Jong Ro Jip

 

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jae l.

Los Angeles, CA

I love this restaurant despite the fact that the owner ( a very cool ajucci) recycles left over Soju, not the bottle but the liquor,  by pooring it into another soju bottle until one fills up. I dont really mind it though, because achohol kills all germs. And the owner doesn't try to do it in secret...he just does it infront of you... mmm... but their sam gyup sal is really good. Fresh,  non-"recycled" meat!  It goes perfect with the kimchi jji gae that you make yourself! Also, once u finish eating all the sam gyup sal, ask for a bowl of rice. Put the rice into the kimchi jji gae, cook it a lil, and u have yourself a kimchi jji gae bap...that's not even real food...but it's really good.

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Hana K.

CA

I love this restaurant. I had my first ever sam gyup sal (thick pork slice) here, and I've been hooked ever since! Most people who come here come for the samgyupsal, and I'm telling ya, it is damn good: thick and juicy! :D

Like most other korean restaurants, you have to cook  your own meat, but this restuarant goes a little bit further and lets you cook your own kimchee stew too! How? well, the grill that you cook the meat on is bordered by this inverted area where you can make your stew. The server will give you a bowl full of kimchee, and a pitcher of homemade broth. You then put the kimchee and broth into the inverted area, and while your meat cooks up, the stew will also cook up, and TADA! kimchee jji gae. :)

Some notes: This place is hidden, and it's actually kinda easy to just drive by and miss it. The place has a small parking lot in front that gets packed, but I have never had any trouble finding street parking.

The place is also very very small, and gets very very crowded around dinner time. It sucks when it's so busy, bc you end up waiting like 30 minutes or more. Also, you may get stuck sitting in a table that doesn't come with a built in grill..when you sit there, they will provide you with a portable grill...not too great, bc the meat doesn't cook as well.

Lastly, don't confuse the broth pitcher with the regular barley tea pitcher!

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