Korea House, Santa Clara (RIP)

  Chester wrote:

> Last night I went to the "Tofu ------" place on ECR, right next door
> to Walgreens (sort of kitty-corner from CompUSA).  Their menu consists
> of five dishes: they're all tofu soups/stews.  Not a huge amount of
> variation, but I'm a sucker for tofu and this was nice, clean, honest
> food.  The rice was of note: wetter than most rice...reminiscent of
> "jook."  In fact, when they bring the rice out to you, they portion it
> into bowls, serve you, then dump a cup of broth in.  What results is
> ultra-watery jook with rice that has a bit of crisp to it (the pot is
> very hot when brought out and thus the rice sticks to it until doused
> with the liquid).

I believe it's just cold water, not a broth. I went with a korean friend twice, and he said the 'rice-in-cold-water' is the best part of the meal, you shouldn't skip it. Not that I agree: it tastes just like 'rice in cold water'.

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YY,

Try the place in Sunny vale on El Camino & Bernardo.

Paul

> OK, what is a good alternative for a Korean lunch
> place on El Camino?
>
>     -- Yip
>