Cycle 14 – Item 278

10 (Tue) October 2023

Chicken Rice with Soy Sauce

1.0

at Pho Mein

-Changgok, Sujeong, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, Republic of Korea-

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Whatever this was supposed to be, it was awful.  The chicken bits were dry and flavorless.  The egg was cold and rubbery (probably made in advance).  The rice was short and sticky.  The sauce was sweet goopy.   When I asked the server for cilantro, he did a double-take and went to the kitchen to ask, then returned and informed me that, no, they don’t have cilantro.  I could barely get through half.

While I’m not banning the place outright, I doubt that I’ll ever go back.

(See also GLOBAL FOOD GLOSSARY)

(See also RESTAURANTS IN KOREA)