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Post by Walter on May 23, 2004 13:50:19 GMT -5
How about posting review if anyone eats in a Korean restaurant, so we can learn about the different places and foods... We went to Jang Mo Nim, 6320 N. Lincoln Av, Chicago Saturday evening (and rushed home in time for Jang Geum). They advertise on channel 28, so we told them that was how we found the place. The entrees are accompanied with a collection of small vegatable and tofu dishes- 10 little dishes. Three were really hot and spicy vegatables, two different tofu dishes, all very good. Our table looked a little like the ones served on the shows, with all the little dishes I had the goat meat stew- way too spicy for me; my wife had a noodle dish, quite good. The people at the booth near us had a meat barbeque- some booths have a little stove in the middle, so you cook your own stuff as you eat it. They must have had 18 or 20 plates with different things. We'll try that next time, it really looked good. It was very busy, and the tv's were showing basketball and such, the waitress didn't know if they get the Korean station (they have cable). The menu has symbols to indicate extra spicy stuff and vegetarian dishes, but those aren't accurate. The goat stew wasn't flagged and was super spicy, and two bi bim bop (I think thats the name) dishes were listed as vegetarian but the menu also listed beef as an ingredient (maybe the cows were vegetarians?).
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Post by jacques on May 23, 2004 14:10:08 GMT -5
That goat stew was indeed a rare specialty! So is my other favorite, whole duck stuffed with sweet glutinous rice, dried red dates, pine nuts--slow roasted and basted with its own pan drippings (yum!). Another trendy specialty--rice mixed with mountain vegetables/exotic greens, and spiced meats (such as Korean black puddings--blood sausages or morcilla in Spanish), mixed and fried on a metal grill at your table. From my experience, vegetables (including raw lettuce for wrapping, fragrant shiso leaves) are plenty to be had at the typical Korean table. I would be hard-pressed to name a 100% percent vegetarian dish--even the soup stock for tofu & veggies is typically non-veg (ur "maybe the cows were vegetarian" analogy ;D). It is soo heartwarming to watch Dae Jang-Geum where Korean food is, to say the least, ubiquitous--even a weekly scheming session among the Choi gang is bound to have several small dishes on the table. Also, do notice the metalware (pewter?) for the dishes and/or rice. It is very distinctly Korean (Chinese use mainly porcelain and Japanese use mainly lacquer) and is such a PLEASURE to be eating out of at a Korean restaurant--definitely a cultural experience unto itself, and a complementary activity to watching DJG. Personally, I lament the fact that my busy schedule doesn't have me visiting a Korean restaurant too often these days. However, I do have my Korean takeout dinners (meat, fish, four side-veggies) to complement my drama viewing sessions. These restaurants (several, at least seven of them) are within a 1-mile radius of me (not exactly Koreatown, perhaps Korean street ).
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Post by Walter on May 23, 2004 17:45:17 GMT -5
Theres also a very good little Korean take-out place in the strip mall in the 4700 block of W. Touhy. It's definitely point and click- you point at the food to order, since the staff doesn't speak English.
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Post by jacques on May 23, 2004 17:51:35 GMT -5
Theres also a very good little Korean take-out place in the strip mall in the 4700 block of W. Touhy. It's definitely point and click- you point at the food to order, since the staff doesn't speak English. What fun!!! ;D
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Post by RichardG on May 23, 2004 22:09:45 GMT -5
My only communication/transportation ability was a Thai resturaunt that moved to burbs due to the rent. It was GOOD, "clean", FAMILY.
I have nothing above "F" for Chinese, Philippine etc that I have seen. DIRTY etc. Long time since Indian.
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Post by jacques on May 23, 2004 22:20:23 GMT -5
My only communication/transportation ability was a Thai resturaunt that moved to burbs due to the rent. It was GOOD, "clean", FAMILY. I have nothing above "F" for Chinese, Philippine etc that I have seen. DIRTY etc. Long time since Indian. Just take a trip down to "Little India."
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Post by FlowerLady on May 26, 2004 22:14:07 GMT -5
I would also like to know of any good Korean restaurants in the NW suburbs that anyone has tried....
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on May 26, 2004 22:18:38 GMT -5
SAN SOO GAB SAN
CORNER OF FOSTER AND WESTERN FOR CHICAGO DINERS 24 HOUR KOREAN BBQ GET YOUR FIX ON AT 3 AM AFTER A BUSY NIGHT OF BOOZING ON SATURDAY OR AT MIDNIGHT ON WEEKDAYS, IT DON'T MATTA FAST SERVICE, BEST PLACE IN MY OPINION FOR K-BBQ
DID I MENTION 24 HOURS?
BE SURE TO ORDER THE COOK IT YOURSELF KALBI! AND BE PREPARED TO BE STINKY WHEN YOU LEAVE (SO NOT A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE A DATE IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME LOVIN' AFTERWARDS HEHEH)
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Post by jacques on May 26, 2004 22:23:13 GMT -5
SAN SOO GAB SAN CORNER OF FOSTER AND WESTERN FOR CHICAGO DINERS 24 HOUR KOREAN BBQ GET YOUR FIX ON AT 3 AM AFTER A BUSY NIGHT OF BOOZING ON SATURDAY OR AT MIDNIGHT ON WEEKDAYS, IT DON'T MATTA FAST SERVICE, BEST PLACE IN MY OPINION FOR K-BBQ DID I MENTION 24 HOURS? BE SURE TO ORDER THE COOK IT YOURSELF KALBI! AND BE PREPARED TO BE STINKY WHEN YOU LEAVE (SO NOT A GOOD PLACE TO TAKE A DATE IF YOU WANT TO GET SOME LOVIN' AFTERWARDS HEHEH) The trick is: skip the perfume/cologne (deodorant ok)--those absorb the fumes of the bar-b-q, hence you walk out smelling of your wang kalbi dinner! ;D
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Post by TheBo on May 27, 2004 9:46:54 GMT -5
SAN SOO GAB SAN CORNER OF FOSTER AND WESTERN FOR CHICAGO DINERS 24 HOUR KOREAN BBQ... Thanks, that looks like a great place, velvetink, but do you have to shout? Unless you'd just returned from a soju fest... Bo
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Post by RichardG on May 27, 2004 22:01:00 GMT -5
They advertise 2 on CH28 during the afternoon. One in Arlington Heights. One I think about 8750 Gulf. Then a Vietnamese one.
They should have a Korean phone book. They HAVE a gay/lesbian phone book! Found one tossed out (snooped), YEP for and or BY them.
Funny Ch28 site is NOT up and they COULD post ads here. Even PAY a little for the owner.
I don't remember if the corner liquor store sells a Korean newspaper. BIG help in Korean huh.
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Post by jacques on May 27, 2004 22:21:03 GMT -5
They advertise 2 on CH28 during the afternoon. One in Arlington Heights. One I think about 8750 Gulf. Then a Vietnamese one. They should have a Korean phone book. They HAVE a gay/lesbian phone book! Found one tossed out (snooped), YEP for and or BY them. Funny Ch28 site is NOT up and they COULD post ads here. Even PAY a little for the owner. I don't remember if the corner liquor store sells a Korean newspaper. BIG help in Korean huh. You'd be surprised, I'm sure they have a Korean directory for the Chicago area somewhere. From my experience, if they have a tv station, the other media--newspaper/community newsletter, phone directory/buying guide, am radio station are usually present as well. Next time you walk into a Korean-owned business, try ask if they have a Korean phone book. Kudos to the Korean/Korean-American community for servng theirs and the American community at large.
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Post by Soju on May 29, 2004 11:30:01 GMT -5
There are a lot of Korean restaurants, as well as other Korean-oriented businesses, in the vicinity of Golf and Milwaukee. The only one I've tried is the World Buffet, which was mediocre (The Garden, an Lincoln, is better buffet). A while back, www.chicagokoreatown.com/ had lots of listings for businesses, but the site is 'Under Construction' now. I'm posting the link anyway, in case they get it back up.
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Post by Soju on May 29, 2004 15:12:01 GMT -5
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Post by jacques on May 29, 2004 15:40:01 GMT -5
Thanx Soju!!
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