Arisu Korean Restaurant

1 Reviews on “Arisu Korean Restaurant”

• Kamikazekiddo

  Excellent & Authentic Korean Appetizers & Entrees w/ Free Side Dishes. This was my 4th visit to Arisu after looking them up in 2012 after my return from my second extended business trip to South Korea. The restaurant is very clean, as is the Korean norm. The staff are the husband (cook) and wife (hostess) with a long-time waitress. All are S. Korean natives and the food and service reflects their origins. Serving food piping hot is a sign of traditional Korean food preparation. You may sit at the counter and watch Korean TV and note the time in Seoul or choose a table. Larger groups can group tables together. The height of the seats relative to the tables is very comfortable for me. Maybe because I’m the height of the average Korean! Arisu does not have a liquor license, so, after you state your water/tea/soft drink choice, side dishes (panchan/ banchan) are brought to the table. These are normally either vegetables (pickled) or fish (pickled or dried). Most also have hot red pepper as part of the preparation but the Korean pepper is much milder than it appears, much milder than jalapeno. Side dishes are free, you only pay for the appetizers or entrees you order. If you finish a side dish, you may ask for a refill, which is also free. The menu is in English and the staff speak excellent English as well and can easily explain the menu choices. General categories are non-spicy or spicy, vegetable or meat & vegetable or fish. Rice comes with the meal if it is not already a rice-based dish. Bi Bim Bap is a very traditional rice-based dish topped with vegetables and a cooked egg. Or, you may get it in a hot, stone goblet and cook your raw egg as you mix it in with the vegetables and rice. It has zero hot pepper; the hot pepper is on the side for you to add, or not, as you wish. Bulgogi is another traditional dish consisting of thin slices of cooked beef with glass noodles in a very tasty broth. Both of these are good and safe choices for an first-timer who might not be sure about what he/she might like. I ordered pork-filled Mandu as appetizers (dumplings served with a seasoned soy-sauce on the side) and Yeukgae-Jang as my entre (spicy soup with shredded beef, scallions, fiddleheads and other vegetables). Rice is served on the side. You can add it to the soup or you can place your beef or vegetables on it to let them cool and to let the juice flavor the rice. The complementary desert is a bowl of sweetened cinnamon and lemon flavored water/juice. As always, my food was great and I had enough leftovers, including taking home the left over side dishes, that I had a second meal for the next day. The prices are very reasonable which makes Arisu even more attractive.

  January 3, 2015, 11:50 pm

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