Wow, i dont even know where to start. A friend recommended this place and said their pancakes were the best he'd had. I took his word and gave it a try. Came on a Saturday lunch time, 1pm, there was a short like, two parties of two ahead of me, but the lady took my name down. I didnt have a plan b, so of course we waited. It is a small restaurant, no more than 12-15 tables. Its not too small but its not one of them restaurants you can loiter around or really take your time eating, especially not during the prime time hours.
We waited outside, and when we were next, the lady came outside to get me, had us stand by the door, handed us menus and said we can order first. My friend warned me the pancakes were going to be very big and he was not kidding. We looked at the other tables, they were ginormous. The hardest part was choosing the entree. We thought about ordering a noodle each but looking at other couples and parties of 2, they all seemed to have the same game plan, one pancake and one noodle, and thats what we decided on. We ordered the seafood & bacon pancake and beef tofu noodle soup, with the knife cut noodles.
We only waited less than 5 mins after she called us in. Once sat, a waitress brings a small clay pot with kimchi inside it and proceeds to cut the cabbage with scissors. that was so awesome, so fresh. It was one of the best kimchis ive ever had. it was not spicy, it was more sweet than anything. i cant eat spicy so this was perfect for me. next time, im going to ask if they sell it. its THAT good. they also provided this pickled dish, not sure if its sliced pear or apple, but it was good. vinegary and sweet. delicious, i would buy that too!!!
The pancake finally arrives and boy it was huge. They instructed us to use the bottle with the P label, for pancake sauce, which tasted like a combination of soy sauce and some sugar. It was amazing. It was light, not doughy like many places, airy, crispy and not greasy at all. They load up the pancake with fillings, so every bite has some sort of seafood, veggie or bacon.
Next came the beef tofu noodle soup. It didnt look anything spectacular but it was very flavorful, it was not too spicy (though i told her to make it medium), so my kind of soup. It was a tofu based soup, and you get to choose your type of noodle, the traditional noodle or the knife cut. We chose the knife cut. It reminds me a little of rice cake, but better, more texture. But if you like rice cake, you should get the knife cut noodles.
I think every party that eats there doggy bags. Dont recall any one leaving empty handed. We ate about 2/3 of the pancake and barely finished the noodle soup, we left about a small bowl amount. Its not that we didnt want to finish it, it was just way too much food, eventhough its only 2 items. I am so glad we didnt order a noodle each.
All in all, i highly recommend this place to anyone who likes korean food in general. I am close to giving it a 5, but i need to try the other soups and they also have dumplings that seem to be a hit... read more