Thursday, July 23, 2009

Jook Hyang - Korean

Jook Hyang
3177 W. Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90006
(213) 383-5252
personal rating: 3.0/5.0

Before leaving for Korea, Jun wanted to bring Makoto, a visiting professor from Japan, to a Korean meal and naturally, Manish and I tagged along. We decided to go to Jook Hyang, a restaurant known for its chicken ginseng soup. We started off with the organic tofu salad which did not stand out and tasted very ordinary. Makoto and Jun went for the chicken ginseng soup which they very clearly enjoyed. Manish had the vegetable porridge which he thought was a little bland, but was well complimented by the various banchan dishes. I decided to go for their pumpkin soup, something I've always wanted to try out of curiosity. The first impression was disappointing and that impression did not change. It would have made a perfect dessert, but it was a little too sweet as the main course.

Banchan
Complimentary
Organic Tofu Salad
$6.99
Chicken Ginseng Soup (with 10 kinds of herbs)
$12.99
Vegetable Porridge
$9.99
Pumpkin Porridge
$7.99

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