rev:text
| - So we decided to try out Korean food in Arizona, and this place had the best reviews, it seemed. I ordered mul-neng-myun, while my husband ordered bi-bim-neng-myun. We received a decent amount of banchan, but the weirdest one was coleslaw. I have never seen coleslaw as banchan at a Korean restaurant before.
The barley tea was weak, but they iced it for the hot Phoenix evening, so it was refreshing. My husband enjoyed his bibimnengmyun, but he was disappointed that it wasn't as spicy as he expected it to be. Perhaps they reduced the spice level for Arizonans, or maybe they were from a region of Korea that eats milder food. My mul-neng-myun was very good. I had no complaints. It was what I expected.
The banchan was just OK. The kimchee wasn't as good as what I expect in California, but my husband liked the sliced tofu. The coleslaw was surprisingly good, but strange as banchan in a Korean restaurant. The soy-marinated potatoes and the radish kimchee was OK.
Service was excellent. Our server checked in on us several times and gave us coffee candy with our dinner check. I would rather have cut up fruit like watermelon or orange slices, but I'll take candy over the Korean gum that some Korean restaurants leave with the bill. This place looked almost as busy as the Hodori Restaurant in Koreatown (LA). No relationship to the Koreatown restaurant, though. Hodori is the name of the official mascot of the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The full name of the mascot is Hodori Horangi (Hodori, the Tiger).
|