Bay Area Food | San Ho Won, the Korean BBQ Restaurant by Chef Cory Lee, is now officially open‼️
🥩San Ho Won
📍2170 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94110
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▫️Another new restaurant by Cory Lee, I had their takeout during the pandemic when they didn't have a physical store yet, and the pickup was inside benu. Recently, the store officially opened, so hurry up and try it out!
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▫️It's a specialty BBQ restaurant, but compared to ordinary BBQ places, it has the halo of Cory Lee, so naturally, expectations are much higher. The overall feeling is close to Korean BBQ, but the quality is elevated to a Michelin-level. Personally, I wasn't particularly impressed after eating, it was just average, maybe because my expectations were too high.
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👉Let me give you the specifics:
▫️The menu can be à la carte or you can choose the $88 set menu per person, but in the set menu, you have to choose between two options, even for two people. I felt that the set menu didn't need any additional orders, it was completely satisfying, but being inexperienced, we ordered half a grilled chicken and a clam soybean paste soup on top of that, which left us stuffed and with leftovers.
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▫️The small appetizers can be replenished unlimitedly and only consist of spicy cabbage and peanuts with dried anchovy. The tofu pudding before the meal was delicious~ In the set menu, the appetizer was a serving of pan-fried dumplings (too greasy, the dipping sauce was a bit overly salty) and a steamed egg, which was quite tasty and came in a good portion.
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▫️There are two types of meat for grilling, one is beef neck, delicious! The meat pieces are particularly large, the tendons inside are grilled to be very tender, and the texture is great. The other one is short rib, it's overly fatty, it's delicious, but even just one piece is overwhelming. The dipping sauce and lettuce leaves that come with the grilled meat are generous, even if you order a few more servings, it's more than enough. The grilled enoki mushrooms that come with it are really good, I like to eat them this way when I grill meat myself, the mushrooms release their juices and are flavorful!
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▫️In addition, we ordered half a grilled chicken separately because we sat at the bar and saw the chefs preparing it, which made our mouths water 😂 The grilled chicken was incredibly tender, with a garlic-flavored marinade, and it had a great taste even without dipping anything.
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▫️For the two options, we chose the stone pot bibimbap, personally, I think it was average, not as tasty as traditional bibimbap, there were too many random ingredients inside, which made it a bit confusing, and the extra soup they served... took a sip and almost got overwhelmed by the saltiness... We mentioned this, and they asked if we wanted to replace it, but we said no. Finally, when we paid, they deducted the price for this soup 👍 The clam soybean paste soup we ordered separately was decent in taste, a little too salty, but still acceptable.
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▫️Lastly, there was a serving of ice cream after the rice, banana flavor and barley tea flavor, both of them were delicious, but the banana flavor was more intense.
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