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| - Came here on 02/07/2015 for Winterlicious lunch with my girlfriend. $18 for lunch sounded like a great deal and I grew up on Korean food (I am Korean) so I thought it would be a great place for us to try.
The first thing we noticed when we got in, was the decor was more traditional than we thought it would be, the outside sign makes it look more modern, but I'm a fan of traditional. The hostess was quick to seat us and throughout the meal, the service was good.
We both had the japchae for our appetizer as it is a favourite of ours, and we both definitely enjoyed it. I appreciated the hot pepper shavings they put in for more flavour, was a great touch to make it look pretty and taste a little better. My girlfriend had the bibimbap, which was above-average. They used clearly fresh vegetables and I appreciate that they put in white rice and the red/purple rice that many Koreans grew up on, tasted very refreshing and the colour made it look better too. I had the galbi roll, which was tasty and had a great soft texture, but I thought the meat would be a little more prominent. Probably the only disappointment, which wasn't even that much of one. For dessert, I had the ginger ice cream with the burnt rice crisp (it's supposed to be burnt) and I really enjoyed it, reminded me of nurungji which paired very well with the ice cream in terms of the crunchy texture. My girlfriend had the sweet potatoes, which was quite a small portion, but they cooked it with caramelized sugar, and it tasted quite good.
Overall, the experience was good, probably will come sometime to have some samgyeopsal when the craving hits.
Food: 4/5
Service: 4/5
Location: 4/5
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