A $15 rice bowl is a pretty excessive price! But I'd do it again any day!!
Me, my co-worker and client came here to eat on a rainy cold day. We were all bundled up in sweaters, coats, scarfs and thick socks. As we entered in, a cold host looks up our reservations and tells us to follow her. Her chilled attitude didn't make us feel any cooler, in fact, we were heating up even more! Not because of her lack of personality but because the place was blasting the heater up. Man, we were hot! We peeled off our coats immediately to try to feel normal temperature again but it took a while to cool down. But even at that, the food we ate brought our body temperatures back up!
Service is really lame, first with the hostess, then with our lack of a waitress. We waited for our waitress to come and she never did. So, I had to flag any living breathing employee to take our orders. When we pointed to the picture with the tasty looking sizzling corn mayonnaise cheese platter, the waitress explained that it was a dish not to be served at happy hour, nor lunch time but is only available at dinner time. Man! She sure was long winded and what a let down!!!!! We were all so disappointed. Throughout our stay, not once did they check up on us and we ended up flagging someone down for our bill. Lame!
First off, they provided 2 complimentary banchan dishes, which is CHEAP, because all other Korean Restaurants would provide 10-15 banchan dishes. They only served pickled cucumbers and kim chee, both were house made and was in need of some fancy sea salt and more heat. I normally scarf down kim chee and request for more but this one, I barely touched. If they are going to serve 2 measly banchan, they should knock our thick socks off, right?! Well, that didn't happen. They need to take notes from watching, "Le Grand Chef - Kimchi Wars". Anyone that watches that movie would expect better from their Kimchee, no joke!
Aside from lame service and banchan dishes, the other dishes we ate were delicious! Here's what we ordered...
! Fresh made dumplings - there were 7 of them with a tasty dipping sauce. I must admit, these dumplings were extraordinarily tasty and fresh. 5 STARS
! Krazy Korean Bowl - this was their version of a Hawaiian loco moco. At $15 bucks, it better be damn good. Well, at $15 bucks, it was extremely good! The stone bowl came out with gravy oozing all over the top, in which it was bubbling hot out of the cauldron. Rice was on the bottom, Angus beef patty in the middle, fried red onions and topped with 2 sunny side up eggs. I popped those eggs and mixed it into the bubbling gravy to cook it up a bit. Each and every bite was burn your tongue good and hot! And surprisingly, the rice on the edge of the stone bowl became crunchy, which is soooo good to eat. Missing a bite of that is a no no. My client was quick to point out pieces that I missed...gee thanks. Must eat the entire bowl! 5 STARS
! Bibimbap Bowl - my co-worker ordered this one and she said it's okay. She wished there were more pickled veggies in it and more traditional. Since I didn't taste it, I can't rate it but the presentation was nice to look at.
Watch out for those stone bowls, they are heated up to 500 degrees and can burn a dragon tattoo on your arm if you feel the need to hug your Krazy Korean. Or worst yet, scream like a little girl if you accidentally touch it. So, just be cognoscente of the hot hot hot stone bowl!
HOT seem to be the theme of our visit here! I came into the restaurant feeling hot, I was sweating over my bowl of food, I burnt my tongue from eating the hot food and lastly, the price of the food may leave you feeling hot that it cost so much. It is pretty pricy and should be close to $10 a bowl instead. But I thought it was good, as I've never tasted such a yummy loco moco before. I'll get hot and sweaty with their Krazy Korean ANY DAY! read more