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We had the samgyupsal (pork belly) table cooking for two. $33.99 on the menu? Something like that. Comes with tofu soup or soy bean soup, lettuce (for wrapping), two sauces (one tasted like peanut oil and salt, and the other was ssamjang (a spicy seasoned bean paste), raw garlic slices (for putting in your wraps) and two bowls of white rice. We chose tofu. Weird that for a two person combo, they give you one person's serving of soup...one bowl of it. Banchan (side dishes) for the night were kimchi, pickled radish, kimchi radish cubes, bean sprouts, japchae, and broccoli. Very good portion of samgyupsal, and the quality of it was great. Not bacon type pork belly. There were strips of fat, but small strips, so when we cooked it, what remained after cooking was tender meat without huge chunks of fat. Delicious. The meat also came with a large slice of onion.
I was quite concerned about the raw garlic, but the samgyupsal holds its own and the garlic doesn't overwhelm. My favorite wrap of the night (self-made, of course) was lettuce (duh), bite of rice, slice of garlic, piece of kimchi, slivers of pickled radish, and samgyupsal dipped in both sauces.
I don't know if there's a cap on banchan refills, but the cap on lettuce refills is one.
After we had eaten our fill, we had at least a third of our samgyupsal left, half a bowl of rice and all of our soup (we didn't even touch the soup because we had too much food). Total damage before tips came to just over $38.
Attentive service. Surprisingly good English by the staff. They have some private booths with buzzers/bells to get service. Those actually work. The servers respond. Nice thing about private booths is that there are cushions for the wooden benches. Will be back.
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