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A moment happens on Ossington where all the restos close and things get dark, quickly, for the hungry and thirsty. Lakeview? :/
The bars along Dundas? 8(
Plus you want snacks.
Problems all solved by Odd Seoul! The restaurant whose spelling takes 3 attempts if you are me!
The kitchen's open til 2am, the interior is high, deep and narrow, with a very pretty front window and well-chosen fittings (yes, this *is* analogy for the kind of drunk queen west girl you'd score with here).
Odd Seoul's owned by the chef and his brother; Korean guys raised in Philadelphia, so the food profile is ***Seoul-Philly soulful***.
In decent portions at ~$7, you can really mini-feast on everything you want bar food to be.
We got:
O.S. chicken wings - super sugary spicy glaze and some crunch. Many fingerlicks (IMHO a perfect couple food but my understanding of romance is historically muddled),
Steamed buns - good but as always too much dough for my preferences, and the
Lamb skewers.
A brief word about the lamb: you eat it and you are 16 at Greekfest with a mickey in your backpack and your boyfriend is rolling a joint and you just made out. Transportive. Herbal. Great.
I'm going back for the Bulgogi Cheesesteak. Oh man oh man.
The staff are nice - smart, quick - $5 Tecate tallboy and a Bulleit smash (classic style, cracked pepper on top. Good.) and a friendly crowd to the tune of 'soju shots all around'.
And finishing my night bounce-swaying to WuTang with a chicken wing in the air?
Yes, please.
Yes please forever.
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