Filed under: Food Writing
I haven’t eaten much Korean food in my life, but when I get a craving for it, nothing else will do. Last night, a friend and I went to check out the relatively new Miran Restaurant in Center City. Because there were only two of us and we were both feeling a tad lazy, we didn’t take advantage of the fascinating-looking DIY tabletop barbecuing apparatuses and instead got down to business.
We ordered chive and pork dumplings, a kimchee pancake, and two bowls of dolsot bibim bap. Aside from the spectacularly friendly waitress, it was a mediocre eating experience. The pork and chive dumplings just lay atop their steam-dampened napkin as though expiring from a serious case of ennui. The kimchee pancake had a lot of potential in terms of taste, but failed in the texture category–too mushy. The dolsot bibim bap was served with scrambled eggs, which was a bit of a letdown. I’ve always eaten bibim bap with a sunny side up egg and I missed the sensation of a runny yoke mingling with red chili paste and crispy rice scraped from the bottom of the pot.
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As a regular at Miran, I know unless you order sunnyside up, it comes scrambled. I always say extra crispy on pancakes, it doesn’t hurt to ask how you want your food, they are very accomodating.
Comment by Anonymous June 21, 2007 @ 2:58 am