And at this particular location of Nak Won, I know I've eaten better.
Service was friendly, but very sparse. There was one girl running the entire floor. We felt bad for her, but we had to keep buzzing for service (each table is equipped with a buzzer). She was really nice, but you could tell all the tables were getting pissed.
I ordered Sullang Tang (stewed beef in broth) and my companion ordered Seafood Dwenjang Chigae (seafood/veg/tofu in soy bean sauce broth). The soups arrived lukewarm! And the broth for both tasted very piggy, like pork entrails. Almost like they didn't rinse the pig parts before dumping them into the broth pot. We also shared a Tempura Shrimp Appetizer. The shrimp were reused (or refried) and were small, shriveled and dry. The vegetables were mostly potato slices. The tempura coating was very greasy and not crispy/crunchy at all. Very disappointing.
What saved the meal were the nine little containers of re-fillable banchan (appetizers/side dishes): honey potatoes, marinated soybeans, bean sprouts, fish cake, etc. We mostly ate those. But who wants to pay for a meal and only enjoy the free side dishes? The mains were not worth it!
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