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| - Please don't judge this place by the "I'm entitled to everything because I'm the customer and the customer is always right" mentality, because the ladies don't give a crap. If you're hungry, they'll feed you. If you're looking for the royal treatment, go somewhere else.
This place reminds me of a lot of the restaurants in Korea, where ahjumma's () take your order and treat you like a niece or nephew. At least they bring you water; a lot of places in Korea are self-service.
In that regards, I can say this place is the most authentic Korean restaurant in the state.
Also, they're open until like 2 AM. Hell yes.
Most of the food is great. I'm Korean, and I've tried most of everything on the menu.
Yes, their kimchee-jjigae is made differently than my moms, but it's still tasty as hell.
So are a lot of the other dishes and banchans. You can't expect the same style of Korean food in every restaurants, considering even in the tiny country of Korea, there's an estimated 200 types of kimchee. That's not accounting for how each family makes theirs a little differently.
I'll give you a quick rundown of all the dishes I can remember.
Sullung-tang(/): The one soup I was disappointed with here. The broth is weak and not very flavorful. It's so simple and yet so difficult to get this soup right. It's no wonder there are many restaurants in Korea that specialize in this one soup only.
Galbi-tang(): My go-to soup. OMG this soup is good. Go have some and thank me later. Best combo bite with this: put your rice in the soup. Get a spoonful of soup and rice and then place a nice fermented piece of kimchee/ggahkdugi on top. Then place in mouth. Chew and moan. Repeat.
Shrimp gganpoongi (): Every person I've taken to this place has loved this. So much pepper and garlic on it, and yet so good. They don't skimp out on the shrimp nor the quality/size of the shrimp they use. Worth every penny. Don't get as a main dish because that's weird. Order one for the table and share.
Ddukbok-i (): I order this without fail every time I go as the standard starting dish.
It's slightly different every time, because it's actually cooked here with fresh veggies and peppers. So so good. Again, order this as something to share with your loved ones, ordering it as a main dish is weird.
dolsot galbi bibimbap (): This sizzling bowl of rice with assorted veggies and rib meat is amazing. See the red ketchup bottle she gives you? It's not ketchup. It's magical pepper paste sauce. Squeeze a pretty pattern on your bowl and mix. Borrow your neighbors spoon. It's easier. Just give them the spoon back full, not empty.
soon dae guk (): Pork blood sausage soup. The sausage isn't homemade, but I don't expect it to be. It'll do to satisfy my craving for it while I'm away from Korea. The soup? Amazeballs. Fresh perilla leaves with roasted seeds gives this soup a new taste you've probably never tasted before.
Jjam-bbong(): It's never been my choice, since I've always been on the Jjajangmyun () side of the Jjajang or Jjambbong ( ?) choice.
Huuuge portions though, and everyone I've seen that ordered it loves it. If you love seafood and noodles, this is for you.
Jjajangmyun (): I've tried this once and didn't really care for it. Not bad but not amazing like some of the dishes I've reviewed above. Another reason many restaurants in Korea specialize in this dish. It's the #1 delivery food in Korea.
Jaeyook-bokkeum (): stir-fried well-ripened kimchee and pork-belly pieces are a little sweet for my taste but still very good. One downside, they are very stingy with the meat in this dish. You've got to go fishing around for it and there's not much to go around. I've ordered this 2-3 times and it hasn't changed.
Final word: The Korean law of "Jung" () dictates that when you go enough to be a regular and develop a likable relationship with the staff, the number and amount of premium side dishes and meat chunks in your galbi-tang or fish cakes in your ddukbok-i doubles.
Edited: I typed in all the Korean in parentheses, but I guess yelp doesn't support it.
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