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My friend and I decided to meet up for dinner last week, and he let me choose the venue.  I decided to pick Hallasan Korean BBQ since it's famous for the Jeju black pork.  I'm not a big fan of pork normally, but I remembered having the Jeju black pork in Jeju, and it was pretty delicious! So, my friend and I went to dinner at Hallasan Korean BBQ along with my brother and my cousin.We booked a table for the 4 of us ahead of time, and three of us got to the restaurant on time and were waiting for
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My friend and I decided to meet up for dinner last week, and he let me choose the venue.  I decided to pick Hallasan Korean BBQ since it's famous for the Jeju black pork.  I'm not a big fan of pork normally, but I remembered having the Jeju black pork in Jeju, and it was pretty delicious! So, my friend and I went to dinner at Hallasan Korean BBQ along with my brother and my cousin.

We booked a table for the 4 of us ahead of time, and three of us got to the restaurant on time and were waiting for the last person to arrive to place our order.  While we were waiting, the servers kept coming over to try to turn on our stove even before we placed our order.

After the fourth person arrived, we looked at the menu and decided to order the thick cut pork belly along with a beef set for 2.  We thought that we would just order additional items later on.  As soon as we placed the order, the server turned on our stove.
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The chopsticks and sauce dish were already in our place setting, but we had to ask them for our plates.  They gave us plates that had a dipping sauce in them, so we asked for additional plates that were empty, so we could have the salad, and the servers gave us a glare like we were being completely unreasonable. 
Dipping Sauce
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The stove had the egg and cheese compartments filled as soon as the first person in our party arrived, and also the various side dishes and a salad were served at that time.  There were free refills on the side dishes but not the salad.
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Salad
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The salad was pretty fresh, and the dressing tasted pretty good.
Kimchi
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Pink Radish Pickle
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The pickled radish was my favorite side dish because of its crunchyness and delicious balance of sweetness and acidity.
Potatoes
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The potatoes were pretty tasty as well.
Bean Sprouts
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The bean sprouts were quite bland and had barely any seasoning.
Lettuce
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There were free refills for the lettuce wraps, so we asked for a refill when we were down to one and were told that the container must be empty for it to be refilled.  Actually, each side dish had to be completely finished before they would give us a refill.  The four of us thought the policy was quite unflexible even if they didn't want us to waste food.
Pork Belly (Thick Cut)
$180
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After our pork belly was served, the server put it on the grill and in like a minute, there was heavy smoke coming from the stove, and my brother and I started coughing.  One server came by and turned down the stove and said the smoke is normal and walked away.  A few minutes later, it was still smoking like crazy, and another server came over and swapped out the stove saying that it was too hot from being turned on too early.  This server was the nicest one that night and helped us grill the pork belly.
Pork Belly (Thick Cut)
$180
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Pork Belly (Thick Cut)
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Pork Belly (Thick Cut)
$180
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Pork Belly: There were crispy bits on the pork belly that tasted pretty good, but it lacked the aromatic black pork flavor that I experienced back in Jeju.  
Beef Set (for 2)
$378
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Short Rib
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Beef Set (for 2):  The beef set had a good amount of food in it.  There was no choice of ordering the beef marinated or not.  We prefer the marinated beef, so the beef tasted pretty bland to all of us.  We were surprised to see beef intestine in the platter, and the beef intestine was pretty bland as well.  The beef definitely needed the dipping sauces to have any flavor.  
Rice Cake
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The rice cake that came with the platter tasted really good with the cheese around the stove, and we tried to order extras of it, but the server said it's not available on its own. 


After the first two items, we decided to order a few more things.  We ordered the steak tartar, a rice roll, rice cake, and an order of short ribs.  I also ordered the strawberry marshmallow beverage.
Strawberry Marshmallow
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Strawberry Marshmallow: There is something lost in translation in the name of the drink as marshmallow and cotton candy have the same name in Chinese.  This drink didn't have marshmallow in it, but rather a cloud of cotton candy sat on top of it.  If I knew, that's what it was I wouldn't have ordered it because it was just as I expected.  It was very messy and sticky to handle!
Steak Tartare
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Steak Tartare: There was absolutely no seasoning in this dish.  It was beyond bland.  Don't bother ordering it.
Pumpkin with Cheese
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The pumpkin that came with the BBQ items tasted pretty good with the cheese.  
Egg
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The egg had a nice smooth texture, but all I could taste was the kimchi in the egg mixture as the egg lacked egg flavor.
Sanma Fish Rice Roll
$88
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Sanma Fish Rice Roll: The rice roll tasted pretty good, but they sliced it too thin for the texture to work.  We had to eat two pieces at once, so it didn't feel like we were chewing on air.
Cheese Rice Cake
$70
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Cheese Rice Cake: This dish was a little too spicy for me.
Boneless Short Rib
$218
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Boneless Short Rib: Another translation error?  The English name of the dish said boneless yet, in Chinese, it said the weight is 350g with bone.  The dish showed up with the bone, so I'm guessing the English name was translated incorrectly.  The beef was just as bland as the one in the beef set.

As the night proceeded, we could see that the smoke wasn't being sucked into the exhaust, so we moved the exhaust around and realized that it wasn't pointing directly as the stove, hence, it wasn't working properly.  We could see that there was a good amount of smoke coming from other tables as well, so for a Korean BBQ restaurant, their ventilation system is pretty poor.  We definitely smelled like our food when we left the restaurant.

For $300+ per person, Hallasan Korean BBQ gave us food that wasn't any special and service that was hit and miss (more miss than hit, 1 of the servers was really good, but 2 were really rude).  I don't see myself coming back anytime soon even if I want to reminisce about the day I spent in Jeju on my cruise trip.
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2016-05-16
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$325 (晚餐)
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Salad
Kimchi
Pink Radish Pickle
Potatoes
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Pumpkin with Cheese