In my recent visits to Winner's I have found their Korean menu surprisingly good. In the past, Winner's served extremely Americanized versions of Korean dishes: roughly a Taco Bell with homemade ingredients. They have truly improved. On a dish per dish comparison, in terms of authenticity I think they are the best amongst the 3 big Korean restaurants: Winner's, Sushi Kim, and Young-bin-kwan. Winner's is much less expensive than the other 2 : Winner's dinners range from $5-$7 total, but you take back your tray to the counter as in a fast food place. The other places have waitress service and dinners start at $7 but typically will run almost $10. I saw them actually hand make man-du dumplings and prepare broth with soup bones from scratch. If they only could make a good kim-chi side-dish.... For those not used to extreme spiciness and garlic, I recommend their dduk man-du soup (man-du dumplings and rice cakes in a thick broth which makes a meal). For the daring, Bi-bim-bap (rice mixed with meat and veggies and hot sauce) and Yook-gae-jang (hot and spicy beef and veggie soup ) can stimulate all nerves! -Han Kim
Pittsburgh, PA
Winner's Korean food surprisingly good
LITTLE Z. wrote: >where is this restaurant located? > It's in South Oakland on Forbes Ave. Walk towards downtown on Forbes from the Original Hot Dog, this is against the flow of traffic. A few blocks down, you will see their sign. The restaurant is in the basement of a building. I think there is a GNC store on the first floor. -Han
I don't know about Winner's past, but I've enjoyed it for a couple of years. besides what seems to be good Korean food, they also have a nice range of beer: sometimes you want the 40 oz, sometimes you want a Guiness ;) > I saw them actually hand make man-du dumplings and prepare broth > with soup bones from scratch. I had a wonderful beef dumpling there; donno if that's man-du. > If they only could make a good kim-chi side-dish.... they have a fine salad dressing, though the salad itself is iceberg. > For those not used to extreme spiciness and garlic, I recommend > their dduk man-du soup (man-du dumplings and rice cakes in a > thick broth which makes a meal). For the daring, Bi-bim-bap (rice they spell it bi-bim-bub on the menu, I believe. > mixed with meat and veggies and hot sauce) and Yook-gae-jang (hot and > spicy beef and veggie soup ) can stimulate all nerves! the bulgoki is pretty good too. regards, mark hahn.