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| - I've eaten at Chowon about 10 times now, but in all but one visit, have only ever ordered the same dish. That would be the kamponggi, which is a korean style sweet-n-sour chicken. This place makes an amazing kamponggi and the $13 dish can easily feed 2 or 3 people. We usually order a bowl of rice each to go with it.
I just went there again on Saturday at 1pm for lunch and we decided to order a second dish since there were 4 of us there this time and settled on a seafood casserole (haemul jeongol for $20) . That was a mistake. Sure, the plate was gigantic... but it was a huge mound of soybean sprouts!! There was an okay amount of seafood mixed in here and there, but honestly... gigantic plate of beansprouts. The kamponggi was also soggy beneath all the sauce... usually it's crispy, even with the sauce on top of it.
Service was horrible on this day, the lady who served us seemed to hate us, dropped off food and turned away so fast we could barely ask for stuff, ignored our bell, didn't bring us rice until 15 mins after we got our kamponggi, and took the menu away .. while my friend was reading it o_O Could be because we were the only ones in there not speaking Korean? I was super embarassed since I had touted this place so much and it was their first time there *SIGH*
All the other times, I'd gone on a Sunday lunch with a friend.. right when they open at 12 and was served by another lady who was always nice to us. I'm not going to pan them for the last visit, and I just love their kamponggi too much BUT will stick to going on a Sunday as before!!
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