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| - Korean BBQ is one of my favorite meals, especially on days when I'm feelin' extra gluttonous. Walking out of your car to the front door of the restaurant, the heavenly smell of KBBQ gets stronger and stronger, beckoning you inside. It's basically like a siren's song. But instead of crashing your ship on rocks, you get to eat your weight in meat!
Having been to Manna in San Diego and really loving it, I wasn't quite sure what to expect walking in here. We opted for the pricier set ($28/person), because we figured we might as well go big on a Tuesday night. As mentioned in other reviews, the portion sizes are very generous--we were at one point just brought an entire rib eye steak. And it was delicious. Overall, I thought the quality of the meat was really good. However, the marinated ones were just a tad too salty for my taste, though the flavoring was excellent. That being said, I still powered through all of the Galbi and also the second order of it we got, because, well, it's Galbi.
We also got the steamed egg, which was fine but not quite as smooth as it should've been. The tofu stew was also quite salty, and seemed more like a sauce than a stew/soup. Another thing to note was that there were not many sauce options--and I'm a girl who really loves her dipping sauces. There was salt and pepper, or what I believe was their house sauce, that just tasted like sweet and slightly vinegary soy sauce. The sauce/sides options were a little bit disappointing for sure.
You can't really expect to walk out of any KBBQ place not smelling 100% like meat smoke (no major complaints here, personally), but I feel like this was particularly pungent. There are hoods at each booth, but they don't seem to be super helpful. They come down really low, so you kind of have to duck and weave to see the people across the booth, and also just are not really that effective. The whole restaurant was pretty hazy.
The service was amazing though. We were joking that it felt like we weren't eating quick enough, with how fast the employees were dropping by to toss more meat on the grill, change them out, or ask if we needed anything else.
Overall, I'd say it was an enjoyable experience and the food was good. It didn't quite live up to my San Diego memories of Manna, but I'm hoping that with some time and experience, they'll work out the kinks and get there.
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