JAWS Topokki — Restaurant in Buena Park

Got both take-out and dine-in for lunch here! The menu is straightforward with visuals. I like that they have an up close photo of all the gimbaps. We got their Duo set the first time with tteokbokki and gimbap, and then a la carte the second time.

Spicy fish cake, tuna, and the bareun gimbap: I love spicy fish cake, so that was tasty, although the original gimbap was my favorite because of all the fresh flavors and textures. I would get the tuna one if you're a tuna salad fan because it's mixed tuna and mayonnaise. The gimbaps are all so neatly made and pretty! I love eating the ends where the ingredients look all crazy.

Tteokbokki spicy: They don't play around with their spice here. When it comes to Korean spots, I always wonder if they're spice is more sweet or actual spice, and here it's actual spice. The portion is big enough for two or three people. It's really hot and chewy! I liked that they gave you fish cake in it.

Deep fried set: Super crispy! I liked the texture. My favorite item is always the glass noodles wrapped in seaweed. We dipped these in the spicy Tteokbokki sauce.

Assorted fish cake soup: This was so cozy and comforting. I can see myself getting this as a quick meal. We wish the weather was colder so this could warm us up more on the day we came! I love fish cake so this felt like a clean, refreshing meal.

The wait time is good, the stand is convenient, and there's plenty of seating in this food court. You can't go wrong...

Okay, when they first opened (pre-covid) the lines were ridiculous - I didn’t understand why. I’m not crazy about ddeokbokki and I never have “cravings” for it, but that being said, I do enjoy it from time to time when friends or hubby orders. But y’all, the ddeobokki here is DIFFERENT. it’s soooo chewy and so good. I have to say the sauce is on the spicy side - and I normally like spicy. But it’s the perfect amount of spice for smothering your kimbaps in.

The spicy pork kimbap is really good and so is the tuna. But if you’re ordering it with ddeokbokki, I recommend ordering it with the tuna kimbap to balance the spicy levels - your tongue will thank you later haha.

And if you’re ordering the ddeokbokki and kimbap, might as well order the fishcake soup as well bc the three go SO well together.

The deep fried set is good too and you get a variety of items but for me, not worth the $$. It’s too pricey for the # of pcs you get. It’s worth trying once though!

Definitely will be returning to try the fried shrimp kimbap! I tried to order it the second time I went but I didn’t realize they closed so soon. The manager and guy at the register were really nice though and let me order a couple things off the menu that were still available.

And guess what - I now have random cravings for...

Overall: 3.6/5 (take out)

Jaws TPK is located in the food court on level 3. The service was okay. The girls didn't look like they enjoyed working there. After we ordered, they gave us one of those buzzers. It took awhile for our food to come out so we browsed the food court and bought some donuts at the bakery.

Spicy Pork Gimbap ($9.49): The gimbap came in a cute container box. In terms of taste, it was just okay. The spicy pork wasn't as flavorful as the spicy pork you get at Korean restaurants. We dipped each piece in the wasabi mayo to give it more flavor. I wouldn't get this again.

(M) Deep Fried Set ($8.49): This set was good and came with one piece of sweet potato, shrimp, squid, seaweed roll, and dumpling. Everything was fried to perfection. My favorite was the seaweed roll then the sweet potato. The squid had a very elastic skin or something still on it. The shrimp & dumpling was alright.

Wasabi Mayo ($0.50): The sauce was thick, not too spicy, and tasted good with everything. However, they only filled the container...