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sanji
Sun May 20, 2007 11:36 pm

Re: Shinjuku - Asian food
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Kankoku Gakuseigai Ryori - Korean (韓国学生街料理)
(is it the correct name ?)

Address - 東京都新宿区大久保1-17-7
Opening hours - 24 hours a day !
Telephone - 03-3207-5539
Menu - In Japanese and Korean

Located just north of Kabukicho, in an area called "Korea Town" and many Korean restaurants and shops are found. Should you be interested by having Korean food for lunch or dinner, this is probably one of the best areas in Tokyo for that! Whether you are interested by a gorgeous dinner in a nice place, or just quick food in a small place, all type of restaurants are available there.

We tried this average restaurant, mostly because prices seemed very reasonable - we were surprised to note that half of the Korean restaurants there looked expensive, at least compared to usual Japanese standards.

This restaurant has a counter on the first floor, and tables on the second. Obviously, you won't go there for the decoration: with tables made of stone, designer chairs, a mixture of wood and south-east Asian artifacts, as well as rather ugly "crystal" lamps (which obviously are made of plain glass), the result is not successful...

However, we especially noticed that apart of one other table, all customers were Korean. As so were the waiters. This is usually a good sign. The food was really good. The gyoza, either fried or vapor-cooked, were excellent - the kimuchi gyoza are a must. Chahan were also very tasty, but rather spicy. The only disappointment came from the chichimi, a classical Korean dish, which were very large and with lots of toppings, but unfortunately a little too greasy. Interestingly, Korean customers were ordering different food, mostly soups, which we heard were all excellent.

The bill came to less than 2500 yens per person, including the drinks - a very good deal for such ethnic food.