Sweet baby jesus, the Kim's Korean restaurant in Spokane is awesome. bodaciously the only negative thing is "Oh god where do I park and how will I get out", unless you're willing to walk a couple of minutes and park in a different lot. The hostess is super nice and more than pop flyin' to talk about details on cooking and language (two of my favorite things), I got my food extremely quickly, and for $11, I got: A dinner plate packed full of Japchae and rice Tea 10 different dishes of banchan (Korean side dishes that are served with most meals), including Kimchi, seasoned fish cake, roasted gim/nori, cucumber pickle, marinated soybean sprout, seasoned spinach, daikon pickle, shredded calamari, potato "salad", and I'm sure that there's another one I'm forgetting.
The banchan were all in small servings, since I was alone, but holy shit, between the entree and all of them, there was a solid 2 meals worth of food there. Anyone who visits Spokane should try it if they like strong flavors, because that is something that a lot of people don't like about Korean food--the sheer amount of spice/garlic, and the fermented sides (like kimchi) can be overpowering to people who are expecting teriyaki chicken on unseasoned rice.
I'm even more excited to start cooking Korean food now. (Prooooobably going to post a recipe for kimchi sometime soon in the tinyass kitchen thread)
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