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| - I remember watching this location being built for the longest time ... then saw it sitting there empty with the lights on for even longer... i was like wtcrap are they ever gonna open? then they did :3 Recently, there has been a decent amount of places opening offering higher quality a la carte style kbbq (Hobak & Goong) in the city and this was the last of the few places that opened.
Came here for dinner on a Sunday evening and the place was almost filled before 7pm. Yeah my bad it was on a weekend oops Lol Luckily there was a table open and we were sat at our table in like 10 minutes.
They offer a few combos as well as other a la carte items you can order as well.
Pork combo (Small $47.99 Large $79.99) which includes pork skirt meat, tenderized pork belly, special pork neck, marinated pork collar OR spicy marinated pork skirt meat, assorted grilled (prawns, mushroom, and pineapple), boneless short rib sushi, and soybean paste soup with beef brisket
Beef combo (Small $54.99 Large $89.99) which includes beef skirt meat, paper thin sliced prime brisket end-point, prime boneless short rib OR prime beef rib-eye, marinated prime short rib, assorted grilled (prawns, mushroom, and pineapple), boneless short rib sushi, and soybean paste soup with beef brisket
Skirt meat combo (Small $54.99 Large $89.99) which includes beef skirt meat, pork skirt meat, spicy marinated pork skirt meat, assorted grilled (prawns, mushroom, pineapple), boneless short rib sushi, soybean paste soup with beef brisket
As we were only a group of two, we opt'ed for the small beef combo. Service was pretty good. Side dishes were presented as soon as we sat down. They were refilled also as soon as they disappeared, and same for the water. Lots of banchan. Kimchi, two types of salad, pancake, marinated celery, a cold soup with i think acorn jelly, corn salad and egg in the grill ring (more on this later).
First came the boneless short rib sushi. Presented on top of formed sushi rice balls, the server takes a torch to cook the top of the meat. After they put a light sweet sauce over it. Purely entertainment value Lol. The sauce was much lighter than i expected. Though the meat was tender, it would be expected when its sliced so thin i hope
Brisket and rib-eye were cooked on a flat plate whereas the marinated short rib and beef skirt meat was cooked on a rack. Brisket and rib-eye were both unmarinated and were on the chewier side. Despite eating them before it was overcooked. The marinated short rib and beef skirt meat were pretty tender and not too heavy on the marinade. Would prefer slightly lighter flavor though. The "grill" itself was made of probably a cast iron with a ring outside for a prepared mixture of chopped kimchi and egg, and corn salad. It took quite a while for the egg to be done but once it was done, it went overcooked fast ! Entertainment value? yeah. looks nice to have a ring but i think i rather prefer it in the normal earthenware like the soup. Think i would have preferred if they had mozarella cheese in the ring like this chicken galbi i had in seoul vs the egg. XD hmmmm i miss that T_T
I wanted to order the volcano fried rice they had but it requires a minimum of 2 orders and we were only 2 people so no way we would have been able to finish it. Maybe another time :3
They have us two bite sized cheesecakes as a "Dessert" at the end. Hmm... Lol
As mentioned in the beginning, this was the last of the few new places that opened. I had previously tried the others and i prefer the other 2 over this place. Besides it being a la carte, i couldn't really tell the higher quality for the price in comparison to other restaurants. If anything, quality was similar to some AYCE's =3
Ventilation is quite bad despite it being a newly built building and i dont think their AC was working as they had a swamp cooler right next to us...
On the side note, their lunch specials seems to be decently priced. May try it out for lunch one day?
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