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| - This place is all the rage amongst my K-pop loving friends, so I had to check it out with the hopes of finding something vegan or at least veganizable on the menu. And I did!! Based on the convo I had with the woman who took my order, I know it's insane to ask for vegan Korean food... but they accommodated me anyway with a giant bowl o' bi bim bap sans egg and meat. It did have tons of veggies - carrot, daikon, spinach, bean sprouts, lettuce, seaweed and kimchi. It was quite good spiced up with gojuchang or "bibimbap sauce," as the bottle was labeled. A ton of food for under $8. It would have been great to have some tofu on there, but maybe they only have the soft kind for sundubu?
Anyway, it seems that's your only vegan/vegetarian option there, but it's a pretty good one. I will definitely go back next time I'm craving bi bim bap!
I really wanted the dol sot bi bim bap (the crunchies are the best part!), but for some reason, they wouldn't make that vegan for me. Not sure how it would be so different, as I've had it made for me at someone's house before in a dol sot, but whatever -- my knowledge of the intricacies of Koren cuisine could practically fill a thimble, so maybe meat/broth is an intrinsic part?
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