Yakiniku is always delicious. The only shame is that it’s too pricey to go often. This time a get-together came up out of the blue, and after mulling over where to go, I settled on this place, which I remembered visiting before. But I got the feeling the kitchen staff had changed. The service felt a bit different, and the food didn’t seem quite as good as it used to be..
It’s the season for draft beer.
I took this after drinking about half, but whatever.. draft beer is so ordinary now that I can’t even be bothered to photograph it.
Salad
Wouldn’t you say a 1:2 ratio of meat to vegetables is about right? But at a yakiniku place you just have to give up on a balanced meal.
Tan shio (salted beef tongue).
Way too much pepper on it. The taste is fine, though.
Tokujo rosu (premium loin)
… Need I say more?
Yukhoe
Yukhoe is always at least decent wherever you go. Maybe it was the sesame oil, but I couldn’t pick out anything special about it.
Jijimi
The jijimi here is popular because it comes out especially thick. Eating nothing but grilled meat at a yakiniku place gets a bit lonely. Ordering a few other dishes alongside is what makes the meat taste even better.
They said it’s from the lower part of the rib; I remember it being called kirinomi or something.
It’s pricey (sob), but it really does taste good. The meat was consistently a cut above, and the mood was really nice too.
Unusually for a Japanese restaurant, they cut it with scissors for you.
Nom nom nom
I think this was the jo rosu (upper-grade loin)..
Probably kalbi
After eating well like this, we finished with gopchang jeongol (beef intestine hot pot). The food is good but prices are a bit on the high side, that’s this place’s character. On the other hand, for a special get-together, a place like this is nice because it’s quiet and not crowded. I used to think cheap and tasty was all that mattered, but as life goes on, you find that’s not everything.