This would have to be the second Korean Restaurant I have been to in my life. The first being In Las Vegas, Nevada down Sahara and Sahara in 1/2? Idk but that place totally, totally SUCKED! Anyway! This time around the experience was more pleasant. I have been to Greenland countless times and always saw these shady looking restaurants there never giving it a second glance, but always leaving with a curiosity to go in. It's like when you always go to the same Grocery store, and buy the same drink over and over after you have overlooked the same drink in a different flavor and then one day you say, "eh, what the hell" and you go for it.
This was one of those times. I said, "eh, what the hell..." Plus after I was unsatisfied with what I ate that morning, a Burger and had a bad experience while eating out, I was kinda mad/frustrated. What helped me lighten up my mood was the music inside Greenland, then I got happiez yayz! So yeah I went into the restaurant and I swear to god it was one of those days where I just look at the effin menu for 10 minutes switching back and forth to what I wanted to order. Thinking of every scenario, between being super stuffed, order being to big, too spicy, too much of a weird flavor etc... all the weird ass scenarios when picking out a car went through my head. I finally settled for a number 7 which was a spicy beef soup, but then after I payed I switched my mind lol. The lady looked like she got mad/frustrated with me because A) I took forever to order haha. But seriously I think it was because the limited English and my limited Korea language, I know a little Korean; thanks Kdramas!
Instead I had the Korean Mixed Vegetable Bowl. I wonder what the difference is between the bowl and the hot bowl for a dollar more. The inside of the restaurant is decent for the space. I found those rock lamps to be a little too much feng shui for me, but whatever to get the stress away and heal your customers. Yeah I went to take a leak and came back and saw my pretty little dishes all waving hi to me and asking if I washed my hands, I answered back and then they laughed at me. I tried the little saide dishes called, "Banchan". The first one I gave a shot at was Korean radish kim chi, Kag Tu Gi. That was crunchy with a fresh cold flavor, it tasted like it was kept in the freezer, yet not long, or cold enough to be able not to eat, or feel the flavor. Next one was, my favorite, "baechu kimchi" that was the same crunchiness as the first, but one percent up on flavor than the Kag Tu Gi.
Third was, "Oi Sobaegi" tasted before it was the same taste as any other. Fourth was those potato dipped in idk what sweet oil it was in. But the taste was not quiet potatoes. It had a feel for potatoes, but I think it was more like a combo of sweet potato and regular potato. I think it was a potato, but that oil and it sweat and eliminated the regular potato taste. So that was pretty, weird I stayed there wondering if my taste buds were wrong. Next I moved on to the main dish the... "Dolsot Bibimbob" I think the difference between this and some other similar one I saw was that this one has those black things on top (seaweed). Anyway that was good, but not as good as the side dishes. Don't get me wrong they were all decent flavors, but the side dishes had a leg up over it's rival in that big white bowl stadium.
I first tried the shredded beef that was real good and fine sliced, real dry i loved it. Then I tried the other shredded beef all tangled up that tasted like regular beef. The spinach, or "sigeumchi-namul" tasted like it does. The eggplant, or mushroom was good, better than from a pizza joint that's for sure. shredded carrots were fine. Sprouts and seaweed were same. The egg tasted... odd. It was cooked don't get me wrong, but the whole thing tasted like not your regular hen... Kinda like if they were raising live chickens in the back, or had a different type of hen. AH! Yes... It wasn't the typical white hen you purchase at the super market. It might be the regular eggs they have on sale at the store, I've never had them so I don't know if my assumption was dead on. My very last dish was the tofu, I left it at the end because I knew I was going to enjoy it, I did wasn't what I expected, but it was decent none the less. I actually left it at the end because it looked like a pastry haha.
All in all for a fast food joint it was good. If you want a quick bite to eat, let me put this another way... If you are out in the dessert and you been starving for hours and don't care what you eat as long as it's food go here. It has to be that I don't care attitude to get you to eat here. I say this because I know there is better tasting Korea food out there. Have a pleasant day! Kamsahamnida! read more