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| - Came in here because we were told this place was great.
Came in and was greeted right away...and sat down. He asked us what we would like to eat and I told him we were new and asked how it worked, he said don't worry he would explain and took our drink order. He then told us to follow him to the buffet line. He said the middle section was raw food and the rest was okay to cook and to go ahead and serve ourselves. That was his explanation...then again what more do you need.
So we took Seaweed Salad, kimchi (of course!), white kimchi, potato salad, daikon/carrot combo, and bean sprouts for our side dishes. As for the BBQ we only tried two different types of meat. Short Rib and Bulgogi. What else do you need? It's the only two that we really like, but maybe next time I'll take a little of the other selection...they had pork belly, marinated pork, marinated chicken, and a few other type of meat. There wasn't TOO much varierty but I don't really think you need it. They also had sushi (which I tried) and fish and other already cooked items. There is also a small salad bar. I notice there was jello in the bar and fruit. I only took some garlic cloves and lettuce leafs to wrap the BBQ in :) I didn't notice any rice but with AYCE maybe eating rice isn't such a good thing :)
So Short Ribs was awesome! My Favorite out of the two. It "falls of the bone". I didn't have to really bite into it too much to get the meat off the bones which was nice. It wasn't too marinated or under marinated. It wasn't spicy or over salted or anything :). The Bulgogi...I felt I had better. Although I notice that once you cook it, it shrinks a lot. But it wasn't chewy, and had good flavor. I just wish it had a little more of a kick or something. Maybe because I ate the ribs first...and it had a stronger favor.
The side dishes though, I didn't like. The kimchi was awesome...it had a spicy kick to it. Potato Salad was bland. Seaweed salad as well. But this is a Korean BBQ place, who eats those? Maybe just me. Sushi was lacking too, it wasn't bad, but I rather focus on the BBQ next time I visit. Of course the sushi was sitting out with a sheet of plastic wrap over it...but I had to try it. Okay back to the sides, the sprouts had a weird after taste...and felt probably marinated or mixed with some spices I wasn't used to. After awhile of eating the sprouts though, I started to like it, or maybe get used to it. The White Kimchi was pretty much fermented cabbage...maybe fermented is not the word...it was soured a bit. it wasn't spicy and it cools the tongue. It's nice after eating the spicy kimchi.
Overall this place was good. It's cheaper for Lunch I believe $15.99? And it was $24.99 for dinner. not too bad especially since it's AYCE. Just sucks because I don't eat much but it was worth a try :) better than the place we tried before. I was told there was a dessert station, I didn't see it but next time I have to find it.
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