Kyung Bok Palace

I remember coming to Kyung Bok Palace many years ago but haven’t been back for a while.  Back in the day (I’m guessing when it first opened) it was quite a busy AYCE joint as there were long line ups for dinner.  At one point, I thought they had closed down but it looks like they are still kicking around. 

Happy Day Metro House

I’ve seen Happy Day Metro House on the corner of Kingsway and Marlborough many times as I’ve driven through Burnaby but it always looked a little sketchy from the outside.  Plus, the name almost sounds like it’s some kind of sleezy massage parlor. 

Jang Mo Jib (Burnaby) – Expensive Korean Food

I’ve been thinking of trying Jang Mo Jib for a while now… it’s actually located pretty close to Meok Ja Gol on Kingsway in the old Knight & Day location.  The restaurant itself is pretty big with large murals on the walls.

Insadong Korean BBQ and Seafood Restaurant

Insadong is a pretty popular Korean restaurant along the Burnaby/Coquitlam border but it was very quiet when we visited for lunch during the weekday… which suits me just fine because I’ve been getting tired of fighting through all of the masses of people at the mall during xmas shopping.

Meok Ja Gol (MJG) – Hole-in-the-Wall Korean Restaurant

Meok Ja Gol (or MJG as it is sometimes called) is the epitome of a hole-in-the-wall restaurant.  You can see the back of the restaurant from Kingsway, next to a gas station.  The actual main entrance is on Newton Street, next to a “massage parlor”.

Hanwoori Korean Restaurant

I know it’s been less than a week since we had a yummy Korean-fest at Dae Bak Bon Ga on West 4th but we weren’t feeling like cooking tonight so we thought we’d try out Hanwoori Korean Restaurant.  I’ve heard of it before and it’s only a stone’s throw away from one of our current favourite Korean places… Potter’s Garden.

The inside of the restaurant is actually a lot more spacious and bright than I thought it would be.  Like Potter’s Garden, they have a couple of large flat screen tv’s on the wall but they had the screen split with a large ad showing in Korean so you couldn’t really see the variety show that was playing.

Potter’s Garden

Okay, here goes our first post…

Potter’s Garden is one of our “go to” places for Korean food.  Partly because it’s close to where we live, partly because the food is good, and partly because we enjoy seeing what’s playing on the large flatscreen tv.  Even though we don’t speak Korean, we find the various programs playing (either some form of Korean variety show or trailers for Korean soap operas) to be very entertaining.

First up is the seafood pancake… one of the better ones we’ve had.  Some restaurants have too much batter and not enough seafood but this was really good and we almost always have it when we eat here.