It's a good spot for a cheerful breakfast, but neighborhood competition may make bringing in lunch and dinner traffic a bit trickier. Fresh Red Hen bread is a definite plus. The coffee is too weak, but this place is likely to give Wishbone, located just around the corner, a run for its money nevertheless. In Du Yee's version of the classic Korean hot pot, a crock full of simmering stock comes to the table along with a platter of assorted vegetables, tofu skin, and your choice of meat. The extensive menu continues with Chinese appetizers, noodle soups, and plenty of meat, fish, and vegetarian entrees.
Special attention is paid to healthful preparations, and most dishes come low in oil and salt.
The simple room features lots of natural wood and a few Japanese prints hanging on the vanilla walls. Ambitious nightly specials might include pork chops in an apple brandy butter sauce with chili-flecked mashed potatoes or panfried rainbow trout in a white wine dill sauce. Striped bass on a sweet potato flan wasn't as good as the filet mignon, which was adorned with perfectly roasted Yukon potato halves and topped with a wonderful shiitake and chanterelle mushroom ragout. No comment on the service, as the place was dead empty. It's still BYOB, although that's slated to change soon.