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| - A few months ago, a coworker at one of the hospitals i work at mentioned about a KBBQ rumored to be opening in the area... Then later, at a visit to Serenade next door, saw a banner saying tofu hut (or something similar). Later it was named Doh Korean BBQ (still owned by tofu hut anyway but yeah) Lol
I had been a fan of tofu hut in the past purely because of its late night special for kbbq after a night of tennis or such costing like $14/person ($17 if u want steamed egg). So i had expected this place to be about the same.
Interior is completely different from any KBBQ i've been to or anything in town. Brightly lit with booths similar to Soyo/Hwaro but facing towards the room (weird... Lol) Whats UNIQUE about this place is they do not have the "usual" exhaust hoods way up in the ceiling, but they have the rarely seen anywhere (in the US) adjustable height hoods where you can lower just above the grill. For a table of 4, yeah you can see the person diagonally from you but its managable. The tube itself is not that wide. Benefits of adjustable hoods is they are in closer proximity to the grill, so lowering the chance of the smoke from the grill to escape outwards towards the customers or the restaurant. If you pay attention, you can actually see a slight "windtunnel/tornado" effect in the smoke, twirling its way up into the exhaust. YES ! finally someone had been able to put these into their restaurant after seeing it in Korean shows/dramas/etc for so long ! its an ingenious idea but maybe its costly to manufacturer/buy as it may not be produced in this country as opposed to the usual hoods. Definitely helps reducing the smell ON you but not 100% proof.
Back to the food. AYCE options $19.95 or $23.95 for dinner. The more expensive option allows for the order of ONE rib eye steak PER person. So essentially paying 4 bux to get a rib eye steak.
NOTE : apparently you get a different grill plate if you do get the rib eye.. more similar to one on a BBQ grill with the grates... i never tried it personally but thats what i heard from my friend
Ban chan (side dishes) include kimchi, ddukbokki, macaroni/potato salad thing, pickled daikon, and shredded pickled radish. Also the usual shredded salad
Each person gets a triple plate of jalapeno slices and garlic slices, bean paste, and sesame oil with salt n pepper. Initially not much in each spot (prob just in case people dont like it or dont use it, dont waste too much) but you can definitely ask for more.
Initially we ordered brisket, beef tongue, marinated kalbi (no limit), and pork belly. with a side of 2 steamed eggs.
The grill plate is the same usual but its un-oiled. Comes with a small block of fat (probably beef fat) to oil the plate. If you started with brisket and tongue like we do, thats definitely not enough and your meat will DEFINITELY stick. the ONE time it DIDNT stick is when we cooked the pork belly. TONS of fat from the belly. Definitely NON-STICK ! Would be nice if they oiled the grill plates themselves before putting it on the table or putting oil on it so the customer doesnt have to take this small block of fat and "oil" up themselves..
Brisket and tongue was great. Tender and delicious. Pork belly was nice. Good amount of meat to fat. Marinated kalbi (5 pieces) was tender. you can see they had put slices into the meat tenderizing the meat and the marinade tends to have something like kiwi or asian pear which is a natural tenderizer. So double tender. Also their marinade isnt overpowered and overly sweet like some places, but im still a "unmarinated" kind of person. Steamed egg is like the usual steamed egg. fluffy and water filled (well u do mix water into the egg before steaming... Lol). Light flavored as well.
Our second order of brisket and tongue. Tongue was good. Brisket was... uhm... well.. incident of "would you like some meat with your fat?" as each slice was like 75% fat 25% meat x_x
Bulgolgi is like the kalbi. tender. and not too sweet.
We had ordered beef tongue again, twice. Reason being that we realized they may have been doubling up on our orders initially, so when we ordered ONE order of beef tongue, it seemed so little. LOL.... Ordered a "half order" of the head-on shrimp as well. The waiter asked how many we wanted, so we gave him a number and he gave us that. Maybe works with things like pork belly too? since they are like frozen solid slices.
So in the end, similar to how the original Tofu Hut is. Minimal amount of selection. Not listed here was a few more pork belly options, and chicken. Oh also calamari. Though i did notice they dont have intestine, like Tofu Hut had (but i havent been there in years so i dunoe if they have it anymore...).
Overall, not bad. Service was pretty attentive. The waiter (not waitress) was super nice and attentive. Quick to deliver whatever requested. Our water was filled pretty often too.
Definitely a good location for those in the SW. Good to try for the price w/o the drive
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