Friday night we went to Woo Jeon in Edison for my friend brownie's birthday. She was in the mood for barbecue as we actually had a good-sized group for it -- you just can't do BBQ for 2 people.I still think Woo Chon in NYC is the best -- the meat there is just amazing and sliced so thin. But for New Jersey, this place is good. Princeton professor and novelist Chang Rae-Lee has been spotted there.
I appreciate that they use real coals, as opposed to the mini- propane tanks used at most places. And that they change your grill pan mid-way.
In addition to the 2 barbecue meat platters and the many pajon dishes, we ordered a dolsot bi bim bop, a stir-fried squid dish with nice thick spicy sauce served with perfectly tender rice noodles, and a soon doo boo (tofu stew with seafood and pork). It was a lot of food, but we saved room for a beautiful pear frangipane tart brought by one of the girls. The restaurant staff, again with the good service, were kind enough to bring it out on a glass cake stand with a candle, and piped in a peppy syncopated Korean-accented "Happy Birthday" song over the sound system!
Woo Jeon Restaurant, 411 Route 1, (732)572-6100
Just up there again, last Sat nite. We had the bulgogi and chicken bbq and that squid dish, again. Oh, I love it so. Spicy, just a tad of sweetness, but more as accent than anything else. I could just about eat the whole big dish PLUS bbq. Panchan were awesome as ever. Actually, the little dish of squid that they give is just a mini-portion of the chile-squid dish. Go know. We also had the veggie stirfry...you'd think, oh that'll be bland and blah, but no, it was actually quite good. A nice mix of veg, mushrooms, carrots, peppers, something unfamiliar but perhaps a root veg of some sort? The sauce was interesting, a hint of heat, a touch of sweet, and yet still good. As fougoo knows, brownie does NOT like sweet asian food, sugared up for the American palate. We were also given a freebie...some sort of mayo-eggy thing with fish in it, kind of a cross between casserole and omelet. Between the egg and mayo, brownie wasn't thrilled, but SilverSpringsGal ate almost half of it and it waren't small!
ReplyDeleteLove this place!!