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| - Winter just won't go away this year. Had our soccer practice cancelled because of hail in MAY!!! Decided to try out this place since it was near by. In the end, it just didn't feel like I had Korean food though..
Pros:
Ginseng Chicken soup that can't be found at most Korean restaurants
Very well done side dishes
Cons:
Pricey for a Korean restaurant
Not much variety in menu
No Gamjatang?? Blasphemy!!
So having never tried Korean ginseng chicken soup, we decided to give this place a whirl. The first thing I notice is the sign with a couple of menu choices. I can already tell it's pricey because bibimbap here is $11.99. That's at least 3-4 dollars more than your average Korean restaurant. After having a seat and looking at the menu, you find there's really not much variety. Apart from the 5 types of ginseng soup and 3-4 types of bimbimbap, and some soon tofu, there's not much more to the menu. I don't know if I sound silly, but a Korean restaurant without Gamjatang seems wrong to me..
The side dished that come out are all very well done and presented. The salad has a black sesame dressing which I really loved. The staff also do not hesitate to refill any of them for you.
We order the ginseng soup since it's the specialty. When it comes out it's still boiling hot, which is a good thing for me. The soup contains a whole young chicken and some onions. I see nothing more. Inside the chicken is some stuffing consisting of rice, a date, and a small piece of ginseng. They give you some noodles to put in the soup too.
The chicken has been cooking in the soup for a very long time. This works for and against it though. The chicken is fall off the bone, but because it's been cooking for so long it's become quite dry and tasteless really. After finishing it, I was still quite hungry. Even being a whole chicken, it's still quite small and you only have soup to eat. It definitely doesn't leave you filled. It's about 15.99-25.99 depending on which soup you order. For that price, I want to at least be full at the end.
When I go to a Korean restaurant I usually end up really full while not breaking the bank. I got neither at this place so it seems weird for me. The soup was really well done but it definitely left me a little unsatisfied. All in all still a decent place, just won't be going back often myself.
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