First visit today. First review: 5 of had lunch after church today. My friend picked this place and I was eager to try.PORK CUTLET. One of the best pork cutlets I've ever had! The pork cutlet was flakey and crispy on the outside, yet juicy and tasty on the insides. Tender, not tough. It's definitely one the 3 top dishes to order. So many different sauces. One of my favs.The most popular was the JOKBAL: Pork feet and hock slices. It's a large dish. Very unique. Must try with a large group (4 to 6 people.)And lastly 2 different soups. Galbitang: Beef short rib soup with glass noodles. The noodles were nice snd chewy. And the other one was the milky one. Also good on a cold day.The service staff spoke fluent Chinese and English. Interesting that I didnt hear any Korean spoken. Im sure the staff are multilingual at this Korean restaurant. Good service.Parking: Limitrd street parking on Baldwin, but plenty of free parking behind the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Jokbal, Pork Cutlet
Linda Hulse
All was amazing! Just the tv/noise was uncomfortably loud.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bulgogi Soup
Charles Yager
FOOD POISONING ALERT: We ordered from here a few times. And then, 2 days ago ordered 4 dishes. The Tukbaegi Bulgogi probably had old or contaminated meat. This caused vomiting and nausea for my family for 2 days, a 10 hour ER visit, blood and urine tests, IV fluid from dehydration and Izv meds for nausea. Beware of the food here. We will Never eat here again or recommend this place.
Mariel W.
Their GalbiTang is by far the BEST one in the town. It's flavorful and NOT greasy. It's always consistent and their sauce is amazing! The servers are really sweet as well and it's one of the places I like to bring friends for the first time.
Kevin L.
My girlfriend randomly walked in here with an intention of being fed quality Korean soup. Let's just say she ended up going back and bringing me there. It's nice to know there are other spots besides the chain restaurants. The taste was clean, flavorful, and comforting for our taste. The price was very reasonable. The staff there were kind and attentive which made this a solid place to go back in the near future.
Ashley S.
the restaurant has a homey-aesthetic, and it's great for a family meal! i definitely recommend sharing as the portions are generous.pork cutlet- i loved how the pieces were long and thin, plus the bread crumbs on it are fairly light. the mashed potato salad on the side of this was some of the best i've had. i couldn't stop eating itbossam- i wouldn't say this is the best bossam i've had but it was pretty good, and i'd get it again! i came as a party of 3, and we had plenty leftover for togogamjatang- i honestly don't love eating meat off bones, but my parents do, and they really liked this! the meat fell right off, and the soup was flavorfuli can't wait to come back here again!
Jeffrey T.
came here around dinner time and ordered the bossam. it was delicious. and their kimchi is the best. service was friendly as well. will i come back? yes.
Ka C.
I live in the area but it was my first time coming here. There were 6 of us coming on a Saturday night around 6pm. We had to wait for about 30 minutes, we ended up waiting at the bar next door. We ordered the Jokbal (pork feet and hocks), Bossam (pork belly), Dangmyun Soondae (blood sausage) and three soup. The portions were huge. We ended up having some leftover of meat to take home. The taste of food here was solid. Too bad they don't offer different sizes for Bossam and Jokbal like other restaurants. Wooguji Galbitang (beef short ribs and cabbage) was my favorite soup. It was not spicy and the ribs were tender. I'd say this is a solid Korean restaurant in Arcadia area. So comforting.
Ken W.
First off-- this review is for our bossam experience. Second-- this place has not yet secured a liquor license. I discovered this only after we were seated and we ordered. I walked around the dining room looking for the ubiquitous beverage fridge filled with Korean alcoholic beverages. I didn't see one when we walked in. "It must be hidden in the back or something. Weird," I thought. Turned out this place is dry-- no Cass, no Hite, no Terra; no Chamisul, fresh nor flavored. Jinro was definitely NOT back. And most of all, there was no makgeolli to drink with the bossam. The bossam was good as all bossam are. The platter is too big for two people but bossam travels well. They offer two kimchi as banchan: the nappa cabbage type and kkakdugi, the diced radish variety. The bossam order included a bowl of white rice. What made the lack of alcohol worse? The Korean tea containers have the pink Jinro frog mascot on them. I saw the blue Jinro frog around too. I felt catfished. Bossam is an anju-- food enjoyed with alcohol usually in a social setting and I really wanted to enjoy this dish with makgeolli -- a sweet, cloudy, unfiltered rice wine that's slightly carbonated. Even sans makgeolli, the meal was great-- as great as anju without alcohol can be. My wife doesn't drink so it made no difference to her bossam experience, but to me it was like a slightly viscous, sweet and tangy cloud hung over the whole meal. It didn't help that pink frog was all up in my face the whole time either. I can't vouch for the other noodle dishes but every table I saw had bowls of the steamy stuff. It was our first time dining in and our second time eating their food. The first time was a take-out order of jokbal and from that experience I now know that I refer the bossam more. Parking is behind the restaurant, which is accessible through a small easily missed driveway on Del Mar. In fact the restaurant's storefront is rather nondescript and a little easy to miss even from Baldwin. The inside is bright and clean, with the usual efficient service. If they allowed diners to bring in their own alcohol, I'd totally be okay with coming back, complete with a bottle of makgeolli and my own bowl, and even if they didn't, I could always take it to go and skip the up charge. Before leaving, i asked one of the Korean ladies about booze and she mentioned they might get their license next year sometime. A place like this serving anju like bossam and jokbal cries out for alcohol. I would definitely come back with a group of at least four to six to try a variety of dishes along with the drinks that go with them.
Connie N.
The service and food is always great! The ahjummas are always so sweet and will attend to you if you wave them down. This place can get packed, so sometimes it's hard to get their attention, but the food is always consistent and yummy. Unfortunately you can't ask for kimchi to go, but I always sneak it into a Togo container because their kimchi is one of the best I've had. Also plenty of parking in the back!
Myung Ga Haejangguk, a Korean restaurant renowned for its soups, offers an extensive selection. Intrigued by their inclusion of soondae (Korean blood sausage), I visited around 5 PM on a Saturday night - pleasantly not too busy. Opting for the gamjatang, a pork neck and potato stew with perilla leaves, it proved to be deliciously mildly spicy, with tender pork neck pieces. The soondae soup, featuring a beef bone broth with stomach and sausage, was good but somewhat bland, lacking a robust beef flavor. We really liked the accompanying kimchi and radish. Overall, a pretty good place to get Korean soups in the sgv area.
Jenny Y.
This place is a great lowkey Korean spot in 626! I came with 2 girlfriends on a Saturday night for dinner and we didn't have to wait. We came here mainly for the bossam and it was yummy. Only con is they don't offer perilla leaves like some other restaurants. Would recommend for you to try it out if you're looking for some simple Korean food. It was way too much food for the 3 of us so you will probably have leftovers if you come in a small party. It's a small restaurant so I wouldn't recommend if you have a large group.
Harry Zheng
Clean place and simple decorations. The place specializes in soup based dishes. The bossam dish we had was very good and big portion. The kimchi dishes were good as well.
Krisztina Gyimes
Amazing flavor and service! Highly recommend it
Shirley W.
First time trying this place, and definitely a solid Korean spot in the 626 area! I saw some photos of bossam and it looked really fresh, we were really excited to try it. Parking lot is located in the back shared with other stores in the same block.We came about 6pm for dinner and the restaurant was already pretty full. We were luckily seated down quickly and ordered pretty fast since we just only wanted one thing to share haha. The bossam didn't take too long either to come out, and the portions were huge. Honestly this woud be shareable with 3-4 people. I liked the pork to fat ratio on the meat, definitely a lot of meat and small parts of fat, which I liked! I wish they had a different lettuce to wrap because it was kind of hard to eat with just the cabbage/lettuce(?).Overall, the food was delicious and big portion bossam! This is probably one of the very few places to eat bossam in the SGV area.
First visit today. First review: 5 of had lunch after church today. My friend picked this place and I was eager to try.PORK CUTLET. One of the best pork cutlets I've ever had! The pork cutlet was flakey and crispy on the outside, yet juicy and tasty on the insides. Tender, not tough. It's definitely one the 3 top dishes to order. So many different sauces. One of my favs.The most popular was the JOKBAL: Pork feet and hock slices. It's a large dish. Very unique. Must try with a large group (4 to 6 people.)And lastly 2 different soups. Galbitang: Beef short rib soup with glass noodles. The noodles were nice snd chewy. And the other one was the milky one. Also good on a cold day.The service staff spoke fluent Chinese and English. Interesting that I didnt hear any Korean spoken. Im sure the staff are multilingual at this Korean restaurant. Good service.Parking: Limitrd street parking on Baldwin, but plenty of free parking behind the restaurant.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Jokbal, Pork Cutlet
All was amazing! Just the tv/noise was uncomfortably loud.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bulgogi Soup
FOOD POISONING ALERT: We ordered from here a few times. And then, 2 days ago ordered 4 dishes. The Tukbaegi Bulgogi probably had old or contaminated meat. This caused vomiting and nausea for my family for 2 days, a 10 hour ER visit, blood and urine tests, IV fluid from dehydration and Izv meds for nausea. Beware of the food here. We will Never eat here again or recommend this place.
Their GalbiTang is by far the BEST one in the town. It's flavorful and NOT greasy. It's always consistent and their sauce is amazing! The servers are really sweet as well and it's one of the places I like to bring friends for the first time.
My girlfriend randomly walked in here with an intention of being fed quality Korean soup. Let's just say she ended up going back and bringing me there. It's nice to know there are other spots besides the chain restaurants. The taste was clean, flavorful, and comforting for our taste. The price was very reasonable. The staff there were kind and attentive which made this a solid place to go back in the near future.
the restaurant has a homey-aesthetic, and it's great for a family meal! i definitely recommend sharing as the portions are generous.pork cutlet- i loved how the pieces were long and thin, plus the bread crumbs on it are fairly light. the mashed potato salad on the side of this was some of the best i've had. i couldn't stop eating itbossam- i wouldn't say this is the best bossam i've had but it was pretty good, and i'd get it again! i came as a party of 3, and we had plenty leftover for togogamjatang- i honestly don't love eating meat off bones, but my parents do, and they really liked this! the meat fell right off, and the soup was flavorfuli can't wait to come back here again!
came here around dinner time and ordered the bossam. it was delicious. and their kimchi is the best. service was friendly as well. will i come back? yes.
I live in the area but it was my first time coming here. There were 6 of us coming on a Saturday night around 6pm. We had to wait for about 30 minutes, we ended up waiting at the bar next door. We ordered the Jokbal (pork feet and hocks), Bossam (pork belly), Dangmyun Soondae (blood sausage) and three soup. The portions were huge. We ended up having some leftover of meat to take home. The taste of food here was solid. Too bad they don't offer different sizes for Bossam and Jokbal like other restaurants. Wooguji Galbitang (beef short ribs and cabbage) was my favorite soup. It was not spicy and the ribs were tender. I'd say this is a solid Korean restaurant in Arcadia area. So comforting.
First off-- this review is for our bossam experience. Second-- this place has not yet secured a liquor license. I discovered this only after we were seated and we ordered. I walked around the dining room looking for the ubiquitous beverage fridge filled with Korean alcoholic beverages. I didn't see one when we walked in. "It must be hidden in the back or something. Weird," I thought. Turned out this place is dry-- no Cass, no Hite, no Terra; no Chamisul, fresh nor flavored. Jinro was definitely NOT back. And most of all, there was no makgeolli to drink with the bossam. The bossam was good as all bossam are. The platter is too big for two people but bossam travels well. They offer two kimchi as banchan: the nappa cabbage type and kkakdugi, the diced radish variety. The bossam order included a bowl of white rice. What made the lack of alcohol worse? The Korean tea containers have the pink Jinro frog mascot on them. I saw the blue Jinro frog around too. I felt catfished. Bossam is an anju-- food enjoyed with alcohol usually in a social setting and I really wanted to enjoy this dish with makgeolli -- a sweet, cloudy, unfiltered rice wine that's slightly carbonated. Even sans makgeolli, the meal was great-- as great as anju without alcohol can be. My wife doesn't drink so it made no difference to her bossam experience, but to me it was like a slightly viscous, sweet and tangy cloud hung over the whole meal. It didn't help that pink frog was all up in my face the whole time either. I can't vouch for the other noodle dishes but every table I saw had bowls of the steamy stuff. It was our first time dining in and our second time eating their food. The first time was a take-out order of jokbal and from that experience I now know that I refer the bossam more. Parking is behind the restaurant, which is accessible through a small easily missed driveway on Del Mar. In fact the restaurant's storefront is rather nondescript and a little easy to miss even from Baldwin. The inside is bright and clean, with the usual efficient service. If they allowed diners to bring in their own alcohol, I'd totally be okay with coming back, complete with a bottle of makgeolli and my own bowl, and even if they didn't, I could always take it to go and skip the up charge. Before leaving, i asked one of the Korean ladies about booze and she mentioned they might get their license next year sometime. A place like this serving anju like bossam and jokbal cries out for alcohol. I would definitely come back with a group of at least four to six to try a variety of dishes along with the drinks that go with them.
The service and food is always great! The ahjummas are always so sweet and will attend to you if you wave them down. This place can get packed, so sometimes it's hard to get their attention, but the food is always consistent and yummy. Unfortunately you can't ask for kimchi to go, but I always sneak it into a Togo container because their kimchi is one of the best I've had. Also plenty of parking in the back!
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Myung Ga Haejangguk, a Korean restaurant renowned for its soups, offers an extensive selection. Intrigued by their inclusion of soondae (Korean blood sausage), I visited around 5 PM on a Saturday night - pleasantly not too busy. Opting for the gamjatang, a pork neck and potato stew with perilla leaves, it proved to be deliciously mildly spicy, with tender pork neck pieces. The soondae soup, featuring a beef bone broth with stomach and sausage, was good but somewhat bland, lacking a robust beef flavor. We really liked the accompanying kimchi and radish. Overall, a pretty good place to get Korean soups in the sgv area.
This place is a great lowkey Korean spot in 626! I came with 2 girlfriends on a Saturday night for dinner and we didn't have to wait. We came here mainly for the bossam and it was yummy. Only con is they don't offer perilla leaves like some other restaurants. Would recommend for you to try it out if you're looking for some simple Korean food. It was way too much food for the 3 of us so you will probably have leftovers if you come in a small party. It's a small restaurant so I wouldn't recommend if you have a large group.
Clean place and simple decorations. The place specializes in soup based dishes. The bossam dish we had was very good and big portion. The kimchi dishes were good as well.
Amazing flavor and service! Highly recommend it
First time trying this place, and definitely a solid Korean spot in the 626 area! I saw some photos of bossam and it looked really fresh, we were really excited to try it. Parking lot is located in the back shared with other stores in the same block.We came about 6pm for dinner and the restaurant was already pretty full. We were luckily seated down quickly and ordered pretty fast since we just only wanted one thing to share haha. The bossam didn't take too long either to come out, and the portions were huge. Honestly this woud be shareable with 3-4 people. I liked the pork to fat ratio on the meat, definitely a lot of meat and small parts of fat, which I liked! I wish they had a different lettuce to wrap because it was kind of hard to eat with just the cabbage/lettuce(?).Overall, the food was delicious and big portion bossam! This is probably one of the very few places to eat bossam in the SGV area.