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| - I have been here a couple times for lunch now, and once for ayce bbq dinner. The staff are friendly and the service is fairly quick. The menu is fairly complete with a sample from several different types of Korean cuisine. Nothing special about the atmosphere.
I've had the gamjatang (pork back bone soup), haemul sundubu jjigae (seafood soft tofu stew), beef short rib lunch box and the ayce bbq. I have to say that the BBQ here is pretty good! The beef was delicious and tender, the pork was fatty and tasty, and the chicken was good but a bit dry. Definitely some of the better Korean BBQ ayce I've had. I think my faves were the rib eye and short ribs... nom nom nom... That said, sadly the ayce is only meat and banchan. There are no options for soups or appetizers which I found a bit disappointing for over $30/person. The banchan I've had here were bean sprouts, honey potatoes, kimchi, and fish cakes. I wasn't a big fan of the potatoes personally. They're deep fried which I'd never had for the glazed potatoes before. I prefer the pan fried texture. The rest of the banchan were decent but not fabulous.
The soups are decent but lack complexity. The broth could use more time for the flavours to meld and perhaps a pinch more of the spices would help. The Asian in me loved cleaning those pork back bones which had beautifully tender meat on them and delicious fat and cartilage! I am quite thorough compared to my friends and see it as getting that full flavour you would miss otherwise!
Overall I would recommend Seoul, especially by Calgary standards and for some Korean dishes you don't see everywhere. For example, although I haven't tried them yet, they have a few cold buckwheat noodle dishes that I cant wait to sample! I'll be back to have BBQ for sure and some (sadly) expensive soju.... but I guess that's just standard here in Canada
Happy eating folks!
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