The Short Version:
Little kiosk in the McGill Metro station selling Korean food. It's incredibly popular but I thought it was just ok.
The Long Version:
I have a soft spot in my heart for businesses inside bus and subway stations because all though highschool when my main mode of transportation was public transit (and walking) that's where I'd get most of my snacks, on the way to and from school and other places, lol.
Lee N Kim (that's actually how they spell their business as opposed to the Yelp listing which has it as Lee & Kim) is inside the McGill Metro station. It's on the external side, so you don't have to pay a fare to access it. They are only open weekdays and only until 5pm, and always seem to be busy. They frequently have line ups and have raving reviews on many different platforms so I really wanted to try them out.
I initially wanted to get the triangle kimbap and asked them if they could make me one without sesame seeds. They said unfortunately they could not because they already mixed the rice for the kimbap and the sesame seeds are in the rice now. However, I could get the bibimbap and they could make me that without sesame seeds. I had just wanted a snack, but I did want to see what the Lee N Kim hype was all about so I agreed to a bibimbap (yeah, I know, twist my rubber arm, lol). I got the fried chicken one ($12.95) because I love Korean fried chicken.
The fried chicken is cut up chicken nuggets!! I had the saddest face when I realized this :( It was processed chicken meat. I was so disappointed. And the nuggets weren't even crispy.
The other ingredients were fine though. They use purple rice and it was quite tasty. The bowl had lots of other ingredients: edamame, kale, cabbage, carrots, oshinko, and zucchini. I got the "spicy Korean sauce" (gochujang) on the side. Had the chicken been real Korean fried chicken made of real chicken meat and not processed chicken meat, it would have been a respectable meal.
The staff were really nice and they even gave me a reusable tote bag for my takeout. And I love supporting small independent businesses, so it pains me to give them a less than stellar review, but I need to give my honest opinion and the chicken nuggets really put me off :(
Everyone else seemed to be ordering the triangle kimbap and not the fried chicken ones, so maybe I just ordered the wrong thing.
Takeout only. Literally a kiosk in the subway station, that's the ambiance, lol.
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