Chris A.
Yelp
Well, I haven't gone to a ton of KBBQ places in Orlando, because I'm a slacker, but I certainly have found my new favorite KBBQ place in Orlando. This quaint little restaurant is certainly off the beaten path. I think it would be pretty tough to randomly stumble upon it. But word of mouth is a real thing, and it lead me here.
The takeaway message here is quality over quantity. Too many KBBQ joints that offer AYCE also offer a ton of other little apps and stuff, and all that quantity means the quality of the meat has to suffer, in my opinion. This place didn't have that problem.
There are two options of the AYCE. Option A is the simpler one, with five meats to choose from, and a few other little accoutrements. Option B is about $10 more, but it opens the floodgates and offers you 15 different meats to choose from, including a few 'premium' options.
Now, another opinion I hold is that no matter what the meat is, these places have to cut the meat very thin, in order to make the supply stretch a long as possible, and to prevent us fools from undercooking things. But because of that, I feel like premium meets lose their obviously better quality when it's sliced super thin. That's just me maybe.
Anyway, all of this to say that we chose option A. Simple, delicious, all we needed. So we got our bunch of little sides, fired up the grill, and waited for the plates to start coming. The sides are always needed to help enhance the meal. Love kimchi, love bean sprouts, and they had like a mac 'n' cheese type thing. No complaints here.
We cooked and tried them all, and I rank them in this order: Fresh Beef Brisket, Beef Bulgogi, Chicken Breast, Seasoned Pork, Fresh Pork Belly. They were all good, though. But unlike other place, where the brisket just taste like cooked meat, this one tasted like beef brisket. That's how I could tell, this place was special.
Everything else was good, too. Each very different from each other, so we felt like we were getting a good variety. And I love cooking my own chicken. When chicken is cooked for you, it's always so overcooked and dry, so they make sure not to poison you. So having that control to do it yourself and do it right, I just love.
I personally made sure I always had a bowl of white rice on hand. You cook the meat, and when it's done, you plop it on top of the rice while you prepare your bite. That way, the juices of the meat drip down into the rice and just literally make the whole meal better.
There were also a couple of fun little things to order, like the Doen Jang Jjigae and the Steamed Eggs. The eggs were just eggs, to eat on their own. But the doen jang has another use; it's another sauce to use with your meat and rice! Very good. Deep and flavorful.
Well, I think I've droned on long enough. Sometimes, I just type and type and type. But overall, this is my favorite KBBQ in Orlando. It's better than the big wolf on campus, I think, because it offers quality of meat over quantity of meat. Will be returning frequently.
