If you are looking for a casual oriental restaurant, with good prices, minutes away from Times Square, then Danji Korean cuisine is what you should try next time you come into Manhattan. The prices are reasonable, and the service is good. The address is 52nd street and 8th avenue. Better yet Danji has a Michelin star! RECOMMENDATIONS Most of the food is Korean comfort food.
CHEF: The chef at Danji Hooni Kim, was born in Souel Korea, but spent some of his childhood in London and settled in New York when he reached the age of ten. For eight years he had been living in New York, but when his college years came, he decied to attend University of California Berkley. He was strated to pursue a medical carrer, but then his passion for food, made him change gears. He left California and came back to the east coast and attened the French Culinary Institute. From then he has opened two michelin star restaurants.
APPETIZERS:
For a starter their signature dish, crispy tofu, is impeccable. It was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It feels like your mouth is on vacation. They use organic tofu, and to top it off, they glaze it with soy ginger sauce and scallion, all cooked in sesame oil.
MAIN COURSE:
For the main course, we tried the Bi Bim Bop. In the bi Bim Bop bowl there is rice and a fried egg. On the side there are carrots, mushrooms, scallions and bongoli beef (beef with sesame seeds), to mix in with the rice and egg. The Bi Bim Bop was acceptable but not the best Bi Bim Bop I've had. Also there is a pre-fix option. There is a choice of pork belly and rice, or bongoli beef with rice, it came with beef soup, and two kinds of kimchi. Both the pork and beef were great, and so was the kimchi's, But the Highlight of the dish was the soup. In it was potatoes and large pieces of beef, with scallions and the broth was very soothing to the throat, and tastebuds. This place is very good for a light lunch, so I recommend coming here at lunch time, after a hearty breakfast. SERVICE: **** AMBIANCE:*** FOOD:****
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