Elle M.
Yelp
If you're looking for decent Korean food in the KC area, here it is. It won't be cheap, the side dishes are lacking (one is sliced hot dog, and they make kimchi out of celery?), and it can be hit or miss, but it's good enough to occasionally fill a hole in my heart for Korean food.
BARBEQUE
What you must know before coming to Chosun is you're better off choosing individual meats than picking a combo. As shown in the review photos, the combo was one plate of assorted meat + one plate of chadol (thinly sliced prime brisket), which was supposed to feed 3-4 people but would've only filled two people out of out party of four.
We ended up ordering three more individual plates of meat, and I wish we would've started with that approach. When added up, the individual plates don't cost much more than the combos, and you can't even compare the difference in portions.
Notes:
- Cheese corn goes *so* well with kbbq, and Chosun makes it well
- Chosun provides salad, rice, (Korean chili paste sauce), and the usual sweet soy sauce and salt/pepper/sesame oil sauce, but no garlic or peppers. Years ago, they used to provide lettuce wraps, but they don't anymore
SOUP
- Skip the soondubu (spicy seafood soup). Unfortunately, it tastes pretty flat.
- The naengmyun (cold buckwheat noodles) is good on a hot day, though the broth definitely needs plenty of mustard and vinegar. Similar story with the dubu kimchi (kimchi with pork and tofu) and the gopchang jeongol (stew with beef intestine and tofu)--decent when you're craving it
- Would recommend the yookgaejang (spicy beef soup). The right ingredients and flavors are there, and the portions are great