Hahm Ji Bach
41-08 149 Pl
Flushing, NY 11355
(718) 460-9289
Delicious!
Last night I had dinner with my girlfriend at Hahm Ji Bach in Flushing. I made a comment that not once have I ever been let down with Korean cuisine before. The experience last night was no different.
We were immediately greeted by the entire staff of waitresses and seated. A sweet old Korean waitress approached us and said something in Korean. After observing our blank stares she asked if we were Chinese. She then proceeded to speak to us in perfect Mandarin (which by the way I still didn’t understand a lick of). Luckily my beautiful, talented girlfriend was able to translate like a pro.
We placed our order and then out came the banchan (sides). LOTS and lots of banchan. There were at least 14 different little dishes of banchan. This is the most I’ve ever seen before. It was amazing! My favorites were the marinaded strips of bean curd and the seaweed.
They don’t set up the grill for you if you order only one item off the Korean BBQ menu; instead they grill it for you in the kitchen. This happened to us as we only ordered a Galbi Gui. I think it might have been better that they made it for us; it came out nicely sauced, and plenty of scallions mixed in. Somehow I doubt it would have come out looking so good if I had grilled it myself.
We also ordered items for ourselves. My girlfriend had the Galbi Dolsot which is actually a galbi bibimbap in a piping hot stone pot. I ordered myself the Soondooboo. While the Galbi Dolsot was good, I felt that (and my girlfriend disagrees 100%) the Soondooboo was much more delicious and satisfying. How can you go wrong with a slightly spicy broth, plenty of tofu, clams and shrimp whose flavors all melded together and a bowl of rice on the side?
No comments:
Post a Comment