Rating:
OK
Meal: Dinner
Price: 1500 yen
Payment: Credit cards accepted
Dishes: Bibimpap, cold pork trotter, edamame, sesame bean sprouts, kimchi
English Menu: Yes
Smoking: Yes
Han Il Kwan is one of those places I've walked by every day on my way to work for the past year and a half. The prominent kanji at the top mean "yakiniku" (i.e. cook your own meat) so I haven't been too interested. But still, the fake food display shows some korean dishes, so I have still maintained some interest. Tonight, that interest was fulfilled.
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Edamame |
It's an izakayaish sort of place, and I was promptly served with some steamed, cold edamame. This was, incidentally, delicious. At first I was resigning myself to another night of not particularly welcome yakiniku (and something called "beef womb"), but then I turned the page and found comforting bibimpap, and on the next page, the kanji/romaji for something that promised to be pork feet. Sign me up!
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Sesame bean sprouts |
They brought out another unasked for treat, sesame oil soaked bean sprouts, which are delish. The pork feet arrived, cold, gelatinous, and quartered. I realized this was going to be a messy meal and promptly abandoned all attempts at using my chopsticks and picked up a piece to gnaw on it. It was pretty plain tasting, if you go in for pig skin, fat and cartilage. Luckily there was a plate of spicy sauce to dip it in. It was wonderful! It took a while to get through all of it, and in the mean time my bibimpap arrived. I realized this place might be the real deal, so I ordered some kimchi to round things out. Kimchi in Japan can be sweeter than I personally think it ought to be, but this stuff was nice and tart, very little of the sweetness. I promptly dumped it all on the bibimpap, which is a vegetables on rice kind of dish. I did miss the usual egg, but it was still good, with lots of rice. I think it's meant to be a side dish to the yakiniku, but I don't care, it was good stuff.
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Cold pig's trotter |
Quite a surprise given the scary looking nature of the place and the location. I am happy once again to be taken aback by good food in strange places!
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Soupr, bibimbap and kimchi |
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