I'm Full

Last night around 11pm I got a craving for something to eat. I decided that I was going to try a restaurant I had read about. The magazine, TimeOut Chicago, had a piece about how there was a 24 hour Korean BBQ restaurant with enough food for any appetite, so I thought I would give it a try.

The name of the restaurant is San Soo Gab San. Its located in Lincoln Square on Western and Foster.

I had never been to a Korean BBQ restaurant before and did not know what to expect, man was I in for a surprise.

The set-up of the restaurant is very nice. There is a maze of wood walls with carvings and designs on them, but still a simple layout. When we walk in there is no one to greet us, obviously, it is almost midnight, then I hear a faint yelling from the back of the restaurant and spot a lady barely peeking over the walls that are throughout this restaurant, she points at a booth (I guess you would call it that) and we grab a seat.

As I look around I notice there are several different sections throughout this place and one of them seemed to be for a more traditional Asian crowd because there are no seats just pillows at a low table, luckily for me we were not sitting there.

First I ordered an appetizer, stir fried noodles with vegetables. Next, I ordered from under the Korean BBQ & Pan Grilled section, my meal was called Dai Ji Kal Bi (char-broiled bbq pork ribs). The meal is served with rice and soup. My friend ordered salted Mackerel, no rice, no soup and we each got a tall glass of beer.

The appetizer was brought out almost immediately and was a pretty good size. Before we were even close to done with the noodles they brought out what I thought was OUR meals, A meat tray on a hot plate and then soups for two, rice for two, and thirteen, one-three, plates of other shit. I have no idea what these were for, but the entire table was covered. All I could do was laugh. Then 2 minutes later my friend was brought his food. Two full Mackerels.
The food was good and I can tell you this, after that I am going to be full for awhile.

San Soo Gab San
5147 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625