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| - Also coming from LA and trying some of the best K Town and Rowland Heights spots I think it would be unfair to compare this place to those. I don't know what it is but the overall quality of Phoenix Restaurants is just not up to par with what you can find in LA!
Pulling into the old looking plaza we found signs displayed for Koryo customer parking only and they were all open! So we walked in and the entire place was literally empty! I mean no one customers or employees on the floor, so now I'm thinking MAJOR red flag right.
Since this is the first Korean BBQ spot I could find (for miles and miles) of this area, we decided to brave the unknown and sat ourselves in a booth (where I nearly sunk in) and waited about a couple minutes. BTW this was around 2pm so it was a late lunch for us.
When the lady arrived she gave us the menus and I proceeded to ask her about the items...and well, since I couldn't understand her enough, I went with familiar items. We went with Galbi (short ribs, can usually never go wrong here), vegetable tempura (normally see this at Japanese spots), an order of the Tofu pot (with pork stew and an egg), and finally Bibimbap (this is a Korean staple with vegetables, thin sliced beef, an over easy egg, mix it with your bowl of rice and the hot sauce).
I must add the reason I love Korean BBQ and what separates the good from the bad is the quality of the Banchan (side dishes). Our meal was served with cabbage kimchi, raddish kimchi, fish cake, seaweed, and a sliced radish with a sweet vinegar type sauce. I have to say I actually enjoyed the meal.
Then again when your the only customers in the place, then you should expect everything to be top notch right? Well, it wasn't bad and it wasn't great, overall an ok experience.
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