My biggest gripe with Chinese food has always been that they absolutely cook the crap out of the beef and season it so heavily that it really could be any kind of meat at all. There doesn't seem to be any concept of "rare" or "medium." It's either "well done and chewable" or "well done and tough as rubber."
Imagine my surprise. This place serves quality cuts of meat that don't have all the flavor burned out of them. It's even pink in the middle!
The rest of the food is pretty mediocre. The salad bar does have kimchee though, so I guess that's a plus.
The meat is served on skewers carried from table to table by listless teenage boys in hats who seem to really dislike their jobs. I think after they cut you a slice of something they're supposed to say "man man chi" or something like that, but this seems to have degenerated into just "man."
Him: "You want some meat?"
Me: "Ok"
Him: (cuts a slice) "man."
Me: "Uh, thanks."
So that part was a little uncomfortable, but I didn't care because I was enjoying the beef so much. Did I mention the beef was good? The beef was damn good. Even the chicken hearts were good, and I hate chicken hearts.
aileen
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