Hanok was our venue for dinner one evening last week - it was a first-time visit to this restaurant for us. We arrived at 5:30 pm, received a welcome greeting upon entering, shown to a booth, and provided with menus.
Our server was back to our table with a large pot of hot tea, cups, and table settings soon after we settled in, and then provided us with just the right amount of time to check out their rather extensive menu. Her service was cordial, and very helpful as well, when it came time to make our final food decisions (re: 'what', 'how much', etc.).
We (couple) ordered and shared the following dishes:
-- stir-fry pork (Jeyuk bokkeum), and stir-fry squid (Ojingeo bokkeum).
-- main dishes came with bowls of steamed rice, and soup.
-- side dishes - bean sprouts salad, greens salad, potato, and kimchi.
The main dishes were good-sized, the ingredients - squid, pork, and veggies (slivers of cabbage, with some carrot, sliced mushroom, and etc.) - moist, very tender, and flavourful, and the sauces savoury (quite spicy hot, especially the sauce in the squid dish). The side dishes of rice and soup, and banchan were great -- especially the colourful, crisp, and cool salads, steamed rice, 'the' best tasted in a long while, tasty potato, and the light, flavourful soup.
We enjoyed our dinner and dining experience at Hanok -- for us, it was a good-value meal, served up in a friendly, and pleasant setting.
The food is pretty decent, but definitely not ideal for vegetarians. Pretty much everything has meat, and some items like the mandu (dumplings) cannot be made vegetarian on the spot. Still enjoyed the food, especially the kimchi.
Quite a few choices of pork stew and other pork related dishes. Also had fried chicken. We ordered the pork stew, some dumplings and the cold buckwheat noodles. The dumplings were quite good, and so was the pork stew. You also need to add you own flavorings to the stew, I.e. salt, chilli or salted shrimp.
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