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

November 14, 2008 By Anna Leave a Comment

(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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Jong Kak Restaurant Korean Cuisine in Baltimore, MD

November 7, 2008 By Anna Leave a Comment

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
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Tian Korean-Chinese restaurant in Ellicott City, MD

October 3, 2008 By Anna Leave a Comment

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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