Hot OC Korean Restaurant

[jschyun]

Shik Do Rak is in Garden Grove on Garden Grove Blvd, right off of Brookhurst. It's in a run down area near a bunch of car dealerships.

All the hipster young Korean people with cash are going here primarily for the $40-$60 shared dish (about 4 people I think, for $60 I think you get soju too) where they bring a big platter of shaved frozen beef to your table. Your table has a grill and you're supposed to grill it, dip it in hot sauce or this sesame oil/salt concoction, put it on some shredded lettuce and then take a rice wrapper (mochi? not gyoza, it's rice or ricelike) and wrap the whole thing up and throw it in your mouth. It's all the rage even for people who regularly go to L.A. for Korean food.

This is not Woo Lae Oak. I would bring a Korean friend, unless you are adept at the art of menu pointing.

Edited for spelling

Edited July 31, 2003 by jschyun (log)

[tissue]

Sounds like Toad House in LA.

[jschyun]

The Toad House is a pork restaurant. Shik Do Rak serves beef, and it's probably a little less fatty. But otherwise, it's along the same lines. I'm not saying either is better, just that Shik Do Rak is hot right now with the young Korean hipsters who have money to spend on restaurants.

--There's a Shik Do Rak in L.A. which I forgot to mention since I'm in OC. It's at 2501 W Olympic Blvd, L.A. 213-384-4148

Edited July 31, 2003 by jschyun (log)

[tissue]

Toad house has beef even though it specializes in pork.

I've had the combination meal there with pork and beef. And there are rice wrappers too.

[jschyun]

Really? They must have expanded the menu or something, or maybe my memory is bad (probable). I truly don't remember seeing anything but lots of pork. Is the beef there as good?

Anyhow, you're right, it's pretty much the same thing, except the beef/pork, lettuce/scallions, and dip.

[tissue]

The beef is good, it's thinly sliced brisket I think. They changed ownership about a month ago.

The owner bought Manna on Olympic.

[jschyun]

I asked and Shik Do Rak also has pork, although nobody I know has ever ordered it.