Wendy T.
Yelp
To start, I don't know much about Korean-Chinese food. I also don't know if this place serves authentic Korean-Chinese meals. But I do know that next time my friends say they want to come here, I'm running to the car, pulling whoever's in the seat, and throwing them out so I can hitch a ride back to Dong Chun Hong! The place has won my heart and taste buds with some mean tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) and jajangmyeon (noodles with black bean sauce)~
There are a few dishes with Chinese influence, like the mapo tofu and Szechuan noodles, and the check comes with fortune cookies. But that's pretty much all the Chinese-ness I could pick out; no Chinese on the menu, menu items written in Korean are pasted to the walls, the wait staff were Korean, and the television had some Kpop madness going on (Super Junior, yay! :P).
No dazzling array of banchan / side dishes here, but we were served some kimchi, raw onions, and the pickled yellow daikon that comes in kimbab as complimentary appetizers Most of the prices were pretty high ($15+ a dish, omgah too expensive for us poor students coming to Ktown to frolic), but when I looked around and creeped at other people's tables, it seemed like all the dishes are ginormous, most probably a foot in diameter! Stick with the combos to keep your wallet happy ^_^ You get to try two dishes at once, gorge on huge portions, and the food is super tasty. So when I first saw the photos on Yelp of the combo plates, I was just excited that I could try more food at once. But when the waiter placed the bowls on the table with a resounding, definite thud, both my friend and I just sort of stared for a few seconds. Check out the iPhone on the side for size comparison in the photo-- these combo plates are large and in charge-- bowls were probably a bit more than 3 inches deep! Both of us ate half of our orders were able to take the rest of it back for another meal :D
As for the food itself, this stuff is delish! You know General Tso's chicken from Panda Express? Tangsuyuk is similar but even yummier (and I love, love Panda Express-- traitor to my heritage, I know T-T). The pork meat strips were thick and not over-battered, and that sauce-- oh lawdy! Sweet and thick, but it had a "cleaner" taste. I didn't feel gross and whale-like after lunch. They used corn syrup, but not the high fructose version, so it's healthy...er.... okay, who am I kidding, but it's so worth it!~ According to my too-legit-to-quit friend from Korea, tangsuyuk and jajangmyeon are usually eaten together.
Our water glasses stood empty quite a few times, but there is a water dispenser near the kitchen even though the workers also came to refill our glasses sometimes. There are takeout boxes on a shelf for you to grab to take home any leftovers. The atmosphere isn't super happy or special, and the tables are kind of sticky. But I would come back for the food. Super excited to finish the leftovers for dinner tonight, yayyy nom nom~ Check this restaurant out! :3