I guess I'm not a serious LTHer. I've only been to three LTH-organized events in the past three days. I'll try harder. (Although someone else suggested I needed to attend LTH Anonymous. "Hello, my name's Tom, and I'm an LTH-aholic.")
But today's was interesting. I'd been past JK Sweets many times. I noticed the display case of cakes and other pastries. I knew they served ice cream and frozen yogurt. What I didn't know, until pointed out by ChgoMike and MHays, is that JK Sweets is also a Korean restaurant. How many people would have guessed that from the name? Hands?
Overall, my impression was the food was creditable, although the dishes labeled "spicy" were relatively mild; otherwise pretty good.
Many of us started with the
miso soup, chock full of green onions.
As mentioned above, the
Spicy Pork Bulgogi wasn't especially spicy, but it was still tasty.
The
Kalbi was maybe a bit chewier than I'd like, but was otherwise fine.
The
Bi Bim Bop was fine, but not revelatory.
Spicy Chicken also wasn't very spicy. It was about 70% - 80% as good as the chicken last night at Honey 1.
The
Duk Bog Gi (not sure of spelling) was a dish I'd never had before - rolls of unleavened rice dough in a flavorful sauce. Reminded me very vaguely of a roll of gnocchi.
Spicy Sesame Noodles are one of my favorite Asian noodle dishes. These had a nice texture, but again, I thought they were a bit lacking in both heat level and sesame flavor. (I wished I had a small bottle of toasted sesame oil to pour over them.)
If I were in the neighborhood (part of the Northwestern campus is virtually across the street) it could be a nice lunch option. But clearly not a destination.
Thanks to ChgoMike for organizing a fun afternoon.