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    Mexican Seoul

    4.3 (20 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Pollo Fries
    Max W.

    I had been wanting to try this place for a while after Kenji posted on IG about it. While driving by after running errands and noticing it was pretty empty, my girlfriend and I decided to try it. I will echo other reviewers that the ordering system is somewhat convoluted. It seems that the restaurant's preferred method of having you order is online, yet to do that you need to sign up and create an account. Why do we need to create an account to simply order food? Once you get thru that hurdle, ordering is fairly simple, and you'll pick up your food on the side of the truck. The food itself looks unassuming, but it's very good - and filling! The fries are crispy and full of flavor, and the burrito bowl was excellent and filling! My girlfriend enjoyed her bibimbowl. Prices are around $15ish per dish but they are definitely portion-generous. We'll be back.

    Menu of salsas and other toppings
    Morgan R.

    3.5 stars An interesting Mexican-Korean fusion food truck ... with some traditional Mexican food (tacos) and some traditional Korean food (bibimbap). Of course, the best things are the ones the blend the two ... We tried the vampire tacos and the bibim bowl with Kalbi asada -- both were good. Best were the Korean toppings and salsas on top of the tacos, things like kimchi pico de gallo and pickled daikon. The staff was friendly and helpful, but I found the ordering process cumbersome. They ask you to order via a QR code, which then prompts you to enter information - but it didn't work -- and apparently, we weren't alone in having this problem - we then had to order verbally, and have them manually tap the credit card. The whole ordering setup was really quite poor - they should do something different. The food truck shares an eating area (sheltered picnic tables and the like) with Project 9 Brewing -- a good collaboration (good for both).

    Kogi fries with kalbi
    Dan H.

    Located right outside project 9 brewing. Great Mexican/korean fusion place. We tried the bibimbowl and kogi fries with kalbi. Both were pretty good and came with a bunch of little sides of Kimchi and pickled veggies and salsa. Friends got the burritos which looked amazing too. Perfect food to pair with some beers!

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    Jared W.

    I would often drive by this food truck on the way home from work. Luckily some friends also saw it and wanted to try it out. I loved the idea of Mexican and Korean fusion. I got the Kimchi Gringa tacos. The tacos had carmelized kimchi in it and then I chose some pork with Korean flavoring. You can choose your own toppings. It was nice flavoring! The seating area had benches under a covering which was really nice on the warm summer day. The only downside is that you have to order specifically through a QR code. There's no option to order through a real person. I really think they should have that as an option. Other than that a great find and I already know what I'm getting next time.

    a primer for condiment usage....or, how hot do you like your heat?
    Joy P.

    new-ish food truck in front of project 9 brewing doesn't disappoint and in fact tickles the tastebuds with some great mash ups! since i was taking my order to go, i went for the korrito burrito with the carnitas mushrooms. there's instructions to submit order via the qr code and while i waited i took advantage of some of the great options like soy based marinated jalapeños and onions, carrots and jalapeños in escabeche, kimchee cabbage, pico de gallo, some pretty tasty looking sauces like gochuchang and habanero cream, etc. i may have been the first order of the day, a little shy of noon on a sunny saturday. two workers were there and one who efficiently began creating my burrito once i submitted my order via my phone. i caught his attention and asked that he cut my burrito in half as they were preparing it which he nodded he would do. it became clear when he handed me the burrito in the bag, however, that he hadn't understood my ask so i made an executive decision and switched to spanish, asking that he cut it in half and wrap each half separately so i could eat one half immediately and one later. once i explained what i wanted in spanish, there was zero problem getting it done but know you may need patience and spanish to communicate with them. the taste was great and the absolute mash up of kimchee and rice and beans works so damn well together! i added habanero cream and it was delightfully spicy and filling along with the other ingredients. there's street parking in the general vicinity but coming off the i5 lake city way exit, you're going to need to take that right onto 80th or you'll blaze right by the corner. i bet a lot of neighborhood foot traffic happens later in the day. i didn't stay to eat but the food was memorable enough to make me want to detour again when i'm in the area to try some tacos or one of their fusion bowls also on the menu. i love the concept of these two cuisines cuddling up together in tortillas, large or small. it's genius!

    Luke L.

    The good: The condiment bar + Gringa Taco The bad: The Korrito The ugly: The ordering experience Taking Kenji's very high recommendation, I decided to try this place out on my night off from baby duties. I was about 30 seconds away from leaving disappointed, but was able to finally complete my order. But first, the condiment bar was far and away the star of the show. Typically, you wouldn't think a burrito truck's condiment bar would be anything to write home about, but this was on another level. It was almost like a self-serve kiosk of side dishes you would find at a Korean restaurant. There was cucumber salad, picked daikon, pickled cabbage, jalapenos, kimchi pico de gallo, and about 4 different kinds of sauces. I sampled each of them. They were all very delicious! The Kimchi Gringa Taco was as tasty as Kenji said it was. The caramelized kimchi and cheese was the perfect balance to the savory Al Pastor. My only gripe: the meat was a little burnt to my taste. I would have preferred it with a little less char. Because the meat was so charred, I ended up throwing out a bit of it in an effort to avoid the carcinogens. I also ordered the Korrito, which wasn't very good. It was a bit flavorless and lacked in variety. I definitely did not taste the caramelized kimchi or pickled cabbage. It tasted more like a just plain rice wrapped in a tortilla. It's harsh, I know, but I thought the burrito you'd get Chipotle would probably have been better. The ordering experience was so uniquely terrible that I almost went home without ordering. It makes no sense to have a virtual "line", where only one person can place an order at a time. The whole point of ordering online is to streamline the ordering process. So if I have to sit there refreshing the page for 15 minutes until I am "first" in line, that completely defeats the purpose of ordering online. It's one thing to say, "we have a lot of orders, so your food might take a while", but it's a whole other thing to say "we have a lot of orders, so please refresh the page until you can order." My advice: remove the queue and take the orders. Having a notice "food will be ready in X minutes" is sufficient warning to customers if you are busy. There is no reason to have 2 virtual queues. All-in-all, it was a decent experience. If you were to ask me, I think Kenji was a bit too nice in recommending Mexican Seoul. I may come back one day, but this definitely will not be my go-to burrito truck anytime soon.

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    good vibes, nice brewery to it, the food came out quick, i got the korrito, it was gasly

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    Kona Kitchen - Seattle

    4.0
    (1.4k reviews)
    0.6 mi
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    It took me back to Maui... grub was amazing…read more. The people here are really nice and welcoming, seems like a good place to hang out. Pricing was good, specially since we're in Seattle. So happy we came here. If you want some real kine Hawaiian food, you gotta come here. Thank you for sharing the Aloha spirit.

    Updated review from 2 Months ago…read more.. I've been back roughly 6 times from my previous review of Kona Kitchen. Then it was too many staff, not many customers and it was difficult to get service, that has been improved upon. They are nice and attentive when they see you. Service was normal, the wait staff came around and offered more beverage. This time it was still slow period, so what gives it only 3 stars instead of more? It's the fact that the main door the employee use to go into the kitchen to give their orders to the cooks had cob webs on the top of the door.i mean everyone of them walk through that door hundreds of times throughout the week because I could tell it's been there for some time. Where's the food inspector, should be a concern because if it's there in full view of customers and employees, what else is happening as far as cleanliness at Kona Kitchen. I will be there within two or three days and wonder if the cobweb will still be a fixture there... it's something that is annoying because nobody's done anything about it. Amazing.

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    4.7
    (74 reviews)
    1.1 mi
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    Had a great experience at Birrieria Pepe El Toro! The food was absolutely excellent--full of flavor…read moreand clearly made with care. The service was just as impressive, friendly and attentive without being over the top. Prices were very reasonable for the quality you get, which is always a huge plus. One thing I really liked was the cozy, home-style setup. It feels like you're eating in a small house rather than a big commercial restaurant, which makes the whole experience more personal and comfortable. Definitely a spot I'll be coming back to. Highly recommend!

    got the #3 sampler here, which included 1 quesabirria taco, 1 regular birria taco, and 1 mulita…read more This was my first time trying birria tacos, so I was pretty excited to try these out I thought these were pretty fantastic Out of the three, I thought the weakest one was the regular birria one. This one was pretty much just a regular soft taco with beef inside. I wasn't a huge fan of the taco shell, as it was a little soft. In terms of the filling, I did really like the amount of beef in there, but I thought it was kind of dry and chewy. The beef being like this was something I noticed in all 3 tacos - but it was the most noticeable in this one I really liked the quesabirria taco - that extra layer of cheese did so much for the flavor. For one, it provided another layer between the taco shell and the cheese, and second, the cheese itself was really good and there was a lot of it. Because of this, the beef inside just tasted better than the regular birria - and the shell on the outside didn't feel as soft as the first one. My favorite of the three was the mulita, which came as two small tortillas with the filling inside. the reason I liked this the most was because it was the crispiest of the three - there were actual crunchy parts to this tortilla that weren't there in the other ones. This one also had cheese like the birria, but due to the slight advantage in crunchiness it's my favorite Of course, what really brings this entire meal together is the consommé. This is just absolutely fantastic - and is the best part of the meal by far. The broth is salty, flavorful, and just adds so much to everything it coats. When dipping one of the tacos in it, I would let the consommé wash over the beef that remains, essentially liquidifying it, and this made the beef so much juicier and changed it from dry to flowing with the juices of the broth. It's hard to describe how much this enhanced the two tacos and the mulita. There's also a pretty generous amount of it Another thing I have to mention is the spicy salsa - which was incredibly flavorful. really loved that The only thing I would really say as a negative (other than the beef that I mentioned before) is that these tacos/mulita really aren't crunchy at all. I wish the tortillas would've been fried more to really get that crispiness that I prefer in tacos - an oil coating on the outside would've also helped. I also usually don't mention this in my reviews, but the person at the front desk was amazing! For the price of about 15 dollars, I would say this is relatively decent - however, while the portion size looks big, it's not really that filling

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    Interior (6/8/24)
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    Takeout Birria Quesadilla, comes with consumé - not pictured ($16, 6/8/24)
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    Hae-Nam Kalbi & Calamari

    Hae-Nam Kalbi & Calamari

    4.0
    (392 reviews)
    3.9 mi
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    RUN, don't walk to Hae-Nam! This is next-level Korean food that will make you happy and cry at the…read moresame time. You can tell a lot about a restaurant from the banchan it serves. This place doesn't have potato salad--that would be too pedestrian. Instead, you get pickled perilla leaves, pickled okra, pickled eggplant, pickled dried radish, and more. Also, my wife is vegan, and they had an entire vegan menu available, all ready to go. We used to live up in Shoreline and loved this place years ago. We were back in the neighborhood and decided to pop in on a whim. It is all spiffy and new and under new management. The owner and head chef was there, and she is a delightful lady. The service is top-notch, as her daughter was working there. The staff was very attentive. It feels less like eating at a restaurant and more like eating at your favorite Korean friend's mom's home after being spontaneously invited for dinner. The restaurant is meticulously clean and elegant, which makes you just want to eat. In fact, the food was so wonderful that I hardly spoke a word between moaning and eating. To cap off our meal, they provided this delicious cinnamon ginger drink to help settle our very full tummies. I wished the owner would come running out with packed banchan for me to take home, just to make sure I was eating well at home -- just like in those K-dramas. To sum this all up, this is food heaven. 감사합니다 to the Hae Nam and we cannot wait to come back and try more!

    Under new ownership. This place was very welcoming and the staff informed us of the new ownership…read moreand menu items upon seating us. The service was great and the waiter explained many of the new dishes to us herself. The food came out very fast after ordering and though there were several other tables full of groups, they also got their food out quick as well. The noise level is moderate, but the high walls on the booths and the partitions between the larger seating area and the table and booth section helps to buffer the noise pollution between the areas. The La kalbi was very flavorful and cooked to perfection. The dish came with a side bowl of rice and assorted bon chon. You could share this dish between a group of 2-3 or individually order it and be fulfilled.

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