Fateha A.
Yelp
Love AYCE ($29-dinner), so def wanted to try this. Service is good. There is a time limit, although not sure how long.
First, you choose your seasoning from the seasoning station. Seasonings include: jajang, mala, beware, rose (creamy & sweet), carbonara (creamy), etc. I got Rose dance which was too spicy for me. I shuda gotten 1/2 serving of the spicy Smurf seasoning.
Besides the ramen section, we got stuff from every other section. We got way too much food & only ate half, so glad we didn't get ramen. For a tteokbokki spot, I got no plain tteok cuz there's such a variety of food:
They have a whole deep fried & fast food section:
2/5 roasted sweet potato: extremely sweet
3/5 deep fried surimi, deep fried pumpkin (sweet)
3/5 corn pizza: I don't like corn on pizza, but this wasn't bad. Glad there's no bbq sauce on it. It could definitely use more marinara tho.
Tteok & sausage skewers, which we obviously didn't try cuz not halal. Looked good tho.
1/5 calamari: extremely bland. Teriyaki sauce helped.
3/5 onion rings (crispy), fries, sweet potato fries, fried seaweed roll (stuffed with rice, don't recommend getting cuz will fill you up)
2/5 fried veggie fritter: the only veggie I tasted was sweet onion
4/5 We liked the seafood, veggies, noodles, tofu that we got. Most of the stuff above is pretty standard.
They do have 3 different types of stuffed tteok which look like tiny sausages that I've never seen anywhere else:
1/5 corn cheese rice cake: This would taste so much better w/o corn.
3/5 sweet potato & pumpkin stuffed rice cake
2/5 japchae- way too much bell peppers, strongly smells & tastes of bell peppers only
2/5 pasta: hard
I can't help but compare this place to Spring shabu shabu. This place is def better in terms of the seasonings, since Prince only has 2 vegetarian broth options & the plain veggie broth is so bland, whereas the kimchi broth is so spicy. The fast food, fried food, pasta, japchae, veggie chicken, fried rice & fruit options aren't available at Spring. However, this place doesn't have the variety of veggies, tofu , noodles & sauces available at Spring. I like both places. I'd def come back here & skip most of the fast food so I can finish the veggies, seafood & get more tteok next time.