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| - I seriously think it's safe to say that a group of Yelpers eating at a restaurant is comparable to a swarm of locusts attacking a biblical crop. Nothing will be spared, and no one is safe.
Ok, now that the dramatics are over, this place was AHH-MAAAYYY-ZIIIINNNG! I mean, $26 bucks?!? All the delicious meat, seafood, and veggies I can manage to shove down my gullet hole?!? Angry Korean moms as servers, yelling at you every time you mess something up?!? It doesn't get a whole lot better than that.
I had never been to a place like this before, but I quickly became comfortable after the group of people I was with assured me I would love it. It's actually pretty exciting. You are sitting at this large table, with something in the middle of it that you can light on fire. That, in and of itself, is pretty damn cool. I love interactive eating experiences.
My favorite OF COURSE was the Kalbi/Galbi beef (short-ribs). My table figured out that if you heat up the grill and can get it to the perfect temperature (not too hot, but not too cool either), then you will get the most tender, perfectly cooked meat that practically melts in your mouth. It's an art I guess lol.
Since it was all you can eat, we ordered a little bit of everything that tickled our fancy. There was baby octopus, pork belly, beef tongue, spicy chicken and pork, you name it. And almost all of it was good. The only one I was not really feelin' was the octopus, mainly because, as my new friend Anthony M. stated, the octopus was just plain. No seasoning or marinade, no lemon or anything to really put on it... So it just ended up tasting a little basic.
The sides were really tasty as well, like our steamed egg, soup, and perfectly cooked rice that even came in it's own little metal container to keep it warm.
Honestly, our table pretty much devoured everything as soon as it was brought out!! Misti Y. and I tapped out early, but the guys kept ordering more and more meat. There was no end in sight!! I seriously think they ordered like, 10 lbs of meat. No joke. We certainly got our money's worth.
I would more then recommend anyone who has not tried this place yet to stop in and give it a go. It's a really fun experience, and the food is great too. Just be careful where you sit at the table.
I sat in a booth against the wall, and I swear, all the smoke from the grill came straight at me!! By the end of the night, I felt like I had smoked a pack of Marlboro cigarettes, and smelled like a burned-down meat packing facility. But it was well worth it :)
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