Thedam — Restaurant in Seoul

The restaurant was nearly empty on Friday 8pm in busy Hongdae. The service was bizarre, uncomfortable and extremely rude while the food was mediocre at best.

The sole waitress was heavy handedly insistent on speaking Chinese to me the entire evening. I made it clear I did not understand her and needed an English menu, but she proceeded to put a Chinese menu in front of me anyways and insisted I use it. She responded to all my requests in Chinese throughout the meal. After my meal, the chef came out of the kitchen and the two of them stood 10 feet away from me, while giving me a stare-down as they were clearly talking about me. This behavior created an unpleasant and hostile environment all evening.

Now on to the food: over battered fried items bathing in a sweet mayonnaise with an overly sweet orange sauce drizzled all over. Nasty. Steamer full of unseasoned ingredients and no dipping sauces. Dried out pork belly.

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