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| - "This is one of the better experiences in Indonesian food I've had in years!" is how this review should have started, if Gabo Gabo one block over was ACTUALLY OPEN DESPITE THEIR ONLINE RESERVATIONS SYSTEM NOT MENTIONING THEY WERE CLOSED FOR PATRIOT'S DAY/VICTORIA DAY. Thanks, Gabo Gabo.
I'll be That Guy here. I'm from northern New Jersey. I have been in and out of the heavily-Korean parts of Jersey and K-town in NYC plenty of times. I've had my share of Korean food. I am not afraid of big, bright red spicy bowls. I know my way around the menus. This, to me, is not new stuff that they serve at Les Saisons. But what they do serve is good stuff.
My wife went for bulgogi ramen, I went for whatever dish it was that had the three red leaves, the spiciest thing on the menu that wasn't meant to be shared. It was a seafood broth noodle soup, Chinese-Korean style, with lots of thin sliced pork belly, mussels (not in the shells), tiny shrimp, thinly sliced pounded mochi-style rice cake slices, scallions, cabbage, and tons of other veggies.
Not gonna lie. This was GOOD STUFF. The lady waiting the tables asked me if I was OK with spicy food, and I told her to bring it on. Seriously, I am not afraid of spicy. To me, it was around 3 or 4, tops, on a scale of 1-10, 1 being a modest spicy tingle and 10 being phaal curry from Brick Lane.
The one reason this is a four-star joint is two minor things combined:
-The tea pot was far too small for two people
-The banchan (a bunch of small bites of different Korean vegetables and stuff in different styles) was only three small dishes, compared to anywhere between 6-10 or even more that have been served at other Korean restaurants I've been to
Other than that, no complaints. The ramen in my wife's ramen was clearly freeze-dried, but oh well, can't win 'em all. My noodles were at least decently fresh. The broths were very definitely homemade, mine from seafood and my wife's from beef bones. Plus the bulgogi flavors seeped into her broth over time to give it a nice sweet-soy flavor under current.
There were a few interesting soju cocktails and other things but we weren't drinking, and to my jaded mind, seemed very reasonably priced.
I could see this being an awesome place to kick back after midterms or finals if you're a Concordia student, or just looking for interesting tasty food.
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