The Best Of Everything

A Korean restaurant provides a mixture of the Orient.

sit at New Seoul Garden are kept warm
eaten at the same time as the rest of the
by pipes under them.
meal
...
And
the
grilled
fish
dishes
are
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In addition to the public and private
good for slimmers.
rooms, there is a Sushi bar with seating
At New Seoul Garden, like other
t is widely unsung because so
for 15.
Korean restaurants, service tends to be
many people are unfamiliar with
Korean and Japanese cui-
formal, delightful and almost
the food, but Korean dining pre-
sine
at New Seoul Garden is
ceremonial, as it is in Japanese
sents an eclectic cuisine ... influ-
together
because the two
restaurants
...
The
staff
mem-
enced by the cooking of China and
have
such
a close relation-
bers
are
generally
willing
to
Japan, yet ruggedly individual.
ship
with
each
other ...
explain
things
and
there's
a
tra-
One of the local area's major presen-
Korean
people
love
Japanese
dition
of
trying
to
please.
ters of Korean food is New Seoul Gar-
food
...
And
Japanese
people
Barbecued
food
at
New
den, with its address on Northwestern
love Korean food.
Seoul Garden is prepared at a
Highway, but located off 11 Mile, east
A lot of the dishes have
recessed table-top grill ... There
of Telegraph ... It is an example of a
Korean
and Japanese names
is no fat or very little of it in
wonderful Oriental blend of formality
but
a
number
are pure
the
barbecued
dishes
...
The
fat
and charm.
D ANNY
American
...
like
sliced filet
is
taken
out
and
meat
that
is
Korean specialties like bibim-bap,
RA SKIN
mignon,
chicken
favorites,
grilled
has
already
been
marinated beef with vegetable and fried
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trimmed
at
the
restaurant.
egg on top of rice with hot sauce; bul-
New Seoul Garden is
Private booths at New
gogi, thin marinated beef; and many
owned
by
Giyung
Chung, with Hwa
Seoul Garden have seating Korean-
others are sophisticated and subtle.
Su
Lee
its
general
manager.
style with cushions on the wooden
Its authentic Korean specialty,
Hwa came here in November 1993,
floor... Most Koreans do not use
pajun, a large pancake made with scal-
after
managing the noted Woo Lae Oak -
foot
wells
like
the
Japanese,
folding
lions, seafood and green pepper; is a
Restaurant
in New York, where Giyung
their
legs
instead.
highly-regarded feature ... Other
had
gone
to
hire him ... Hwa's experi-
An
interesting
note
is
that
in
the
restaurants try to imitate New Seoul
ence
in
fine
Korean
and Japanese dining
winter,
the
floors
upon
which
people
Garden but must follow the leader in
has
made
New
Seoul
Garden a
this and other Korean dishes.
, much-discussed ethnic eating spot.
Opening was January, 1992 ...
It is so authentic that even the
There are-four public rooms seat-
menus
are printed in Korea ... Also
ing 300; four private rooms seat
from
Korea
is a noodle-making
up to 10 and two have room for
machine,
the
table grills, bowls and:-
30 in each.
chinaware.
The dishes at New Seoul Gar-
Biggest Korean seller at New
den are not from one sector of
Seoul
Garden is the kalbe (mari-
Korea, but various areas ... put
nated
boneless
beef shortribs), bar-
together into one restaurant.
becued
on
table
grills ... Top
Korea is an isolated country
Japanese
orders
are for the light
which has nevertheless been invad-
and
crispy
shrimp
tempura.
ed from time to time, but though
Fish
also
plays
a
large role ... like
the cuisine shows this influence of
grilled
salmon,
salmon
teriyaki,
invaders, it retains a strong quality
grilled
mackerel
and
other
favorites:
of its own.
There
are
five
vegetarian
dishes ...
In many instances it is spicy
including
vegetable
chap-chae,
stir-
hot, like yookae-jang (very spicy
fried
Korean-style
vermicelli
noodles
beef soup entree with shredded
and house vegetable, or the veg-
beef and vegetables) and lots of
etable bibim-rap, marinated veg-
fish, barbecued beef and vegeta-
etable on top of rice in a heated
bles.
stone bowl, with hot sauce on the
The seven major ingredients are
side.
garlic, ginger, spring onions,
New Seoul Garden is open
sesame seeds, sesame oil, pepper
seven
days a week ... Monday-Sat-
and soy beans ... Many of these
urday,
1 1:30 to 10:30; Sunday,
seem to find their way into almost
noon
to
10.
anything.
At
one
time, people would
Soups, stews, pancakes, fritters
come
in
and
order Chinese food ...
and grilled meats are the principal
Hwa
can't
send
them next door
elements of Korean menus ... The
anymore
...
Pearl
City is no longer
Seoul
Garden's
Hwa
Su
Lee.
New
spicy, substantial soups are usually

DANNY RASKIN

"Oakland Grill gets wows for
class act." -- Observer & Eccentric

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"Our meat at Oakland Grill was
exceptional and it left us talking
about our food all weekend long."
-- Oakland Press

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8/14
1998

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