Seeking Food - By Ketojinic

My Korean friend and I came here a bit early to avoid the lunch rush and I'm so glad we did. By the time we were finished, there was a grip of Koreans waiting to eat. This is one of the best kept secrets of Koreatown right now and most people still haven't quite jumped on the Kalgooksoo bandwagon yet but they will once they have a taste of this doughy hand pulled noodles set in a delicious seafood heavy broth.  Bajirak means clams and so I ordered the restaurant namesake's noodle dish (written out as "Manila Clam Kalguksu - $9.95 as of this writing) while my friend ordered the Spicy Seafood Kalguksu ($9.95 as of this writing). We also ordered a side of steamed dumplings (was a bit extraneous at $7.95 as of this writing). My Manila Clam Kalguksu came out piping hot. The steam that rose from it engulfed my senses and I could smell all the wonderful sea creatures that died for me to enjoy their umami flavors. One stir into my noodles and I could...

Boiling Crab. Wow. So much food, so little manners. This is the type of place you go to for a binge session with your binge buddy. Who has time for utensils when it's all about stuffing your face with seafood and licking the garlic spices off your buttery fingers? We started off ordering something more classy. We had this grand plan of acting proper, then putting on our plastic bibs and ripping off little crustaceans' heads.   Where is my mignonett, kind sir?!    Oysters on the half shell ($15 a dozen), raw, with tabasco and lemon.   Oh good, the bag of food came. One bag of shrimp ($9/1LB.), and one bag of crawfish ($15/1LB.), sir! You might be able to see it in this pic but there are half corns in there, too. We added 2 corn on the cobs ($.75 cent each).  This is what happens when two hungry Korean girls decide to binge on a sunny afternoon. BTDubz, the cajun fries ($2.99) were Amazeballs. Get it with the Sha-bang sauce, whic...