This restaurant / store has 2 yelp pages... 1 for just the restaurant (it's 4.5 stars) and this which is for their market and restaurant!
I was asked what my favorite local restaurant in town was.... I immediately said " Asiana Food & Market". For MANY reasons! I will list them all here.
Sorry in advance it will be long! Lol pre warning ;-)
OWNERS/ CUSTOMER SERVICE
First and foremost- this owner duo is AMAZIN!!! I just love & adore them! I've never seen such a HARD WORKING COUPLE, who do everything to make sure food is superb & customer service is excellent!!! They are a total GOOD VIBE couple & they are SO CUTE! They also are the only KOREAN owned KOREAN restaurant here. So they KNOW what the food should taste like, and they make it GOOD!
Support small mom & pop stores, especially when the owners are a two man team, and work tirelessly to make sure we are taken care of!!!
LOCATION
it is a little hard to find. It's on a little street east of blackstone & in between Herndon & Sierra... Behind Jack in the box. Also, it really is a lil hole in the wall, but isn't that where food is usually the BEST?!!! ;-) My son & I have eaten there a couple of times, however, most of our orders here are to go orders! We love to eat our food at home! :)
SPEAK UP ;)
They have a variety of dishes & the husband is the chef! He is very talented & has a gift for Korean food! I thought that coming from LA I wouldn't find good Korean food here, but I was WRONG! Lol
*NOTE: if u order something & the next time you need it spicier/less spicy, more sweet or salty, or whatever else notes u have for them... PLEASE TELL THEM!!! No need to eat what you won't FULLY enjoy! They will cook & adjust it according to your wants, so just ask! I always have special orders for all of our dishes/ orders lol! Also, don't feel you're asking a lot, Koreans like it when you are vocal and eat how you like it, rather than just eat it, whatever way they serve it! :)
MARKET
This restaurant also has a mini Korean store inside. It's half and half. It's cute because when you are waiting for your to go order you can browse the aisles of the market!
U can purchase & take home some dessert! You can either get some Korean ice cream, or their cookies ~ which are really good! (Unlike the pastries, which some think aren't sweet enough... their cookies are all usually good!)
DISHES
The SPICY BBQ PORK (see picture)
This is my son's FAVORITE! I love it too! (Has a lil sweetness to it! You can ask for it to be more or less sweet & you can ask for the dish to be less spicy too)
COLD SPICY NOODLES
My favorite dish to order! I add extra sugar to it, it comes sweet and spicy, but I just eat EVERYTHING extra sweet lol. Make sure u ask them to cut the noodles before you dive in to eat! ;)
JIGAES (soups)
They are really flavorful and well made here!
Short rib soup, tofu soup, kimchi soup etc!
TTEOBUKKI (rice cake smothered in a chilli paste mix, cooked on a fry pan... the ultimate Korean street food)
This dish I know has been really popular all around
You can order this, or if you look at my pics you will see they sell an INSTANT TTEOKBUKI (like the ramens) in their market section. I haven't tasted it, but I'm sure the restaurant one is much better lol.
I really can go on with all the dishes but anyone can ask me directly if you have questions ;-)
MARKET GOODS
They sell jarred KIMCHI!
Dried SEAWEED (I'll give u a kick butt seaweed soup recipe! Yum!)
KOCHUJANG (hot chilli paste) to cook your soups (I'll give u recipes lol) I'm promising a lot huh?! Lol
All the different types of BATTER to make TEMPURA & other fried recipes!
All types of RAMEN! (See if you can handle the really spicy ones lol)
I didn't rate each dish here because I would of rated every dish 5 STARS! If you haven't given this spot a try, I would definitely at least try it once! You never know... you just might have found your GO TO PLACE!!! ;-)
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