Lotte Bunsik — Restaurant in Edison

The quality of the food is insane. Typically when I go to store fronts in a food court- in general it is very mid, but not here. The food here was so high quality you could’ve told me it came from a high end restaurant in NY and I would’ve believed you.

#14 was delicious, the meat was so tender and the broth was warm, sizzling, it was sweet! A bit savory and just so flavorful. The order came with a bowl of white rice (I love white rice) kimchi (it was spicy and savory) and it also came with a side salad with a deliciously sweet dressing. You could tell all the flavors were well thought out. And I love that. The care that went into my food really brought me joy.

My fried got #19 which was the Tonkatsu. There were two and it was simply crisped to perfection . They had this sweet, almost peanut like sauce on top that complemented the crispy pork so well. This meal came with a small side of yellow radish. It also came with a side of white rice and the same salad I got.

While we were here my friend decided to try the cheese tteokbokki. We were sharing so I got to try it too and 😫 it was so good! Deliciously sweet, chewy and flavorful. The rice cakes were covered in sauce. There were also fish cakes on the dish and of course, the cheese! It also came with a hard boil egg but that wasn’t really anything to write home about.

But now, for probably my absolute favorite side!! - the SAMGAK GIMBAP! It had a delicious, seeet, a lil spicy and solid filling. I had to buy another one just to take home and have it the next day.

Talking about that, we did have leftovers to take home because the potion sizes were big, definitely worth your buck.

I highly recommend this place. It is now one of my favorite.

Side note: if the owners are reading, PLEASE, PLEASE have the Gimbap as part of the regular menu. I want to be able to always order it. It is absolutely amazing....

This is a place inside of the Lotte Market food court. Seating is limited which hurts some of the eateries in this food court. This one especially. Food is cooked on order so it takes a little time to get your food when you order. Prices are decent for Korean food. We had the ttukbaegi Bulgogi and a Kimbop (beef). I really liked the Kimbop especially for $5.99. The Ttukbaegi Bulgogi was solid and a decent price at $14.99. With the more expensive dishes you also get several sides which included purple rice, beans, kimchi, bean spouts, pickled radish, and I believe a small dish of tteokbokki. The sides are hit or miss… I didn’t like what I believed was a sampler of tteokbokki as the flour cakes and the sauce didn’t go well together but the sauce and the fish cake slice there did go well together. The kimchi was forgettable. I did really like the green beans, bean spouts, and the pickled radish sides. The rice was just right too. Overall, I liked the place and want to try some more dishes here.

The major complaint is that the lack of seating in the food court really hurt this and the other korean eatery here. Both do serve...

Recommend : jangjangmyeon* Good: kimchi Ok: bibimbap Meh: tteokbokki, jangjangteokbokki, bugolgi salad

I was really excited to try the jangjang teokbokki because I love their jangjangmyeon (at least used to love, I'm now worried they changed the recipe). But the sauce on the jangjang teokbokki was much thinner and despite coming in a huge dish with much volume, most of it is cabbage. After having two pieces I had a hard time finding any tteokbokki and so I counted (including the ones that I ate) a total of 9 pieces. Which is pretty disappointing considering it's a 14$ dish so that's like 1.5$ per piece of rice cake.

Bibimbap was ok.

Bugolgi salad tasted nice but I found quite a bit of disintegrated/rotting lettuce in the salad.

Overall, seems like they've changed some stuff up and not...