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| - I was disappointed with Anju to be honest. I tried extremely hard to like it, since I love traditional and modern Korean cuisine and culture, but to no avail.
We reserved my birthday dinner around the first stampede weekend, so the restaurant was pretty busy. The servers and hosts greeted us and seated us quickly.
Our server explained the menu and specials to us, and was very personable. Our drinks were okay, nothing special. We ordered one of their specials as an appetizer - rappokki. Rapokki is technically Ddokpokki with ramen, but they added some pork to it as well. It was extremely spicy! Okay, ddokpokki is usually pretty spicy to begin with, and I love spicy. In fact, I boil a ton jalapeƱos in my kimchijigae and on other korean soups I make at home. But seriously, their rapokki was way too spicy, almost inedible.
Our mains were both dolsot bibimbap. I got the beef and my fiance got the chicken. Both bibimbap lacked any sort of flavour and the aroma was just that of grilled meat. I love meat, don't get me wrong, but bibimbap is typically a vegetarian dish, that you can add some meat or tofu into. Usually, bibimbap would overwhelm you with the smell of fresh veggies, sesame oil, and picked veggies. Then you would add some gochujang paste that has been made specifically for bibimbap(usually with some sesame oil and sugar). But their bibimbap was just bland and their gochujang sauce was just spicy. Just nothing special, and for the price you pay ($20+ for dolsot bibimbap) it should be amazing.
Also, their side dishes(you will need to order 3 for $9) were just bland. They gave us normal cabbage kimchi (which did not taste all too fresh), kimchied cucumbers, and Daikin kimchi. Way too redundant and pricey for $9.
Overall, it was okay. Again, nothing special. We might come back, we might not, it's just not on the top our list of restaurants to visit again.
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