January 2009 New Year’s Specials at Korean Restaurants- Jong Kak Restaurant & Mirocjo Restaurant

There are soooo many specials going on these days...and I saw an ad about two January specials from Korean Restaurants. And I thought I would share this specials with everyone interested in deals in MD area.

From what I know, Jong Kak Restaurant in Baltimore, MD and Mirocjo in Ellicott City, MD are owned by a same person (but BEWARE! the foods taste different.) And they are having JANUARY specials for both restaurants.

JANUARY SPECIALS-For both Jong Kak Restaurant & Mirocjo Restaurant:

1. If you order BBQ (Kalbi or Jumooluck) you get FREE Nangmyun (cold soup noodle that goes really well with BBQ) However, they didn't say anything else in detail. 

2. They also had specially priced $5.99 Jjajangmyun and some other dishes in pretty good deal under $10.

3. If you drink their soju (Korean Vodka?) will be specially priced for $9.99.

I don't know what would excite you but Free Nangmyun sounds good to me! Don't forget that it's January specials, So try to go asap and let us know if it's one Nangmyun or more. Hah Hah.

Jong Kak Restaurant is located at:
18W. 20th St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
(410)837.5231

Mirocjo is located at:
10194 Baltimore National Pike, #111
Ellicott City, MD 21042
(410) 461-2333

Popularity: 1%

Sakura-Foodcourt in Columbia Town Center, MD

chicken teriyaki with steamed rice and veggies

For years after long hours of shopping in Columbia Town Center in MD, whenever I have no energy to go on anymore, I find myself automatically going to the food court and get in line for chicken teriyaki. It's like part of the routine in Columbia Mall for me. They always ask double meat and fried rice. If you are not used to English in asian accents, you might just say "ok" (or you really might want that.) I don't really like fried rice so I usually just say what I want. I always get "Chicken Teriyaki with steamed rice and veggies." Yum Yum!!! I also always ask for some hot sauce (to the cashier) and teriyaki sauce over the top (to the cook.) They used to have "Sriracha" hot sauce but now they give you some prepacked hot sauce that's milder and more vinegarish? I still like their hot sauce though... as long as I have some kind of hot sauce I will be alright. Ha ha. And judging from the long lines I always see. I think it's a routine for others as well. Good price and filling too!
So...Are you one of us?

Popularity: 2%

Fresh World International Market-Poongnyun Foodcourt in Glen Burnie, MD

(Sept. 2009) Former Fresh World is now Allgreen market under new management. However, the foodcourt in the market is still the same.

Fresh World International Market-El Grande Supermercado recently opened in Glen Burnie, MD on the Ritchie Highway.
freshworld international supermarket
It's a huge market with lots of real international stuff and regular necessities. Unlike Lotte or Hmart in Ellicott City, MD, Fresh World has more Latin products. But since it's a huge market they have a variety of products including Korean (of course).

They just opened (November 7th, 2008) a Korean and Japanese foodcourt/restaurant beside the seafood department.

I, of course, had to try it out!
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Popularity: 7%

Jong Kak Restaurant Korean Cuisine in Baltimore, MD

I went to Jong Kak restaurant in Baltimore city, MD.
It probably is one of the oldest Korean restaurant in Baltimore area. The interior decoration or the restrooms are not as attractive as their food. This restaurant is known for indoor charcoal BBQ of Galbi (Korean style ribs). If you would like to eat Samgyeopsal (or Samgyupsal), pork belly meat, you don't use charcoal BBQ. Instead, they brought out the portable gas range with a grill pan the last time I went there.

Oh! And be aware that there is another restaurant right next to JongKak. I've never been to the other one, but Jongkak is the left one.

Jong Kak servers were very nice and they actually smiled at us! They constantly changed our grill whenever it got too burnt, kept on refilling our veggies and sidedishes. The food was great too. Galbi marinade wasn't too salty and just right for me. I think we ate three bowls of scallion salad, couple refills of banchan, and couple refills of pickled radish. And at the end the servers STILL smiled at us.
So overall, I recommend this place for a BBQ night. I wanna go back for more! Mmmmmmmmm...!

This time we wanted to do some Galbi BBQ. We ordered 2 servings of marinaded Galbi. The price was around $20s per serving. It may be little expensive, but you'll know that it is worth eating when you see that you get the following:
Galbi BBQ
Yum, Yum, Yum! [Read more...]

Popularity: 3%

Tian Korean-Chinese restaurant in Ellicott City, MD

Tian just opened last September. It's a Korean-Chinese restaurant and supposed to be the third franchise from Centreville, VA.

I went to Tian the first week they opened. As soon as I walked in, I realized that they did spend some money in interior design. Compared to other Korean restaurants interior was better than any other except that the seating arrangement was too tight and felt like one giant cafeteria table. Other customers (total strangers) were only about a foot away from me. That was uncomfortable.

Servers, whew... wasn't trained at all. But it seems like all the Korean restaurants don't emphasize in training their employee about the importance in customer service. No one smiled, no one was being nice. They were all confused and weren't providing customer service. They were just 'delivering' food.
Enough about the service. This is not the first time I had problem with service in Korean restaurants. I also took some pictures of food I ordered.

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Popularity: 4%