King's Noodle (Korean) Chinese Restaurant

[Jason Perlow]

This is a great little Korean Chinese place in the same shopping center as Han Ah Reum in Ridgefield. The food is great, and inexpensive. Dumplings are incredible.

Storefront

Complimentary Radish Kimchi Appetizer

Some other kind of pickle.

Awesome fried dumplings

Pork, scallion and other stuff inside.

Chicken in Pepper Sauce, similar to Kung Pao Chicken but Koreanized.

Special Peking Noodle, ZaZangMeyon, Prior to saucing.

ZaZangMeyon Sauce

Noodles and Sauce, mixed.

Fried Pork with Sweet and Sour Sauce. A different approach than the Chinese-American favorite.

Edited June 22, 2006 by Jason Perlow (log)

[nakji]

Those are some pretty fine looking gun mandu. And the zazzangmyeon didn't look half bad either. Was the kakdugi shrimpy, or not? And did they serve jambong? I don't know any self-respecting Korean-chinese place that doesn't serve jambong. There used to be a place around the corner from where I lived that had a special divided bowl that served half zazzang - half jambong. It was a real hit for those who couldn't make up their minds.

[Jason Perlow]

Yep they have Champpong.

What's Kakdugi?

[nakji]

The cubed radish kimchi - my spelling may be dubious.

Interestingly, I heard in Korea that the odd child out in a game will often be called the "kakdugi", as it's not as common as the other sorts of kimchi.

Dunno if that's still true.

[JohnnyH]

I’ve been looking in vain for a decent fishmonger that carries more than the usual salmon/tuna/shrimp selection; judging from your pictures this certainly seems to fit the bill. It’s a 25 minute drive for me — worth it?

[Jason Perlow]

Yeah, Han Ah Reum will certainly work for you, Johnny. Here is our previous thread on it:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=20950

[Jason Perlow]

The cubed radish kimchi - my spelling may be dubious.

Interestingly, I heard in Korea that the odd child out in a game will often be called the "kakdugi", as it's not as common as the other sorts of kimchi.

Dunno if that's still true.

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Yerah I think it may have been somewhat shrimpy.

[JohnnyH]

Yeah, Han Ah Reum will certainly work for you, Johnny. Here is our previous thread on it:

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=20950

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thanks for the link.

[MJP]

We went to King's Noodle this weekend and weren't totally impressed. We had the diced chicken in pepper sauce and the noodles Jason mentioned. I couldn't get enough of the noodles, but next time we're ordering two bowls if we have more people. The chicken was... only decent. It wasn't really salted enough and it was rather plain-tasting. It was a bit on the oily side, although it was tasty oil. I think that it'd have been better if I'd asked for rice. We did not have the dumplings since we just wanted a lightish dinner in anticipation of some tasty pastries and bubble tea from the place inside Han Ah Reum.

However, there is a new traditional Korean restaurant that replaced the old one, right next to the supermarket. We haven't tried, but looking inside, it's very nice-looking. Perhaps we'll scope it out with friends.

I can also vouch for the food court in Han Ah Reum, too. Mitsuwa it ain't, but the kimchi stew I got was amazing and would be fantastic outside on a cold winter day.