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| - Holy Lips a burning batman! Korean food ravages my taste buds. Prior to my experience with Don Day Korean, I had only ever really sampled Korean BBQ - delicious, meaty and easy on the spice. Don Day however, was a much more authentic joint. They had to rustle up one of the few english menus for me and my friend, and though the restaurant was full we were probably the only non-Koreans in the joint. That was cool actually - I knew we must be getting the true food experience. I did not realize that meant tons and tons of spice.
The joint itself is a small place off the side of the 7th avenue train station, and is also right beside the "Crack Macs". They have wood boards in the windows so we actually thought it was closed before we tried to go in. The wooden slats actually serve the interior decor quite well - it is fairly small and contemporary with a definite Korean spin.
Now, looking around we saw a lot of good looking dishes - a group of five were dipping into a Korean-style hotpot (I do not know names). We were a little less hungry, so opted to try some of the soups. Scanning the menu revealed a lot of dishes that sounded interesting. I would love to go back, but am unsure if my taste buds will survive it. Our waitress warned us before we ordered, and so I got a soup that was described as mild. It arrived steaming hot, and I loved the mix of flavours that I got before I began feeling like my lips were swelling and about to fall off from the (spicy) heat. My friend - who is much more resilient to the spice than I - quickly finished her soup, and sampled mine and told me I was being wussy. I just couldn't handle the heat.
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