Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 13 Aug 1992 11:26:11 CDT
From: <U30644@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: chi.eats
Subject: Re: best oriental restaurant
Distribution: chi
 <92225.092101U30644@uicvm.uic.edu> <1992Aug13.145519.25613@ils.nwu.edu>

Re: Gin Go Gae discussion continues...

>Hmm, thats really strange, I've never had bad service there before.  Were they
>really busy or something?

No, in fact it was about 9:30 p.m. and we were the only ones in there except
for another couple sitting close to us.  Maybe they were tired after a long
day (?)

>>FOOD - I ordered the Korean pancakes, and my girlfriend had the Bi-Bim-Bob,
>>which is a combination of rice, noodles, meat, and fried egg.  I also thought
>an
>>order of BROILED MEAT soup would be good as an appetizer.  The soup came out,
>>and we were a bit surprised to find that the "broiled meat" soup was beef
>>tongue soup.  It was just beef tongue slices with broth and a ton of green
>>onions in it.  There were also these things that looked like white gristle
>>floating around in it.  Not that appetizing, to say the least.  The meat in
>>the other dish was pure gristle.
>

>Can't say I've ever ordered that soup, now I know.  Once again, never ran into
>that problem before with gristle in the meat.  Compared to Bando, Korean
>Restaurant (on Lawrence, close to California), and Sam Mee I think I've had
>the
>best meat at Gin Go Gae.
>
Then n I'd hate to see the worst!!! :)
>
>  The Korean pancakes were ok, but not very
>>exciting.  They were good and spicy, but there was no flavor to them.  No
>>subtlety to the taste.  It was just an overpowering spiciness and they were
>>a bit greasy.  Total bill for the evening: $30.00.
>>
>
>I've always thought that the pancakes had good complexity to them.  It should
>be as tangy as they are hot and spicy.  Did you eat them with the vegetables
>they came in or did you eat each piece individually?  This really affects it a
>lot, you should eat the pancakes mixed with the vegetables and kim chee.  This
>kind of baffles me because I've never had them greasy either.

I must confess that I did NOT eat them with the kim chee.. I only ate them
as individual pancake pieces.  I'll know better next time.

        .... its just that sometimes a certain type of food seems good because
>its somewhat new to the general public.  Give it a decade and see where it
>goes, I know Thais will still be eating it because its their food.  Its kind
>of
>like how sushi became really huge in the 80's, its still popular but people
>are
>not exactly flocking to eat the stuff.  Sometimes when I eat Thai food it
>seems
>like really bad Chinese food (just my opinion, please don't nail me for this).

I know what you mean, but I've never let the "trendiness factor" affect my
taste for a certain kind of food.  I mean, just because a certain ethnic
group's food becomes trendy and overly popular doesn't necessarily mean
that it's not good.

I guess it IS just a matter of individual taste... I know that you have said
that Thai food isn't very appealing to you, but would you be willing to try
MY recommendation? :)  It would be interesting to see your reaction and to
maybe try and find out whether it IS mainly a personal taste thing... I
swear by Rose Thai (2644 W. Lawrence) in the same way you
swear by Gin Go Gae.

I find the whole thing very interesting, and am as surprised as you are by
the incredible differences in our reactions.

If you are up to it, give my recommendation a try and then we'll "talk"
some more!

Joel







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