Wow. This. Was. An. Amazing. Dinner
My sister and I actually tried to go here on Family Day (along with about 4 other restaurants that were closed) and it was closed. I happened to be looking at apartments in the area one Saturday and saw the building and decided that would be the night we tried it.
There were three of us for dinner and we were all starved.
Our server, Keigen (sorry if I am totally butchering the spelling) greeted us with some waters and then introduced the specials; Asparagus and Winnipeg Lake Pickerel. Both sounding amazing. He also introduced us to Soju.
Now let me tell you, for all of those who have never had Soju, this is some strong stuff. But so so tasty. They have a bunch of choices of flavors, we went for the recommendation from Kiegen, Aloe. Essentially this is Korean moonshine. At 19 or so % it has a kick to it, but you don't taste it. There is a slight after taste of vodka, but you can sip it like soda. Dangerous. The three of us easily polished off one jug.
The first thing we tried was the edamame, which tied us over and was delicious! The next thing we ordered was the yam fries. Proclaimed as the best in Calgary, we had to try them, and they were fabulous. Covered in rice flour and truffle oil - so yummy!
We also shared the chicken wraps and asked him to surprise us with a dish. As my sister and I don't eat pork he brought us the Kimchi rice which was just soooo good.
I would go into more detail on the food, but we just ate it so quickly that I can't even tell you specifics, except that we were all very very very impressed.
During our dinner, the table next to us had a dessert and it looked so good we asked for one as well. It was pear wrapped in deep friend pastry with ice cream. It was literally gone in a few minutes.
I loved this restaurant. The service was just impeccable. We all agreed it was some of the best treatment we had received in a very very long time. He was friendly, helpful, funny, had amazing personality and just made our experience at Anju that much better.
I would HIGHLY recommend Anju to anyone who wants to try something a little different. I didn't go upstairs, but I think it caters to larger groups and this is something that I would want to take advantage of in the near future.
My only last comment is, Be careful when pouring the soju, the hole where the ice is leaks! (go figure) my iPhone discovered that on accident!