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| - Good food and excellent service!
Lots of hits and misses on the menu but despite some so-so menu items, 5 stars for the wings and service. Ask for Vivian. She's awesome!
For S&G, get a beer tower. It's pretty cool. And don't forget to check out the out the outdoor patio! There's a dog park, some cool beer pong setups, and other goodies.
Wings here are super crispy, with a super savory thick crust. It doesn't sound very appealing until you take a bite. You'll be hooked for sure! Despite there being 3 options, there are only 2 flavors: soy garlic & spicy garlic. Half & half is simply half order of soy garlic and half order of the spicy. Both flavors are delicious, but one is usually better than the other depending on the night. I find the flavors inconsistent every time I dine here. Regardless, it's always good. Wings are a must try for sure!
Every wing dish comes with a small serving of pickled radish. It's not for everyone but I highly recommend tasting it with the wings. It brings in a nice, sweet tangy crunch to the wings.
To make the wings next level:
Get a side of Ramen Cheese. Comes with little crispy bits on it. Excellent. It's the ultimate cheesy compliment to the savory wings. Try them together. It's so good! Top it off with a beer and you're good to go.
On occasion, pairing the wings and ramen cheese with the sojus is also good. Both the lychee and coconut soju are tasty. Lychee leans a little sweet, and tangy. Very refreshing!
Other things to try, though less urgently:
Crispy Pork Belly: Typical crispy pork belly. So good and hard to mess up. They make it reallllyyy crispy here (yum) plus a nice meat to skin ratio. (Other place love to skimp on the meat). The meat is also very juicy here but borderline oily at times. Still a delicious treat.
If you want to bring it to the next level: Order a side of bao buns, and get some of those pickled cucumbers. Put that all together and drag it through the dregs on the soy garlic sauce. It's heavenly. Finish off with beer. (Disclaimer: Pork belly is quite overpriced here. You can go a mom and pop asian shop and get way more for cheaper.)
Pimento Cheese Dip: the chips add a cool spin to the dip. it's a cold dip. it doesn't come out hot. you'll like this if you enjoy pimento cheese/ non sharp cheese. the novelty did wear off as I ate though and got distracted by other food (namely wings and pork belly) but definitely a great appetizer type dish. eat the chips touching the dip first as these types of chips tend to turn soggy quickly
Blueberry beer. It's damn good.
Things to Pass On:
Beef Rib: comes with a giant bone in the middle and vinegar based dipping sauce. didn't seem like a lot of meat for the money plus the meat was dry pretty much everywhere except for where there was fat
Kimchi Pork...meat wasn't really tender and the kimchi flavoring didn't really do much for me. there was hardly any kimchi in the dish and it was cooked in so you miss that nice little sour bite that's characteristic of kimchi. feels like they're going for savory but missed the mark and landed somewhere in messed up burnt siracha flavor land
Kim Chili Ramen: oi. basically chili with ramen noodles buried underneath. there was no taste of kimchi at all (like the pork, it was cooked out completely). an absolute pass, unless you're a die hard chili fan...then you do you.
Soy Deviled Eggs: horribly dry with a pickled flavor. a huge miss. maybe if you're a fan of dried pickled eggs but hard pass for me
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