From: cko@cory.Berkeley.EDU (KO CHUNG HOON)
Newsgroups: ba.food
Subject: Korean Restaurant
Date: 23 Aug 92 11:47:57 GMT
Organization: University of California, at Berkeley

If I remember correctly, I recollect reading about one reader's complaint 
about a dearth of good Korean restaurant in Bay Area.  Well, I cannot speak
for the whole Bay Area but I do think the East Bay certainly has one of the
best.  Apparently I am not the only one who feels this way.  Koryo Restaurant
located in 4390 Telegraph Avenue has gotten a favorable response from many
ba.food patrons and I would like to include one of the responses I read some
time ago.

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From pasteur!ames!agate!spool.mu.edu!uunet!decwrl!adobe!vonzelow Fri Dec 20 03:35:18 PST 1991


A while ago there were a few postings about the Koryo Wooden Charcoal BBQ, a
Korean restaurant in Oakland. I was a cynic about Korean food, but it's
right near my girlfriend's house, so I decided to give it a try one night.
It's superb. I've been back twice, and I rate it a TEN. You must try it.

The menu is long and varied, including many beef and seafood dishes. Most of
the dishes are very spicy. They fall into several categories, including BBQ,
broiled, stir-fry, and casseroles.

All meals (as far as I can tell) come with a set of 10 to 15 small dishes of
condiments (for lack of a better term). These include kimchee (spicy
fermented cabbage, which you may already be familiar with), spinach (?) in
spicy sauce, small dried fish, small dried oysters (?), a sort of
almond-dofu with spicy sauce (?), spicy raw crab claw (?), and many other
tasty dishes which I cannot even guess the identity of. The condiments you
get vary somewhat with the main dish you choose.

The specialty of the house is strips of beef cooked over a charcoal hibachi
on your table. There are special tables with huge ventilating hoods for this
purpose.

There is a corresponding special dish for fish-eaters (like me). A gas-fired
wok is set up on one of the ventilated tables and a spicy mixed-seafood stew
is cooked as you watch. Great for a cold day!

My meals there were the seafood stew (for a minimum of 2 people), an octopus
stir-fry, and a broiled kingfish. All were outstanding in every respect.

Prices are quite reasonable, considering what you get. Entrees (including
condiments and rice) are $7-10. The seafood stew (more than enough for two
people) was $19.

The customers are almost all Korean; English spoken by the staff ranges from
none to some. Decor is, I assume, Korean-style, with some unusual wooden
tables, and a special dining area in the rear that looks kind of
Japanese-style (paper walls, sliding doors).  Korean beer (OB) is served.
There's also a great Korean market next door.

Run, don't walk, to:

Koryo Wooden Charcoal BBQ
4390 Telegraph Avenue (cor. 44th St.), Oakland
510-652-6007

My hat is off to the original netters who mentioned it.

   Jon von Zelowitz   vonzelow@adobe.com   ...sun!adobe!vonzelow
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By the way, the unusual wooden table are not typical Korean-style.  The
traditonal Korean-style accompanies paper walls, sliding doors and cozy 
dining areas with a huge dining table tall enough for everyone to dine 
sitting on the floor.  Enjoy!

Jensen
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