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| - Being rather new, Nak Won may have a few kinks to sort out, but I am confident that they can grow to be another one of the good Korean restaurants in town (of which there aren't many). Their menu is quite extensive, ranging from barbecue to soups and stews. Prices are reasonable as well--if I recall correctly, the barbecues seem to be cheaper than Korea Garden and unlike the competitor seem to come in different serving arrangements, so that you can do a per-person or per-table basis. I didn't get any this time, but I would want to come back for lunch on weekdays, which offer more affordable versions of stuff like bulgogi. Other menu differences are that Korea Garden does more Chinese (noodles) and even Japanese (bentos) menu items.
This time we had the soondubu, the beef and seafood versions. Very nice portions of meat and tofu in the soup, while the soup itself was extremely flavorful. Maybe the one at Korea Garden gives even more in terms of seafood, but I definitely prefer the soup here.
Banchan was good too, although we were left a bit dissatisfied with our selection. Both tables on either side of us clearly got more than 4 different choices (e.g. we didn't get kimchi, seaweed, or potato), and when we asked a waitress if we could have some more she kinda stumbled and said "umm how about cucumber?" Not that what we got wasn't good (it was all tasty, including the cucumber), but it was just not a great feeling seeing other tables get more appetizers in terms of variety and quantity than we did. Not sure if it had to do with the items we ordered, but I never found this to be the case in other Korean restaurants I've visited. Hopefully won't happen again next time.
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