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"I’m smitten with this open-24-hour Fort Lee stripmall beef restaurant, where a placemat menu lists 15 soup options made with a rich, pale bone broth or a seasoned stock. My pick — the spicy beef brisket with dried cabbage soup ($17.99) — was warmed by spice, super savory, and layered with brisket and vegetables, one of the more satisfying weekday meals out I’ve had in awhile. They offer the very same soups for the neighborhood from 6 to 10:30 a.m. for $10.99 (sometimes selling 300 soups a morning, our server said), and after 8 p.m. Ubers from the city filled with Chinese students show up for the Chinese-leaning spicy galbijjim. Turns out the chef, originally from North Korea, grew up in China, moved to LA, helped run the kitchens in this restaurant, and moved east to open his dream. The banchan is solid, there’s beer and wine, and they’re apparently looking for a Manhattan location." - Melissa McCart