Came highly recommended from a discerning foodie friend, but I was disappointed. The miso soup was watery salty and tasteless. The bibimbap bowl which I was skeptical ordering from a restaurant called Mikado, but they literally had it backwards and upside down. I'm used to seeing the various veggies and shredded meat arranged on top of the rice. It was at the bottom of the bowl with the rice on top of it, a lot of chicken strip sized pieces covering the large portioned bowl and a raw egg on top. I supposed the egg was like the Japanese odonbori style dish where you mix the egg with the hot rice. The people working there were Asian, but not Japanese, I'd guess Chinese, dont know, but I dont think they know what bibimbap should be.
The chicken was over sweet and salty...
The rice was sticky in a bad way, because it was starchy and gluey tasting without the fluffy chewy quality of good sticky rice.
The bowl was huge, so if you are really hungry, I suppose this is a good place to fill up.
Most every place you can order it in Hawaii is hands down better. If you have access to real Korean food, save it and go to a Swedish restaurant instead or try a Swedish pizza. read more