Our first night here visiting Sam, we headed to a small local place around the corner from his new apartment and it was an excellent choice. SEOUL SALON is one of oh so many Korean options in Koreatown, but we were happy with our choice. The only big problem was that all the food(and tons of it) arrived all at the same time, despite being called appetizers or main courses. Maybe this is the way they do it here, but we learned a lesson for next time....order as you go, one course at a time.
They had a nice crisp dry Gruner Veltliner for the spicy food and then I switched to yummy Korean Soju called Jinro Hanllasan(spelling?). The dumplings here are deep fried with beef and pork and there is a starter called Corn Cheese that is exactly what it is and oh so decadent(photos on FB) and rich and delicious. Sam loved his Stir-fried Kimchi with fried tofu and we were thrilled with the Spicy Rice Cake "Tteokbokki" with fish cake(really fried fish dumplings), cabbage, egg and gochujang. Spicy and heavy, but a wonderfully novel treat. Spicy Pork Bulgogi with cabbage, onion, jalapeno, red pepper and gochujang. Spicy chicken was fried and served with a topping of gooey Mozzarella; is this Korean?
Sam and his friends had plenty of leftovers and we were all full, only regretting the speed of the meal was just way too fast and all at once!
