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| - I went here for dinner last night for the first time with some friends. I have honestly been going in and out of the apartment complex that this restaurant is attached to for months now and every time I gawk over how amazing it smells going past this restaurant. So finally a groups of friends and I decided it was time to try it. We went around 7pm on a week night so we had no issues getting a table and I assume it is like that most nights of the week, but as it goes in Madison, the weekends inevitably bring on long waits.
When we arrived we were greeted by a perfectly sweet hostess and server that continued to give us fabulous service throughout the meal, checking up on us frequently and giving us more than enough suggestions on what to enjoy on the menu. Each meal was presented with a little guideline about how best to eat it from the cooking staff such as stirring up the bipmbap and noddle dishes because they are layered at first. But I thought this was a lovely touch to their service that clearly showed they wanted you to enjoy your dish as much as possible. I wish I could've tried some of the appetizers like the pork buns or the potstickers because I watched them come out of the kitchen throughout the meal and they smelled/looked fantastic. So if you get the chance to go there I certainly recommend coming with a big appetite so that you can try as much as possible.
My friends and I all got separate dishes that looked absolutely fantastic. I went with the bipmbap with spicy tofu, although you get choices of meat to go in if you would rather have those, my choices were beef and pork, but I was feeling the tofu so it wouldn't be too heavy of a dish. When you're given the bipmbap you're warned that the dish it is served in is piping hot and not to touch it (you should definitely listen to that). One thing I love about the bipmbap dish is the crispy rice that comes at the bottom, and when you're given your food here the rice isn't actually crispy yet, you're supposed to let the rice sit on the sides of the bowl to crisp. So even though they tell you to mix up your dish throughout the meal in order to keep the food hot, you actually aren't going to get any of the crispness if you push around the rice off the sides of the bowl. Additionally, bipbmap always comes with an egg on top (another reason why I am obsessed with this meal), but when they serve it to you the egg isn't fully cooked, but is placed on the side of the bowl so that it continues to cook and supposedly as you stir your food around the egg will cook more. I am going to be honest and say I am not sure my egg cooked all the way through, which is slightly concerning, and I feel like it would be better if they cooked the egg a little more so you wouldn't have to worry about eating a raw egg. So although there are a few iffy portions of this dish I ate almost all of it because it was so delicious. The spicy sauce that the meat is covered in is very spicy, but also the perfect blend of spices that you honestly can't stop eating. I highly recommend this dish, but just beware of the crispy rice/egg concerns.
All in all, this place had wonderful service and fabulous food. I know some reviews haven't been all that great, but if you're looking for Asian fusion in Madison I think this is most definitely your best bet.
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