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- From: hunter@work.nlm.nih.gov (Larry Hunter)
- Newsgroups: dc.dining
- Subject: Re: What is your favorite chinese rest.
- Message-ID: <HUNTER.93Jan21171017@work.nlm.nih.gov>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 22:10:17 GMT
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- In-Reply-To: curt@access.digex.com's message of 20 Jan 1993 09:58:44 GMT
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- Curt Williams writes:
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- I'll probably be accused of being an ugly American, but here goes...
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- My favorite CHinese resturant is WooLaeOak in Crytsal City.
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- It is, of course, Korean. The food is somewhat similar to Chinese, although
- the veggies can tend to be somewhat spicier.
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- I won't call you names, but Korean and Chinese food are fairly different, at
- least to my tastes. On the other hand, Woo Lae Oak is a spectacularly good
- restaurant. When I was last there (about 6 months ago) the menu said there are
- 4 Woo Lae Oaks: NY, DC, LA & Seoul. It certainly is the best of the many good
- Korean restaurants in the DC area. The basic dish to try is the cook at your
- own table bbq: the beef version is "Bul Goki" (it's transliterated, so my
- spelling is no worse than anyone else's, right?). You get a zillion little
- plates of interesting tastes along with your pile of marinated meat: things
- like garlic & hot pepper marinated cabbage (kim chee), little dried fish,
- vinegared ginger root, various gelatinous cubes, and lots more. I never
- learned the names because they seem to come no matter what you order. It's a
- wonderful way to get to know a gastromic culture. By the way, this is
- obviously a culture that has to deal with harsh winters, since everything seems
- to be prepared for maximum storability (sour or spicy marinades, drying, etc.)
- One of my favorite Korean dishes is Yook Hwe, which is raw beef, sliced very
- thin or ground, marinated in soy sauce, sesame oil & lord knows what else, and
- served very cold, covered with a raw egg yolk. Not for everyone, but if you
- like that sort of dish, it is very good. Because of the dangers associated
- with eating raw stuff like that, I won't try it in most Korean restaurants in
- the US, but I do trust Woo Lae Oak, and have often had Yook Hwe there.
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- Give it a try!!
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- Larry
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