Tak Sa Bal

I was definitely the only cracker in there, but it’s all good in the hood. Came with a bunch of Korean friends. No English menus yo. The décor was interesting… and I think the tables and benches were wood. Servers were on point, and there’s always the good ol’ call button at your disposal.
For those of you familiar with the old Korean group U-​P, check out the waitress with short hair and a tat on her arm… from a celebrity in Korea to waitressing in a Ktown bar. Such is the life.
On the way out, we were offered some leftover soju from a group of young guys in the parking lot. The offer was appreciated but had to be declined. Then a car dropped off two young and rail-​thin drunk girls all done up who wobbled into the bar on humongous high heels. All in all good times!

Came here on a Friday night around 10pm. Lots of young college kids, and some just young kids. Where are the 30 – 40 year-​olds people mentioned? Maybe they come on weekdays. Anyway, the place was about 70−80% full, but only two servers – mostly just this one super competent chick who flew around answering all the bells. It was a full house when we left.
Nice wooden theme going, the place has a very airy feel to it. I thought it was going to be like Dan Sung Sa, but it’s got nicer décor, not as awesomely dingy as that North Korean bunker (as my friends and I call it), which is too bad.
Still, food was pretty good. We got the kimchi pajun (pancakes), spicy wings, and two (big) bottles of Hite. No pitchers, but they have all that flavored soju. The pajun had kimchi and buchae (Korean chives) and it was all right – not quite greasy enough to make you reach for the beer. But then the wings came out and they were finger lickin’ good. They come sauteed in a garlicky sauce, I wouldn’t call ‘em spicy at all, but they were perfect in between refreshing swigs of beer.
The wings came accompanied by the usual Asian coleslaw and, to our surprise, garlic fries. These fries were freaking awesome. We saw garlic fries on the menu and almost ordered them, but decided we should get something more «Korean» so we were pretty happy when they came with our order – but they were not what I expected. When I think «garlic fries» I expect something like French pomme frites: thinly sliced fries in a garlic-​herb-​parmesan mixture. These fries were thicker, about medium sized and crinkled. They were not topped with garlic, but the infusion of it, perhaps fried in the oil was unmistakable. These were nicely crisp despite their thickness, and incredibly addictive dipped in the coleslaw sauce.
I would definitely come back during the week when the teeny boppers are gone, and take advantage of the 50% off happy hour.
Note: as the Caroline L. noted, this place used to be Kkol Tong. Their current menus are in Korean. I asked for an English menu for my man, and the server dug up an old one, but she explained that prices hadn’t been updated. Just so you know.

This place use to be Kkol Tong, but I’m guessing the owner changed and decided to change their name.
I’m one of their regulars here. They have 5:30−8pm 50% off happy hour, which I did not get the chance to try yet. Every time I visit, it’s after 9pm, and it tends to be quiet and quite empty. I’m one of those people who likes to go drinking where there aren’t that many people, so it’s perfect for me. It also helps that they have a call button, so unless you press it, they won’t come and bother you. The reason why I became a regular is because the servers are very cool and laid back. They give us free drinks every now and then.
Oh! and their BuDaeJjiGae is to die for. My friends and I didn’t plan on eating, but after having a few bites, we ended up ordering rice and killing it.
It gets really busy usually around midnight.
They also have a NoRaeBang machine in the back room.