Kogi Bulgogi

Pia Maria Arroyo Magalona

2.0

Thank God that I live in a modern age where sugar free Xylitol gum and Breathsavers exists, so that I could enjoy this meal with a carefree disregard for what comes after a garlicky lunch, especially, if the garlic will be eaten in raw cloves.Recently I was finally able to get my greedy paws on some Korean style steak tartare or "yook hwe" / "yook hwa", or more popularly on the internet (see Maangchi) as "yook hoe", not at a straight up Korean restaurant, but at Sandaya Yakiniku (where I fulfilled my promise of an all raw meal), however they did not present it with sliced raw garlic. That korean steak tartare was memorable, but Kogi Bulgogi's iteration of it which is basically the same - but with more greens and garlic - is less of a novelty and more of a reason for me to return.Who would have thought that seasoned raw beef wrapped around a garlic clove would be heavenly? A little bit of kimchi in one bite is nice too.*** I take back all the nice things that I said in my last review - because when I went back here this past weekend the food and drinks were underwhelming to deplorable - and I brought someone with me!We had the kimchi pancakes, tempura, yook hwe, good ole' san mig pale pilsen, soju cut with soda water with lemon, and soju cut with soda water and orange.First of all the service was slow. I ordered the yook hwe as an appetizer and it arrived after the fried foods.It seems that the speed of service depends on the waiter/waitress that you spoke too, because I had ordered another drink with a waitress, and after 30 minutes my friend ordered his second drink with a waiter and he got his drink with a glass of ice immediately, while I had to wait a little bit longer after that for my order to arrive...in the end I wish I hadn't ordered a second drink anyway because it was bitter and served at room temperature - which was vastly different to the same drink that I had ordered initially!The kimchi pancakes were atrociously priced for its quality - I would have been better ordering okoy or kwek kwek from a street vendor. My friend said that the tempura wasn't any better and I could see the effort it took him to finish it.

Iqiie Standar Laju

4.0

Their kpop chicken is absolutely my favorite among the rest. I always wanted to try guksu and naengmyeon but it is better to remove them since they are often unavailable.