Fooding: Gangnam Station, The Serving Spoon, and Din Tai Fung

Fooding

Kbbq, breakfast, and xiao long bao

Regular B menu.

Regular A menu.

Madison busy cooking.

L to R: Hugo, Mike Tzen, Kevin, Bethany.

Cheap galbi cuts. But tasty marinade.

The ribeye was so thin and frozen.

Marinated rib meat was good.

Beef belly.

Pork jowl.

Plenty of Jinro is Back.

Beef tongue, pork jowl, beef belly.

Buffet. Lots of pork belly.

Ban chan buffet.

Salad and pancake.

Not too busy.

But a decent amount of customers.

Jinro: 1, Hugo: 0.

Kevin and Mike Tzen.

Emily also photographs her food.

Posing for photos.

Bacon, eggs, breakfast potatoes, fried pork chops, french toast.

Frech toast close-up.

Nothing beats Din Tai Fung's spicy cold cucumber.

Their fried rice is always so light and fluffy, too.

String beans are always good, too.

Classic xiao long bao.

Chicken dumplings.

Dr. Hamdan scowling at his food.

Sesame noodle.

Spicy won ton, so good.

Had been too long since we'd had kbbq at work, so was time to go again on a quick mid-week food outing Sadly Gangnam Station was not good, but still fun to get the group together and try a new place. Buffet-style for the ban chan and pork belly kind of warned us, but the galbi quality wasn't very good either. To be fair the beef tongue and some of the seasoned rib meats were solid.

Breakfast the next day at The Serving Spoon. Definitely a legit American breakfast, plus it's convenient. The original desire from out of town guests was for dim sum, but, uhhh, yeah, that wasn't going to happen on a working day for everyone.

Finally over the weekend, lunch with Dr. Hamdan and Dr. Wang. Din Tai Fung is pricey but always good, with their uniquely delicate xiao long bao, surprisingly light and airy fried rice, beautiful spicy cold cucumber, tasty string beans, and of course, the spicy won tons are nom nom nom. And good to catch up with them before they move!