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I first came here in 1994, when I was a wee student homesick for some local kine grinds. There was no L & L those days, so we'd have to make the trek all the way up Sahara to get here. Short story long, no matter strong my craving, it was tough to get here and it was lost to memory.
Fast forward to 2010 and, thanks to Yelp and Misti Y, this place is back on my radar. It's still a haul from my hood, but I HAD to give it a try. Walking in the door was, well, strange. It looked and felt completely different. Gone was the darkness (not sure if they even turned on the lights back in the day), the drink cooler up front and the booths. Apparently, three renovations makes a difference.
Anyway, enough with the memories and down to business: the food. There were four adults and two kids in our party, so we took the big table up close to the counter. We were readily greeted with boiled peanuts and juices for the kids (it was pretty amazing to watch how an entire can of juice can make kids bounce of walls). We were also brought never-ending dishes of different types of kim chee, which always seemed to be empty when I looked for it. The mandoo was especially tasty, definitely not the kind you get from the market. Our meals were onolicious and no one left hungry or a plate empty.
I like this place, but it's so far out of my normal eating radius. I hope to be back before another 16 years elapses.
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