Sunday, February 19, 2012

Onigiri at BibimBap [Joomuk-bap]

BibimBap is in the spot formerly occupied by Bento Kudasai. The place has changed owners, names etc. several times in the past year or two. I used to be called Grab N Bowl, which I never went to because it was called Grab N Bowl. BibimBap is apparently new enough that nobody has interneted it yet. I'm not going to be the one. At least not today.

Anyway, I thought I'd stop in for a light breakfast. Onigiri breakfast.

spicy tuna, fried anchovy, crab meat





Yes, that's an anchovy's head. Fried Anchovy joomuk-bap.

crab meat joomuk-bap

spicy tuna joomuk-bap


This being a Korean place, I think it's probably more properly called joomukbob or joomuk-bap. And, indeed, these are not the triangles of rice with stuff in the middle that I was expecting.

Not that I'm complaining. These things were good.

Well, the crab and the spicy tuna were fantastic. The fried anchovy was just a bit much.

Because it was a giant ball of fried anchovies.

A. Giant. ball of fried anchovies.

Heads and all. Now, I like weird preserved fish things as much as the next man. But no. Don't think I'm having it again.

Other stuff, yeah. I'll go back for the other stuff.

6 comments:

  1. that is a LOT of anchovy. i wonder what could temper that, besides beer.

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  2. I didn't even post the picture of the "pure anchovy" section. It was... intense.

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  3. were they chewy? that's like, a whole school o' fish there.

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  4. The way they were fried... I wouldn't call it chewy exactly. Maybe 'al dente.' Or 'tough.'

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  5. I WANT THIS. NOW. you get for me.

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