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This place is the real deal. I always enjoy the food here. I come to get fulllllll on all the little side dishes along with bulgogi & pajeon with their brown & white rice mixture. I always think it's kinda funny that they cut all the food with scissors but it don't bother me in the least!
After reading someone's review of this place on the pajeon and I admit, it's a bit greasy. But then again, I think that a lot of Korean food is on the greasy side so if you go, you kinda know what you're gonna get...
Nevertheless, this place is good and I recommend it as a very delicious Korean joint. They've even got a room that you sit on the floor and eat at little tables without your shoes on. :D
My friend's boyfriend introduce me to this restaurant. Long story short, while he was an exchange student at UW, he went to the restaurant at least once a week. And, he came back to Seattle a few weeks ago just to eat sundubu (Korean spicy stew) and pa jun (Korean savory pan cake) at Ho Soon Yi.
So, we went to the restaurant for dinner...and I was IMPRESSED. I've been to many many Korean restaurants but this is THE BEST. I mean they serve the best Sundubu ever.
Two weeks later...I went back to the restaurant with my friend who loves Sundubu as much as I do and she agreed that this is the best Sundubu. The soup is very rich and it's got lots of Umami...yes, the term that Kikkoman is promoting right now. As for pa jun, it's very fluffy and the flavor of squid matches the green onions inside...
The place is a bit hard to find, but it's always crowded...you know what I want to say...yes, this restaurant is worth trying!
2 1/2 stars would be more accurate.
I use to love Ho Soon Yi, but I think it has gone downhill over the last few months. Came here w/ my bf for dinner and we came out bloated (definitely very, very full) but not completely satisfied with our meal.
The Beef & Kimchi soon do boo tasted perfect (not too salty, lots of tofu, beef, onions, seaweed and egg). The Bi Bim Bap on the other wasn't so great. We got a bowl full of pickled vegetables (most of which were provided for us in the side dishes). Disappointment and waste of money there.
There are so many other Korean places to try out on Aurora so I probably won't come back here for awhile. Sorry Ho Soon Yi!
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I'm going to say this is actually 3.5 stars...
The food here is pretty good... except for the bbq meat... How can you mess up korean bbq at a korean restaurant? Well, it might be partly personal preference, but I prefer my meat, not too charred. Like, grilled to the point where I can't really taste the flavor anymore, it's just a salty piece of grilled meat. (But FYI, the spicy pork is probably the one exception here). I'm a big fan of bulgogi, but the one they have here, doesn't do it for me.
Everything else is pretty good. Tofu soup, albeit hard to mess up, was very tasty. Appetizer/condiments galor! Still probably the restaurant that gives you the most condiments I've been to. The seafood pancake is very good, even though most of it is squid and hardly any other seafood. And the jap chae is also pretty darn good.
The first time or two I came here, I did get the "non-korean neglection" treatment... But I must say that the next few times I went, the service was much better. Maybe they got acclimated to more non-koreans and figured that they'd have better business if they served the non-koreans... But I'm getting away from the point!
Ho Soon Yi's is probably one of my top GO-TO places for korean food. Portions are generous, spacious restaurant, and improving service make this place worth the trip!
PS: I don't think this is noted anywhere, but people who do not frequent many korean restaurants should know that prices may be a bit higher than expected. Why it costs $17 for a plate of bulgogi at one place and less than $10 at another, is kinda beyond me. Do your research!
More seats, worse food.
Hoo Soon Yi had the bestest soon du bu ever back in the day. At some point, they changed hands. Service went from consistently mediocre to sometimes great, sometimes awful. The food was largely the same until early this year when it took a sinister turn for the worse. They expanded, yet the place is emptier than ever. This is always a big, fat, hairy warning: half-empty restaurant on a Friday night at 8pm.
They do put out a mess of banchan. That's nice. I want my yummy soon du bu (jjigae, please!) and...yeah, that seems to be a memory. First of all, soon du bu has some spice to it...this was bland as hell. The sulung tang my friend had was a little better but it lacked any sesame content which balances the flavor nicely. Getting the bill took for-bloody-ever. It's significantly more expensive than it used to be, too.
I sulked for about the entire walk back to Aurora Village TC. A cold day, perfect for nice rib-sticking Korean soup...spoiled by its awfulness. I'm not saying i won't be back ever, but they better mend their ways.
If you need soon du bu, and who doesn't, Green Garden on Aurora in the 150s and Sam Oh Joung up on 99 both do it much better.
Authentic food at moderate prices.
Do not expect great service, because its clear this place attracts people based on food... not service.
Does not disappoint if you really like Korean food.
The last time I went for a large family dinner and I wasn't too impressed. We had 5 dishes:
-fried king mackerel: tastes like any other fried fish, mediocre at best
-kalbi (bbq shortribs): pretty good and probably our favorite dish, but if i remember correctly it was ~$17
-spicy pork bulgogi: we usually get this and it wasn't as good this time, not sure why
-some beef/green onion soup: it was pretty good. the beef was tender and the soup tastes like any other spicy korean soup. i didn't like the weird mushrooms in it though
-seafood pancake: what you expect
The service however, SUCKED! First of all, whenever we ordered anything, the lady had to ask us what number it was. Do you not know your menu? And a table of 2 that came after us got their side dishes after they ordered and we didn't get any until our food came. This wouldn't have been a big deal but we were starving, and we were one of maybe 3 tables in the whole restaurant. My mom asked for peppers (jalapenos) and at first they brought out black pepper. My cousin pointed to some pickled jalapenos on one of their side dishes and explained that she wanted those. Crazy lady came back with paprika! Really now? We really shouldn't have left them a good tip on a $78 bill..(but we did, FML)
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This USED to be my favorite spot for Soon Du Boo, for years in fact.
And then I stopped not because I hate it but because I discovered other restaurants with other Korean fare specialties.
And then I showed up one day to get my fish egg Soon Du Boo fix and my favorite fried mackerel dish.
And then I discovered new owners, new works, new décor.
And then the new servers served me very bland fish egg Soon Du Boo and half uncooked mackerel which I asked them to take back.
And then the new servers played stupid and asked if we wanted it "well done" (as if bitch! this ain't tuna).
And then I almost said "no dumbass we want it cooked" but recanted as the boy jumped in and said "just change the dish to another fish dish".
And then the servers came back again and said "do you want us to just cook this again".
And then the boy said "just keep it and take it off our bill".
No more and then. EVER.
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I really like Korean food, but this place doesn't do it for me. Their side dishes are old and their beef and pork aren't tasty. There are many other better places in Lynnwood. I'd take BCD or Cho Dung over Ho Soon Yi anyday.
Meh.
The place smelled like the bathroom had erupted and then was cleaned -- pungent industrial cleaning fluid smell just barely covering a toilety stink.
No dol sot bibimbap, just the cold bowl version. The starters were rather monotonous.
My soon doo boo jigae was tasty, but not enough to make up for the general "meh" and the stinky stink.
Did they change owners or what? This use to be THE place to get yummy Korean food, now it's just "okay" or actually terrible. We ordered our usual Kalbi and Dae Jae Bulgogi. The Kalbi wasn't cook all the way through, and the meat was so fatty, but the Bulgogi was nasty. The meat was sour and disgusting, we could only take one bite.
We did eat the Kalbi as it was okay, just fatty. We paid and told them something was wrong with their meat. They basically said no, it's good meat. It's not like we ate it and wanted a free meal. We didn't even want to take the leftovers home.
Then I inquired about maybe a change in owners or management, but the waitress said everything is still the same. I'm not sure if that's true or not.
Sad to say after 10 years eating here I'll probably never come back. I can go anywhere and get mediocre Korean bbq.
When I first came to the Edmonds area which was about 1996, it was popular. It's still up and running which means, It's a good restaurant. It won't disappoint you.
What happened?!?
Used to be great. Then good-bad-good. Now bad-worse-worstest.
Shame, I'll miss it, but no more.
This place has the best tofu soup and some of the best korean food I have been able to find in the Puget Sound area! I love to get a good group of friends together and go so that we can order a bunch of different dishes and eat family style. The sides are really good and if you run out, be sure to ask for more before they take the little plate away.
Service is tolerable, but that's what you get when you go to a lot of Korean restaurants in my book. Still an awesome place to go!
I'm quite the fan of korean food. Every once in a while, you just need that unique spicy/pickled flavor, you know?! I openly admit that I'm not Korean. So, keep that in mind as you read my review. Still, Ho Soon Yi is probably one of the best Korean restaurants in the Seattle area - rivals those in the Federal Way area for sure (and the Edmonds area is a little cleaner)! The Soon Dubu (tofu soup) is definitely their specialty. I like it hot, and they met my expectations. The bulgogi and kalbi is quite good too and perfectly acceptable, though I'd say there are better places to go if you really want korean barbeque. Nice variety with the banchan (side dishes) too.
Ambience - great for a korean place. It's clean, and they actually play Korean music. Personally, I find that there's some loss of ambience when you're eating in a korean restaurant (or chinese, french, or whatever) and the music is Britney Spears or something equally as random (no offense to Britney fans). Be careful going to the restroom. I've noticed that they frequently have this greasy patch on the linoleum leading to the restroom - it's slippery!
Service - a little on the slow side, especially with the tea refills. Maybe Korean people are more resistant to dehydration? Great with refilling the Banchan though. I've read that they bring a pitcher of tea to your table now. If so, that'd be a nice solution to this problem.
Price - great. Can't complain when it's reasonably priced and the food hits the spot.
My ratings breakdown (out of 5):
Ambience: 5
Service: 4
Food: 5
Price: 5
Overall: 5
Owner changed..gone south..
If you want good Korean food come here! The best tofu soup I can find. And the ribs are to die for. I know there are bad reviews of this place since the owners changed. But I think the restaurant went through two shifts in changes because about a year ago I visited a few times and the food was awful. Just recently I went back and the place had changed again... back to the good ol' days of delicious food! So if you had a bad experience... try it again, I think it changed again for the better.
P.S. the service is better, they give you your own pot of tea so you don't have to wait for refills, and the food tastes just as good as it used to!
This was my first time at a Korean restuarant. So I'm really not sure how Korean food is supposed to taste like. I came here with a big group so was able to try out a few things.
I had the Kalbi beef but it was flavorless. I've had homemade Kalbi which tasted so much better so my experience here was not good.
The bulgogi was pretty good and boy do they give you a HUGE portion! The seafood tofu soup was really good and spicy.
I'll have to try Green Garden in Shoreline one of these days.
What happened to this place??!! The kimchee soondubu I ordered today tasted like it had too much msg and powdered seasoning, as opposed to real flavor. The pork bulgogi meat had a terrible texture and was very dry. I could scarf down only about 2 pieces. My mom ordered sulung tang and the salt dispenser they gave her was really one for sugar (large holes) and she ended up putting in too much salt. My mom couldn't eat hers so got her money back. My mom has an msg allergy and the waitress only pointed out 2 side dishes that might be msg free.
Whenever I crave Korean food, I seem to always have to travel north as I haven't found a place in Seattle that I can really rave about. There's only one menu here so whether you come for lunch or dinner there's the same offerings and prices but it is a lot more crowded during the dinner time that's for sure.
My fiance and I decided to share dishes this time and got the Spicy Pork Bulgogi and Kimchee soup with Tofu/Beef, both medium spicy. We started out with all the little side dishes, my favorites had to be just regular cabbage kimchee and the cucumber kimchee - we definitely asked for seconds. Our bulgogi came out sizzling on the platter and was cut up into bite size pieces in front of us, along with our kimchee soup that an egg was immediately cracked into but no nori for us, thank you.
I'm not religious, but I can't pray enough that this place were closer to us!! The only complaint I have is that it took us a while to get my glass of water, but after that the refills kept on flowing. We probably could have ordered the spiciness to be hot and been ok, but the pork was tender to perfection and delish! The kimchee soup was just as tasty and the perfect portion if you ordered it just for yourself. I have to say, it's nice to have someone to eat with you so you can try out more than one dish, but that's not the reason I stay with my fiance. Well, it's not the main reason at least =)
I probably could have done without my second bowl of rice(yes, I love rice like a fat kid loves cake), but in all seriousness this is the place where the Koreans are at so I come following.
We were lucky to get here before the crowds showed up.
My husband ordered the bbq beef which was good. I ordered bibimbop and thought I was going to get a hot stone pot filled with crispy rice and veggies. I didn't know that this dish isn't always served this way (I guess I was expecting dohl soht). It wasn't bad...it just wasn't what I was expecting. I did notice no one else had ordered besides me throughout the restaurant.
We also shared the seafood and tofu soup. Yummy fishiness flavored the soft tofu.
I recommend this place, but it's a close tie between this and BCD (not the one in the Ranch 99 complex).
Before I start my review, let me first say.. I do not like Korean food. This review is not *my* review. This review is from my husband's perspective. He lived in Korea for a number of years and since moving back to the States and has been dying for authentic, good Korean food since. With that said, I also spent time in Korea and I didn't like it or the food and I didn't like Ho Soon Yi.
The service was good, well, it was standard. Hurried, short, and takes awhile. We sat in the "sitting" room area. Our table got two kind of.. meat only dishes, and two veggie/meat/egg dishes. A big part of my not-liking Korean food has to do with the fact that Korean food has meat in everything. I understand this is not specific to this restaurant, it's just how Korean culture is. Being a vegetarian, this makes it extra difficult for me to find anything to eat at all.
Okay, this review isn't making sense. Let's simplify. My husband, who knows about Korean food from living in Korea for a long time said it was authentic and excellent. I didn't like it, but I don't count, since I dislike Korean food in general. I asked him out of five stars how many he'd give and he said four. So there it is. 4/5 stars.
The service is.. well.. don't go for the service. Go for the food. The journey is far, the roads are treacherous (have you seen Seattle drivers?) and you must sacrifice a part of your soul as fare into suburbia but few will complain. Welcome to the best Korean restaurant in the area!
Be prepared to wait unless you get there early or bring your token Korean friend and place your order quickly and decisively (or you might be waiting again!) Scan the menu, order what sounds good because it's all good. If you want my advice, order the pork (dae-jee bul-gogi), seafood pancake (hae-mool pah-jun) and be done with it. Don't be afraid to get the water yourself and should they look at you funny just mention you just came back from Seoul and that's what you learned.
Trust me!
This place seems to always be busy... that for those who care should be a sign of good food.
The ladies that work there are busy... don't waste their time by not knowing what you want... when you're standing in line, get a menu and look at it so you're ready to order.
Their know for their soup... and it's good. Good broth flavors, good spicyness and great banchan (side dishes). The chapche is a good side dish of noodles with beef and vegetables. The bi bim bap is fairly decent. One must let it sit to get the bottom rice all crunchy and burnt. Mmmm.
The only item I don't care for is the hae mul pa-jun is a bit to greasy for my taste.
The fried fish is not oily at all, but moist and tasty.
Worth the drive from Seattle, if you want the good stuff.
I am a HUGE fan of this place. Now that I live in the South End I don't come here as often as I would like. However, when I am up north and convince my dining companions to eat Korean this is where I take them.
I am somewhat of a Korean food newbie...I have only eaten it a handful of times. We ordered the seafood pancake, the soft tofu with fish eggs, as well as the bulgogi. I happily ate up both of those dishes as well as the amazing assortment of small dishes they give you when you order a main dish. I will admit that I did not know what half of them were but each of them added a different flavor and texture to make the meal completely memorable.
I am coming back soon...hopefully really soon because writing this review is making me crave some Korean food now!
Ho Soon Yi is the best Korean tofu soup place in the Seattle area and worth the drive out to Edmonds. True, it doesn't have much competition, but kudos anyway. The give away that it's a great place? Pretty much everyone who eats there is Korean.
Scalding hot soup with silken tofu--yummy! They do it right every time. The banchan are varied and tasty too. I had a few other things from their menu, but mostly I stick with the tofu soup because that's why I trek all the way out there. Special mention to the seafood pancake, a very popular dish which just about everyone orders.
Service in Korean restaurants is always better with a Korean-speaking friend. Ho Soon Yi is no different. It's a cultural thing. But it doesn't matter when the food is this good.
Holy shit. This place is so good and I can't even describe it with words. Although I usually have to wait a long time, it's worth it. Once the food arrives I don't even care about the long wait or crappy service (only once I had crappy service) and I just eat away. Their soondobu is GOOD, whether it be spicy, mild, or even white! The bulgogi completes my life and their bibimbap is filling. I had the seafood pancake thing a few times but I think it's a little overrated but its still good. The side dishes are pretty good as well.
But yeah, it's always filled with people and the service is a little "bleh" at times and most of the waitresses can barely speak English.
I'm sorry, but the customer service is so awful there. They have some major attitude, seriously. To find good customer service is rare. I get that they are busy, but customer service is very important seriously. I was even being kind to ask if I can have more side dishes, and she gave me that dirty look, dude I'm not blind I can see your face giving me dirty look. My mom used to work there, I swear my mom was the best person who gave great customer service. Not because it's my mom, but she always smiles for customers, she never gave that dirty look. Anyways, she got fired from there because of the manager loved my mom for being so sweet and other workers were jealous of that, so they begged the manager to fire my mom, which is pretty stupid.
Anyways, I like their tofu soup, it's not that bad. I like their interior design inside, I also like how they have a Korean store & video store, Gift shop, Pizza Hut, and Yunie's Bubble Tea. So after you are finished eating, you can go there!
Back in Aus, not only did I have a ton of Korean friends, but the company I worked for was doing work for Samsung and LG in Korea. I had to go to Seoul for 4-5 weeks at a time, several times a year. I love Korean food, and got to sample it at all levels of quality when I was over there.
One of our Korean friends here told us that we had to go up with them to Hosoonyi for dinner, since I loved Korean food (I used to make my own kimchi back in Sydney, much to my wife's dismay!) I wasn't disappointed. This place has the same feel as a lot of the restaurants in the suburbs of Seoul that I had dinner at.
Western palates will have no problem with the kalbi or the bulgogi. Kimchi (and kimchi chigae) here is excellent, and make sure you get a sidedish of the daikon kimchi. In fact, all of the side dishes are phenomenal -- it's one of the staples of the traditional Korean presentation (in Seoul, I once had a meal with 20 different side dishes provided, needless to say I was very full!)
This place is always a hive of activity, and you'll enjoy watching the different meals come out. Make the trip up here, you won't regret it.
Did they change owners again? I swear the food didn't taste this good compared to the last time I went. Maybe they have been secretly reading the older Yelp reviews on how bad the food was. Everything just taste so much better now. The soondubu now actually has flavor!! They give you a lot more side dishes and those even taste better. The service is top notch and they refill your tea. I always get so full every time I come here but now I'm quite happy to get full off of GOOD Korean food.
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This is one of my two stand-by restaurants when I'm hankering for Korean food (which is often). This place is authentic and full of Korean people, which is always a good sign. Their soon dubu is the best I've ever had. I usually get the kimchee soon dubu, but their other varieties are also excellent. They bring it out still boiling and then break a raw egg and some dried seaweed (nori) in at the table. This is how it's done, folks. I always let it sit for a couple minutes so the egg can cook.
My mom and I got delicious king mackeral before, Korean style. Perfectly seasoned (just salt) and oh-so-crispy. Their spicy pork bulgogi is also excellent and worth ordering. The banchan is so-so, but that's OK b/c I usually go there for their excellent soon dubu! Their Yoo Gae Jang, a spicy beef soup/stew, was pretty good, but nothing special. It needed good amount of salt to liven it up. Moral of the story: stick to the soon dubu, as this is the house specialty.
If you go during peak hours, there will likely be a substantial line. If I can't bear to wait, I just go up the street to BCD. And when it gets super busy, the service suffers. But hey, this is a Korean restaurant. What do you expect?
P.S. There is a Hosoonyi in Portland now too, which is just as tasty!
If you get here and there's a line, stand in it--it's worth it. Most likely the line will be full of Koreans, and Koreans know how to eat. The staff will assume you're Korean too, unless you show clear evidence to the contrary--and that means they're assuming you know how to eat, and they're going to give you good food.
The soups are made with real, long-boiled broth. No skimping on the soup bones and trying to make it up with chili powder.
The side dishes are good too. Not everything is identifiable, at least not to me, and what kind of Korean restaurant doesn't serve you something unidentifiable? Pick it up with your chopsticks and look quizzically at it for a moment, if you like, but make sure you put it in your mouth afterward. It will taste good.
Hosoonyi's!
For the uninitiated, Korean Spicy Draft Tofu Soup or SoonDubu Chigae is one of those things that doesn't sound very appetizing but blows you away and digs it's hooks into your soul and doesn't ever let go. Seriously. So that said I've had SoonDubu all around the world. I've had it in Korea which isn't very good and in L.A. which is the Mecca of Korean Food. Even so, Hosoonyi's is on par if not better than any place I've ever been to. I always get the kimchi-beef soup with a seafood savory Korean pancake, spicy pork, and if we are in a really big group the Eun-daegoo which is a preasure cooked cod in a soy based sauce.
If you've never had Korean food before, you should know that it can be very spicy, but you don't have to have it spicy. I've seen people order the Tofu soup w/o the chili's but can't say if it's good or not. Korean food also must come with an assortment of pickled and fresh side dishes. Most notably Kim-chi which is pickled cabbage that has been salted and fermented with garlic, scallions, chili's, and in some cases a shrimp or oyster brine. It's a love it or hate it type of thing. To off-set the spicyness of Korean food, there are also side dishes that offer cool relief in the form of cool cucumber and seaweed salads, sliced daikon radishes, bean sprouts, ect...ect...
On to the Entree's! The base of the soup is made from bones. Just like stock. The fond so to speak. This in lieu of water gives the soup that richness and depth. Korean Chili's are added along with scallions and the ingredients of your choice: Seafood, beef, pork, cod roe, ect... In their individual clay containers, the boiling goodness is brought to your table and a raw egg is cracked into it to cook in the residual heat along with some laver.
The Spicy BBQ Pork is Amazing! Sliced thin and served on a sizzling metal plate that over sliced onions that keeps the meat warm and ends up sauteing the onions over time! Incredible flavor and cooked so that there is the perfect amount of carmelization to the meat.
Do yourself a favor and join the masses of people that are in the know and treat yourself to Korean Cuisine. Korean food has long been heralded as the next big thing in Food. Unfortunately most Korean businesses focus and cater to Koreans only. That said, most establishments although may at first seem cold and detached will quickly warm up to you as you undoubtedly become a regular. So go ahead, you owe it to yourself!
Omg this might have been the best Korean meal I have ever had! Everything was absolutely delicious and I simply couldn't stop eating (scary thought huh). Fortunately I was with friends so I had to eventually :)
We got the bbq pork (yummy), the the spicy octopus (I swear the combination of this gravy and rice makes you want to finish up your entire bowl of rice... salivate), the seafood soondubu and yumz pancake. We polished up every single dish :) It was a heavy lunch but I must add, it was heavenly! The total bill came up to be less then fifty bucks! WOW!
I cannot wait to move to Seattle to be able to get food like that on a constant basis. So it's a little far from Seattle but that's what cars are for :)
I crave their kimchi soup, mmm. i would and do go just for their soup and all the little side dishes. I could eat pounds of the potatoes and bean sprout side dishes.
Yes, be sure to mentally prepare for a wait to be seated, waitresses who are experts at the whole no eye contact game, and to be treated as a second class citizen if you're not Korean. But even with all that said, I still make that drive way up North!
Worth the drive...and its actually not that far...
I went up there with three of my gay boyfriends (one of which a Southerner who's never had Korean food) and our honorary gay bf Tom. They all loved it. We had to unbutton a button.
The kalbi is really good. I've had it all over and usually in Seattle it comes as sliced short ribs. I tend to prefer actual cubes but it was still very tasty.
They give you lots of tasty ban chan. The pajun was EXCELLENT but I'd steer clear of the bi bim bap, which was a little on the bland side. It is a soon doo boo house so if you are a connoisseur, this is a great place to try.
We took our shoes off and sat up on the mezzanine at a floor table. I think the last time I did that was at Busch Garden. Kind've fun. The gay boys loved it.
Btw, there is a Yunnie Bubble Tea place right next door to top off the gluttony.
I really don't know that much about Korean food. This place is pretty much my only exposure to it. I was introduced by a friend a few years ago, and now I'm in this position where when I want Korean food, I can't seriously consider going anywhere else. Everyone tells me this is as good as it gets, so why venture out?
It's all delicious. The seafood pancake, the barbeque pork, the tofu soups, the various fried/stewed fish. And the all the kimchi appetizer things? Wow, I don't know what the korean names are for any of these but they rock.
I always burn my mouth here because the food comes out HOT and I can't help but dig in as soon as it arrives. Some day I'll learn.
Been eating here a few times a year since 2000, when my gf T introduced me to their spicy pork bulgogi and seafood pancake. Everyone I've brought here through the years like it, love it, or end up regulars, regardless of age/previous exposure to Korean food/nationality.
No matter what you order, it comes with eight side dishes (that they'll quickly replenish as soon as you finish-and ask for more) that range from kim chi, sweetened yam, marinaded spicy soybean sprouts and non spicy mung bean sprouts*, some fishcake stuff*, (I think) daikon marinade, and yam jello (was it yam?)...etc. Someone correct me if you know. Oh, and their yummy rice.
Waiting can be long on weekends or at meal time, period. Two types of seating: dining tables and chairs, or sitting around short wood tables on little pillows with your shoes off.
Today our seafood pancake was slightly soggy and not as good as usual & the beef bulgogi was on the dry side, but today's definitely the exception. Personal favorites: flounder, seafood pancake, tofu dishes, spicy bulgogi. We've found that going early for dinner means less frantic service, more seating choices, and less smoke/kitchen smell that automatically increase dry cleaning bills. Actively make eye contact (wave if you must) if you want something. The waitstaff here are usually too busy to wait on you, but they'll deliver as far as service goes.
*Thanks to Rachel S. for info/correction on the sidedishes.
Wear your best socks and be prepared to kick off your shoes and sit on the floor for some damn good Korean food.
The tofu soup is sooo good here. The mackerel not so wonderful, but ok. The bulgolgi is well seasoned.
I will come right out and admit that this isn't a fair grading because I was ill when I tried to eat here. I was here with one of my friends and his family and because there were two little ones, we tried not to order heavily spiced dishes.
The insides of the place leave a little to be desired. It looks like a remodeled pancake house or something and it's tucked away inside a strip mall. But there is plenty of parking.
We ended up with the green onion pancakes, the squid and some bulgogi. I love hot food, but these made my stomach rumble even more. The food tasted good but I after a few bites, my stomach was jumping all over the place. It was all I could do to sit still. The worse part of this whole event was that the food looked really good, but every bit had me hopping.
I finally gave up after half an hour and excused myself to go home and lie on the couch. Ugh. Opportunity missed. But, I gotta go back and try it on a healthy stomach.
Lynnwood, WA
Category: Korean
Lynnwood, WA
Category: Korean
Edmonds, WA
Category: Korean
Lynnwood, WA
Category: Korean
Edmonds, WA
Category: Korean
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