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| - I went to Chingu with a Korean friend for lunch on a weekday. Since we were both hungry, we dove right into the all-you-can-eat menu. I was surprised that the price for all-you-can-eat is the same for lunch and dinner. I guess it's a better deal for dinner then? Nevertheless, I was decently satisfied with the overall meal.
The Korean side dishes that came was delicious. I liked how we were allowed to refill them. There was red kimchi, fish cake, jap chae, beansprouts, tofu and some kind of cucumber dish. I might be missing one or two dishes and I have to add- the tofu and fish cake (o deng) was my favourite!
With the regular all-you-can-eat menu, there was a good variety of food. The bulgogi was only decent but the galbi (short ribs) was amazing! The samgyubsal (pork belly) and chicken was good. The fish was frozen when it came out so I did not enjoy that. It also came with a big dish of lettuce and a dish of spicy vegetables for us to wrap our meat with. It was different for me and I enjoyed it. There was also a choice of jigae (stew) and I picked the kimchi jigae and my friend had the daengjang jigae. I was very disappointed in the kimchi jigae. There was a layer of oil on top and the taste was off. My Korean friend said the daengjang jigae was okay, nothing too special. To finish off the meal, we had ice-cream.
The server was very friendly and he made jokes with us during the meal. He often changed the grill for us which I greatly appreciated. He even took out more meat and cold water for us when he noticed we were nearly finished.
Overall, the meal was an enjoyable one. However, I was a little grossed out when I found hair in my o deng (fish cake) and I was not happy with the 15% service charge inputted in the bill.
Would I go back? Yes I would, but not for all-you-can-eat lunch. I will try their lunch menu which I noticed was a great deal, starting from $5.99!
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