Attention odd meat lovers
On the way to the bathroom, I saw a cook smoking in the kitchen. Our waitress spoke only unintelligible English and was drinking beer while on duty. The owner was present (we were told he was ‘in the back’ by another waitress when asking to speak to the manager) and apparently didn’t mind these behaviors. The waitress strongly discouraged my companion and I from ordering our first two choices, but was at a loss for alternative recommendations. The ‘vegetarian’ soup that I finally ended up with had unadvertised odd bits of fake 'krab' floating about it in - quite disconcerting. I hear that it is known mostly as a late-night alternative to nearby Denny’s?

‘Country style Inn’ table-top BBQ grilling. Hotel elevator easy-listening muzak, FM 103.7. No ambience. Opinionated service. Booths line both sides of long narrow carpeted room. Novelty of table-top overhead vent grilling eclipsed by bad atmosphere. Start with hot tea pot, or dive right into full bar booze like many Korean businessmen do, restaurants main clientele, always playfully arguing who will pick up the tab – most entertaining site in restaurant. Private parties and karaoke atmosphere. Chilled cantaloupe for dessert. Maybe original location next door is a bit classier. 10 assorted kim chee dishes: mung bean patty, pickled daikon radish, fried fish cakes, pickled spinach, fried potato, pickled chili cucumber, fried tofu patty, pickled sunflower and bean sprouts, pickled cabbage and pickled bamboo pith. Colored sunken overhead lights, smoke swirling, exhaust fans whirling. Sizzling kim chee chi gae, ceramic hotpot of soup, odd bits of unadvertised fake krab bobbing about. Attention odd meat lovers: tripe and skate wings are just some of oddities available. Soups, cold noodles (waitress vociferously discouraged their consumption), bee-beam-bab (also spelled bee beam-bap on same menu), BBQing items a la carte, ranging into sashimi fish and other pan fried oysters seafoods.    [18 May 2000 23:27:13]

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Recommended Dishes: kim chee

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