What Did We Do Before Chucks?

I usually avoid eating in restaurants that leave the TV on at the same time as they play music, it makes me feel like I'm in China. They do that here during lunchtime, but the food is good enough to occasionally put on your mainland-hat and eat between the disagreeable speakers.

The menu is a little confusing because it doesn't straightforwardly list prices; there's a note on the top that says everything is 20% off during lunch instead of just making a lunch menu. If you can get over doing the math, or if you're so loaded that you don't think about money, then it shouldn't bother you. We tried the kimchee fried rice and the stonepot rice (because we're good at math). They bring you all the standard Korean snacks and they even mix the stonepot rice at your table before serving you.

I think most naive westerners like myself, don't really know anything about Korean food that isn't BBQ. Jin Luo Bao serves (according to a friend more Korean than me) good Korean rices and noodles in addition to its BBQ. To be honest, I usually prefer Thai flavors than Korean or Japanese, but this was really quite good. After finishing the snacks and main dishes, lunch also includes fruit, black sesame ice cream and a stick of Doublemint gum.

3.5 of 5, seats feel are ugly and old, good service though.