Shik Do Rock has long been high on our list of places to go, being that I've got Korean food in my blood, but our laziness at going out to eat means it wasn't until this week, with the kids gone, that we swung by for takeout. The inside of the place looked nice, but we didn't eat there so let's move to the food. We ordered three dishes.
잡채
- We selected japchae for two reasons: It's generally good, no matter where you buy it and because we were trying out foods palatable to a general American taste for an event we're hosting next week. The Japchae scored. I can't remember when I had a better example of these meaty noodles and I can't wait to have them again. Lady Steed and the baby agree.
불고기
- Though delicious, the bulgogi was the most disappointing thing we tried. Like japchae, we bought it because most Americans can dig bulgogi, but while tasty, this meat was unremarkable.
김치찌개
- Unlike the other two, I bought this just for me. I had been craving a kimchi jigae (a stew made, basically, from throwing kimchi and a couple other whatevers into boiling water) for days. And it satisfied me immensely. Wonderful, Wonderful stuff. To my amazement, the baby loved it too. When we ran out of japchae I tried giving him some of the tofu out of the jigae and he ate it as fast as I would give it too him. Today, eating leftovers, we wanted some again, but I'd already given him all the tofu, so I gave him kimchi, onions and zucchini. Everything in kimchi jigaie is stained red with Korea's national condiment but that didn't slow him down.
I think I have a new favorite son.
