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| - I happened upon this listing when seeing what restaurants were open near me at like 9:15pm, and was excited to find a new restaurant had just opened up!
The menu is a bit limited, but covers a lot of the basics. I was dining by myself, so I didn't get to try the Kimchijeon, which was still enticing. It has a couple vegetarian main options (japchae and bibimbap), and they were happy to add tofu for $1. The bibimbap was pretty tasty, though I was disappointed that it wasn't served in a hot stone bowl - which is something I really love. So, I didn't get to cook the egg yolk with the rice, stir it all around with a spoon (uh, there were no spoons at the table?) and eat it with a spoon (which, my understanding, is the traditional utensil for this dish).
Sadly, unlike most Korean restaurants I've been to, the main didn't come accompanied with a selection of tiny banchan side dish appetizers which I usually really love.
I had decided it was a non-drinking day already, so I didn't get try any of their interesting Soju cocktails or very enticing craft beers on draft!
Traditional Korean - this place is not. It definitely has the Brooklyn hipster industrial bar-restaurant metal+wood+edison bulb atmosphere going on. It was pretty quiet when I was there. I don't think I saw a single Korean person working there - though I didn't go to the kitchen.
Overall, the food I did order tasted good. It's a bit expensive for what you get, though, and not as good as, say, Nak Won Garden. But, hey, they have a full bar and are nicely located on Penn Ave.
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