Sa Rit Gol Korean Restaurant

Ok, I have to admit that my mother and my grandmother make the best Corean food (That's right, I intentionally spelled Korean as Corean. This has something to do with when Japanese annexed us awhile back but I won't go into that). Well, I know good Corean food is easy to come by in Coreatown in LA but there is a wide spectrum of what is good and bad. I love Sa Rit Gol cos it reminds me of the little mom-and-pop restaurants in Busan (not, Pusan). I like the old-style Corean decorations; you'll see what I mean. Ok, for the important part: food. They offer the tastiest side dishes other than my mom. They load you up so much that you'll barely have enough room to put your beer bottles. A Corean restaurant cannot be deemed as exceptional if it has average side dishes. A good restaurant can offer good galbi and bul-go-gi but to be exceptional it has to pass my standards. If you are on a date, don't go there. You and your date will smell like Corean BBQ all night ... more

Ok, I have to admit that my mother and my grandmother make the best Corean food (That's right, I intentionally spelled Korean as Corean. This has something to do with when Japanese annexed us awhile back but I won't go into that). Well, I know good Corean food is easy to come by in Coreatown in LA but there is a wide spectrum of what is good and bad. I love Sa Rit Gol cos it reminds me of the little mom-and-pop restaurants in Busan (not, Pusan). I like the old-style Corean decorations; you'll see what I mean. Ok, for the important part: food. They offer the tastiest side dishes other than my mom. They load you up so much that you'll barely have enough room to put your beer bottles. A Corean restaurant cannot be deemed as exceptional if it has average side dishes. A good restaurant can offer good galbi and bul-go-gi but to be exceptional it has to pass my standards.
If you are on a date, don't go there. You and your date will smell like Corean BBQ all night and you'll be burping up garlic/onion marinade all night. Second date, maybe...So, don't dress up; dress casual.
The service is so nice for an obvious reason. The restaurant is no bigger than my living room! The waitresses cannot ignore you. They are even nice to my non-corean fiance (I've been to many in town that was down right rude to us, but oh well).
What is remarkable about this place is that the waitresses actually will help you grill the meat on your table. I know some of you may think I'm an idiot for not knowing how to grill, but I don't want to grill the whole time. I want to talk to my fiance. Oh, don't show too much affection like kissing and such cos traditional Corean people hate to see that.
Oh, get the pa-jun for an appetizer. For ten bucks you get a corean-style crepe will all kinds of goodies embedded in it. It's a treat!
For a nice dinner for two, we usually order the following:
galgi for two ($36) pa-jun ($10) two sodas ($3.50) tip ($10) --------------- total ($59.50) trust me, you need it to help digestion! That's not bad for exceptional Corean food. less