Seoul Taco on Delmar 1-30-2020

It was Anna's final day in America before she flew back to Taiwan.  We spent the day running errands and going to the zoo.  Before we went to the zoo we ate lunch in the Loop.  One of her favorite places since it first opened (in a different location farther east on the loop) is Seoul Taco.

I had never been there.  She goes with her friend all the time. 

We both had Gogi Bowls. Even though we were dining in, they had run out of bowls and gave us our "bowls" in to-go containers.  Mine was with fried tofu and Anna's was with fried steak.  So a gogi bowl is white rice with the seasoned protein on top of that.  Then there are VERY lightly dressed field greens and julienned carrots on top of that with a sunny side up egg on top of the whole thing.  In the corner of your bowl is a little blob of spicy chili paste. 

Anna doesn't like the chili paste and she removes it into a napkin.  I mixed mine in and stirred up the entire thing.  I cut the egg so the yolk mixed in with everything as well.  It was OK.  I think if there had been some more dressing/acid in the vinaigrette that is supposed to be on the greens, that would have helped.  The spicy sauce had some heat but nothing big, the tofu had some seasoning on it, but nothing big and the egg yolk was just the umami of fat coating your mouth.  There needed to be a counter balance of acid.  I needed a sauce...either soy based and salty...or vinegar based and twangy (sweet and sour).  But that's just me, I like a sauce on everything!

We got some chips and queso to go with our bowls.  I am usually not a fan of white queso, but this was really quite good. 

Maybe I should have tried something more adventurous, I saw Kimchi stew on the menu.  That would have been interesting...and spicy...

Oh, well...this day was all for Anna and this is where she wanted to go...