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KCE Diversion: Korean Barbecue

Posted 22 Aug, 2005 at 21:19 by kael in /FoodDrink | Permanent link

So, My youngest brother was in town, and after a ho-hum day at The Ex, we decided to try Korean barbecue, mainly because there are about a 10E12 Korean restaurants near my place, that seem to be split between being called "Korean Restaurant" and "Korean Barbecue" (well, maybe not, but I can't read the Korean parts of the signs), and because none of us has ever had any before, but we've all heard good things about it.

So, KC, my brother and I order two things between the three of us, and end up getting enough food for 6 normal people (for those who use imperial measures: about 3.5 Skys).

I have no idea as to what we ordered, except to say that they came out with this butane barbecue contraption on which we (not they) placed the raw strip loin, mushrooms and onions that my brother and I ordered. The condiments they came with were some sort of cabbage in a hot sauce (but tastier than Thai hot sauce), some sort of mild red paste, some sort of seaweed (Kim chi?), bean sprouts (but more sprouted than you'd find at subway), some sort of pickled tofu, rice noodles, and some sort of shredded white starchy vegetable (I thought they were parsnips at first), and a bowl full of large leaves of Romaine lettuce.

After shocking the waitress by explaining to her that we've never had Korean food before, she explained that the barbecue, once it's cooked, is put into one of the lettuce leaves, then the condiments are put on top. Finally, you wrap up the leaf, and eat the food as you would a burrito.

Yummy!

Comments (8 comments so far)
Huh. I've heard of leaf-as-wrap type things before, but didn't realise that they were a Korean thing. Ever cool

So if I reject the Empire of Orange, does that make me a Rebel? And will I therefore never, ever be any good?
Posted 2005/8/22 22:53:33 by Matt
Nothing is more deadly than an all-you-can-eat korean BBQ place. Best attended with a group of 20.
Posted 2005/8/23 00:06:46 by Blue
Empire of Orange?
Huh?
Posted 2005/8/23 06:44:20 by Kael
Imperial measures... 3.5 Skys... Empire of Orange. It makes perfect sense.
Posted 2005/8/23 07:19:32 by RobRoy
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Posted 2005/8/23 14:11:22 by Blue
Imperial Measures
OMG.
Posted 2005/8/23 21:43:03 by Kael
Imperial Measures
OMG.
Posted 2005/8/24 19:59:47 by Kael
Second Trip
Was almost as good as the first trip.

I went with Drew & Carie, they both enjoyed it. We had the same thing that I'd had before, so it wasn't quite as interesting for me.

Turns out, though, that this place makes what is probably the best Yakitori D&C have had recently.

Posted 2005/10/31 17:06:45 by Kael
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