B.H. Chung- Korean and Japanese (Icy Cold Hiyashi)

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mmm-yoso!!! a food blog with photos, descriptions and observations about meals, condiments and other things a few of us want to write about.  Feel free to read about our adventures. Today, Cathy is writing. Kirk is on vacation. If you want to know where He and His Missus are, here's a clue:  Since April 21, I have not done any post with cuisine from the country they are visiting.

Hi again.  A few weeks ago, I found a parking spot in the Crab Hut /Crepe World /Shabu Shabu House / Yogurt World/Tapioca Express/Tofu House /O'Brien's parking lot and was happy.  This mostly food mall area may be referred to as 'The Parking Lot From Hell' by most of you, since more than 75% of the businesses here are restaurants(8 I can think of)  with seating capacities for at least 20 inside each.  I had to decide what I wanted to eat. 083
B.H. Chung's won.  A Korean BBQ and Japanese restaurant, I have found the food here always to be very well made, tasty and filling.  In addition, it could fulfill two cravings at one meal.  065
So we ordered.  Japanese items.  Still, we were served panchan.069
the mildest, shredded daikon in front.  The bean sprouts in back had a nice red pepper kick.  The bamboo on the right had jalapeño/green hot chiles. (The far left is the dipping sauce for our tempura appetizer).071
Vegetable Tempura ($7.99). Lightly breaded, crispy fried and drained vegetables- onions, squash, carrots, green and red pepper and broccoli.  074
The Mister ordered the Katsu Fish plate ($8.99).  The pieces of fish were standard cuts from frozen, again lightly breaded and fried-the fish itself was a nice flavor and flaky.  The rice was good and the salad dressing was house made.  The tempura dipping sauce was not sweet and may have been house made. It was not disappointing, but not a "wow". However…077
I wanted cold noodles.  Hiyashi.  I ordered Hiyashi Soba ($8.99).  This is what I got.  Fresh cooked, really good soba.  In broth.  Cold broth.  See the ice cube?

This was *really* good and nothing like I had ever had before.  The broth was rich, did not taste watered down, the noodles were excellent.  Just the carrots, onions and bean sprouts, as you can see.  Sesame oil definitely in the broth…the half hard boiled egg, no meat.  Wonderfully unexpected and really good and filling.

Everything was unexpected and good, if not great.

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