Double O Restaurant & Bar — Restaurant in Diamond Bar

I came here since I saw on their menu that they sell cheonggukjang ($15.99) and not alot of restaurants sell it since it has a strong fermented smell and taste, similar to natto according to the lady. I saw a video of a Korean vlogger eating it in a restaurant and I was curious. I had asked the lady for one and she strongly recommended me to get something more basic since I'm not Korean and the smell can be off-putting. I never grew up with this stew but I was willing to try. It got to the point another lady came out of the kitchen to see me eat the stew.

The wait time was not long, the lady gave me several banchans like kimchi, bean sprouts kimchi, cucumber kimchi, fishcakes, stir-fried potatoes, braised tofu, and purple rice. The stew came out piping hot, it was filled with chopped tofu, onions, and zucchini; super thick and chunky. It did have a strong smell and taste but it didn't bother me as I expected.

Place gives off old-school vibes, lots of older Korean people dining inside. The lady was nice, she was trying very hard to explain the stew to me. The parking lot can get packed, I went during the weekday so it was easier to...

This is a hidden old school style Korean cafe.

That means traditional Korean dishes and of course beer on tap along with bottled, Korean beer, soju and Korean wines.

Probably the most popular dish is the whole fried chicken which had crisp seasoned chicken skin and was good for about two people.

To order the chewy spicy noodles which were interesting but delicious. They were more sweet than spicy, but they had the kind of heat that builds bite after bite. Definitely a come back dish.

Also ordered in my group were the chicken gizzards, the escargo and of course the crowd pleasing bulgogi rice plates.

Definitely a spot that deserves more attention considering they are open late (hours say midnight) definitely seems like a place that would stay open for you if you were ordering but also seems like a place that would close early if no one came in at 11:20.

Apparently the spot has been around...

Rare gem of Korean food that is not very Americanized and still keeps its Korean-ness!! And also FREE RICE!!

The seafood pancake is absolutely totally completely amazing. It has a lot of vegetables but they cooked them to be so soft and the flavor was inside every string of spring onions. Bulgogi was delicious and has a lot of veggies. Kimchi was homemade! You can see and feel the taste difference. They have hand-pulled noodles too.

A very delicious homemade restaurant I...