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| - I've been eating and drinking at Kayageum on and off since the summer but hadn't been in a while when we stopped in late on a Saturday night, post-drinking. It wasn't as busy as I'm used to but it could've been the weather. It's still fairly new-ish. The place is a decent size with parking in the back AND it's open 24-hours.
I have tried most items on their menu (bibimbap, soups & stews, sizzling meat dishes, etc) and everything was always good but this last time was a let-down. Having said that, I will assume that the last time was just a one-off, because if I had to base it on that, I'd rate it only 2*. An overall rating based on all the other times fares much better at 4* but I'm just going to average it out to 3* in case this place is going downhill.
The decor is nothing special. When you first walk in, you'll notice a rocket has gone through the roof and below that, there is some fishnet thing going on with some neon something or other happening, and behind that is a tree--I can't remember if it's the persimmon tree or what. It sounds trippy, but it's not. It's just weird, and I don't get the carpeting on the backs of the booth seats, but whatever, I go for the food.
This last time, there were much fewer banchan (three became four when I complained) and presentation was dismal. The two of us ordered seafood ddukbboggi ($16?), the naemgmyun+kalbi ($17) and tangsooyuk ($17?). The dddukboggi showed up looking like it just came out of the microwave or maybe it was ready before the rest of the food, but it looked like it had cooled down. I'm guessing it was microwaved because after giving it a stir, steam began to rise from it. There wasn't much in the way of seafood, just two large shrimp, one mussel, and a few odaeng. Definitely not worth the price. The kalbi was served on a sizzling plate but wasn't sizzling at all. There were a few pieces of fatty short ribs and some bones had no meat attached to them. The meat was lukewarm. I have no idea where they buy their meat but they really need to find a new supplier. It was the worst kalbi I've ever had in a Korean resto! The tangsooyuk looked small but most places charge $20 so maybe they were using the relativity scale, but that too looked like it came out of the microwave! Still, it tasted pretty good and was dotted with the usual chunks of fruit and pork pieces. I think they were battered in rice flour because the coating was chewier than at other places, yet still crispy. The sauce on this thing had no steam coming off it, so it made me wonder how long our food was sitting there. It's not like it was busy that night--there was a large group of obnoxious drunks in the back end of the resto but they didn't seem like they showed up to eat, so no idea.
Service was OK but a tad slow. I felt sorry for the waiter so I didn't complain much but I was disappointed for sure. It's sad when any of your go-to places starts to go downhill but hopefully this was just a one-off situation.
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