I might as well have been born a Korean because I LOVE Korean BBQ and Soondoobu (soft tofu)! I am constantly looking for a good Korean restaurant to try. When I read about SDR on on Daily Gluttony, I was just drooling! Even though her review was about the one in LA, I thought this one in Garden Grove shouldn’t be too far off. I was not disappointed at all.
The first time I went, our server didn’t speak much English. After some verbal (she in Korean and I in English) and hand exchanges, we opted for the small combo as our safe bet. In our subsequent return, our server spoke fluent English. And instead of the combo, we ordered Black Angus Deckle and King BBQ Ribs.
The banchans were plentiful and the big plate of lettuce made me feel less of a carnivore. Whether you order the combo or a la carte, it was definitely more than enough for 2 people. This was not my first time at a cook-it-yourself KBBQ, but it was the first time I ate KBBQ correctly, thanks to Daily Gluttony!
Photos by www.altphotoimages.com
You use a piece of thin slice radish or thin rice paper (Duk Bo Sam) to wrap your meat, lettuce, and banchan, season it with some bean paste then dip it in the salted sesame oil and chili sauce. Even if the meat was not marinated, the combination of everything in the wrap and the dipping sauce gave it enough flavor and was super yummy!
The service was attentive. Our server came over to check a couple of times and we got our refill of water, Duk Bo Sam (rice wrapper) and salty oil. Don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel like a second class citizen in a Korean restaurant simply because I don’t speak the language! Not here. They are as friendly as can be.
Shik Do Rak
9691 Garden Grove Blvd
Garden Grove, CA 92844
(714) 534-7668
Looks yummy, nice first post. Keep them coming!