E-MO Kimbab
If I worked near E-Mo, I would eat kimbab (Korean sushi rolls) every day.
They keep it simple at E-Mo. For $6 you get a robust roll filled with Korean vegetables, pickles, and rice and an ingredient like beef, jalapeno, mushrooms, kimchee, squid, tuna, and spicy tuna. The roll comes with miso soup. It is always made to order, tastes really fresh, is healthy, filling and really satisfying to eat.
Rating:
Food – 9/10
Ambiance – 7/10
Service – 8/10
Category:
Food Type – Korean
Style – Casual
Price – Reasonable
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Address:
2 W 32nd St (between 5th Ave & Broadway)
Woo Chon
Best bibimbap north of 33rd Street. Every time I go I can count on a wide array of fresh banchan (small dishes of appetizers served before a Korean meal). Loved the rice cake, scallions, kimchee, spouts and seaweed today. They are generous with seconds. Hope they have fishcake next time. So much better than a stale bread basket.
Back to why I came, bibimbap…the seafood gobdol (hot stone)bibimbap has some of the freshest ingredients I have had at a Korean restaurant. It included shrimp, mussels, squid, mushrooms & greens. Instead of mixing with hot sauce, they mix with a soy scallion sesame mixture. And when I say they mix, that means that the waitress actually mixes the dish for you table side. The surprise at the end is the crunchy rice that burns onto the bowl. The bowl is to hot to touch even at the end of your meal.
They brag about being in business for 27 years. The age of the restaurant shows in the decor, it also smells a little musty when you walk in before the small of bbq beef permeates the space. Love the R&B music playing in the background.
Rating:
Food – 8/10
Ambiance – 6/10
Service – 7/10
Category:
Food Type – Korean
Style – Casual
Price – Moderate
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Address/phone – 8 W 36th St, New York, NY 10018, (212) 695-0676