Papa Monkey was back from France, though. After having lunch and watching the Laker game with him way out in the sticks (he was on call and delivered a Christmas baby that morning), we met Little Monkey Niece and her parents at Tahoe Galbi (3986 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, (213) 365-9000) for dinner.
Fire! Fire!
Beware! Eat what you order, or else you will pay extra! Don't even think about taking any food to go! It is "net" allowed!
Brother Monkey got a Hite beer.
Sauces. Tangy and sweet on the left. Sea salt and sesame oil on the right.
Salad.
LMN loved these thin square rice noodles so much. BroMo and I are big fans of these, too. I think they are the perfect cool, soft wrappers to hold charred meat. Nice balance.
Chadolbaegi (beef). So good drenched with sesame oil and sea salt.
Heumitgul (tongue). Better than you think. Don't knock it 'til you've tried it.
Bulgogi (thinly sliced marinated beef). This was both LMN's and my fave of the night. The bulgogi is to the left. The other stuff is more heumitgul.
Tahoe steak galbi. This is usually my favorite cut of meat, but Tahoe's version wasn't marinated enough to my liking. Still tasty nevertheless.
Samkyupsal (pork). Make your own bacon! Yes, that is a pat of butter on top.
LMN loved her meal for once. She usually hates to eat, but she ate bulgogi, rice wrappers, and bean sprouts all night long. She was very proud of her picture of BroMo. If you look closely, you can see her blue crayon masterpiece.
It's nice when both sides of the family get together.
I'm not going to knock the tongue, but I'm sure as hell not going to try it :-)
ReplyDeletelove the last photo!
ReplyDeleteWe had Malaysian food for Christmas dinner. I like non-traditional Christmases.
Yum! I love me some Tahoe. We went last week and my one year old son looooved it. :) That pretty much means we will go on a regular basis.
ReplyDeleteI love threats on menus.
ReplyDeleteYummmmm. I hope you wore your meat sweatshirt.
ReplyDeleteha - threats on menus are pretty funny!
ReplyDeleteyou are on your own with the tongue. hey, more for you.
Three of my students have the same jacket that LMN is wearing...must have been popular. She's so cute.
ReplyDeletethat's alot of meat.
ReplyDeletemr. d would get penalized heavily ;)
ReplyDeletehungry,
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oh yum. i agree that tahoe's galbi marinade is inferior to others', though.
ReplyDeleteOh man...so much AYCE pressure! :P
ReplyDeleteAwwww. This place has me feeling all nostalgic. I used to enjoy a terrible all you can eat Chinese Restaurant back in my high school days. I would hide any food I could not finish under my seat so they wouldn't charge me on my way out. . .
ReplyDeleteI hope the bacon here made up for the previous night's.
ReplyDeleteme no likey tongue.
ReplyDeletebut the DIY bacon looks fab! and i love reading menus and signs at asian joints. there's always something to giggle at.
I love Tahoe Galbi! When I saw the title, somehow I knew you were referring to that place even before reading your post :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, I <3 ssamjang with my meats! Don't forget about that deliciousness!
We had Korean bbq last night. One of my visiting in-laws was reading the instructions (on the menu) on how to feed the cook if you are sitting next to the cook. It said, "you should feed your busband."
ReplyDeletethat last picture is too adorable.
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