Heard that this place underwent massive renovation for a year and was now a hotspot in richmond hill. When we arrived I gave my name and phone number to the guy upfront and text was sent to my phone redirecting me to a website that real-time tracked our group's place in line. Pretty neat. The restaurant was absolutely packed on a friday night (good sign) and we were told it was gonna be a 40 min wait. We figured "oh what the hell" and decided to wait it out.
When we got seated I noticed the huge smoke vents above every table to suck up all thay kbbq smoke (check). My group of 3 ordered a kimchi stew, tofu soup, seafood pancake, 2 orders of pork belly, 2 orders of marinated beef and a ufo fried rice.
We got the usual assortment of banchan but we also received some really interesting ones. Aside from reg kimchi, we got a homemade 6 month fermented kimchi which was more sour and delicious. We also got two salads. One salad had a tangy sauce on it the other one had a creamy, poppy seed dressing. The poppy seed dressing was crack. I was dipping my meat in it too.
The kimchi stew and tofu soup were nothing to write home about. Very average dishes that you could get at owl of minerva. The seafood pancake was the best one I've ever had. Packed to the brims with ample fresh seafood.
The pork belly was the real star. Thick cut and soooo succulent. The beef was not bad but if you're gonna pick one protein to try here go for the pork belly. The ufo fried rice was also bomb af. Kimchi fried rice base topped with beef and surrrounded by steamed egg. MMMMM.
The bill came to ~$220 so yea, definitely really pricey place but the food tasted amazing. I'm decreasing my overall rating by a star because of the price, otherwise if purely based on food, I'd prolyl award a 5 star.