Came here for a quick take out order while still at J Karaoke. My friend had been raging about the mandu saying they are pretty legit and similar to what we had in Korea in spring 2016. We had arrived at like 10:40-10:45 and was told they were closed with last call being at 10:30. I took that as the kitchen was closed at 10:30 but i guess my friend took it was the dining room was closed and asked if take out was possible. They answered yes.
We ordered 1 order of the mandu's - half kimchi, half normal pork. Each order comes with 10 dumplings. The dumplings came out in like 10 minutes. We took it back to karaoke before we ate it. The dumplings were nice and hot. The dipping sauce it comes is nice and balanced. Not too sweet/salty.
The dumplings were nicely pan seared. Its nice to see someone do it properly and not deep fry the entire thing or steam it. The size were pretty good. Not as filled as what is made at home but much more than most places overall.
I could easily eat a few orders of these dumplings. They are nice and flavorful. It's kind of hard to distinguish between the normal pork vs pork and kimchi but they were both equally yummy. The dumpling skin isn't too thick which is nice. I'd almost say they are more manufactured skins vs homemade.
Would love to come back and try other dishes in the future