Fusion Korean Restaurant — Restaurant in Airway Heights

This is my first time stopping in Spokane for some food. I travel destination was actually Coeur d'Alene, but I flew in this time and decided to grab a bite to eat before I drove to my hotel. I guess I decided it's time to experience Spokane for a change.

I wanted something healthy, and something Asian. A quick search found several options near the airport, including Korean, one of my comfort foods, so I picked this place. Plus it had decent ratings.

Arriving at the location. I noted it was a dated building with difficult access and a small parking lot. Never mind, I just want good Korean food. Sometimes your best dining experiences are old mom and pop locations. Once inside, the "mom" greeted me nicely and gave me a seat.

I was excited to see on the menu hot stone bibinbop. I haven't had this for a long time. Likely the last time I was in California.

When I ordered I asked if it came with "banchan," which are the small plates of vegetables or different pickles items accompanying an entree (e.g. kimchi, sesame bean sprouts, kimchi, cucumber, etc). She gave me this cute smile and said absolutely. To that I became excited, and said please bring me a bunch. Note to those trying Korean food for the first time, good Banchan is really the reason you get Korean food. At least that's my opinion. Banchan are awesome and delicious and good Korean restaurants refill them regularly throughout your meal. Plus they're very healthy being all vegetables. Kimchi in particular as a fermented vegetable has excellent probiotics.

At any rate about 10 minutes later out came a large platter of bonchon, and my hot stone bibimbap. I joyfully begin to stir it up putting some spicy sauce to give it a little kick, mixing up the rice, vegetables and meat.

First bite, hot, and yummy. Second bite, still nice and hot due to the hot stone bowl, and even more tasty. Adding a little more spicy sauce, I mixed it up and began to dig in heartily. Halfway through, I had completed eating most of my bonchon. She came out to ask how my meal was, and I asked if I could have more banchan. To which she said of course, giving me another huge smile. I sat there gorging on banchan and hot stone deliciousness, until I was just absolutely stuffed. What a wonderful little gem here in Spokane. Who would have known.

As always the question I asked myself is would I come back again? My answer, absolutely. In fact I want to come back just for this place lol 😂. There isn't a place like this down in Boise unfortunately. Oh well, till next time Fusion Korean Restaurant. You've got a...

There are surprisingly three Korean restaurants in the city of Airway Heights. I decided to try them all before the new year. Starting with Fusion. Let's begin with the decor; a number of well cared for plants line the walls, a couple of Asian pieces of art, and two very out of place pictures of the Leaning Tower. The tables and chairs are a bit mismatched and beaten up, but are clean. The staff was friendly and quick with service. I ordered the spicy Korean sliced beef with a tempura shrimp roll to start. My shrimp roll was very good with just the right ratio of rice, shrimp, cucumbers, and cream cheese. The sauce on top was just sweet enough as well. My sliced beef came out of the kitchen sizzling loud enough to turn heads and make fajitas jealous. The meat was tender, the vegetables were still a touch firm, and the traditional side dishes were tasty as well. My only complaint was for being called spicy there wasn't enough heat in my opinion.

The price wasn't unreasonable when I got the bill but I would think a bigger portion of sliced beef was in order for that much.

I'm truly glad I tried it and reccomend everyone should...

I got a combo #4 with sweet and sour chicken and my husband got a combo #1 with the bulgogi. Combo #1 came with banchans, California roll, bulgogi and pork dumplings. The California roll was pretty plain and only alright. The dumplings were perfectly crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. The banchans were very fresh and included some delicious kimchi. The bulgogi was well seasoned and very filling. Combo #4 came with banchans, butterflied shrimp and sweet and sour chicken. Again, the banchans were great and fresh. The shrimp was well breaded and the sauce added just enough flavor without being overwhelming. The sweet and sour chicken was probably the best I've ever had. It tasted like Chinese American sweet and sour without all the red dye in the sauce. The breading was so thin so you were eating mostly chicken which is great. The interior of the restaurant has local artists art, plants, and pottery for sale which I also...