We usually visit Mo Ran Gak once a year to eat with an elderly great aunt. She loves this place and so do we. We had 2 hours before boarding our flight after they open at 11 am on Sunday morning, so we came here at 10:30 am to make sure we maximized our BBQ eating time. It was a chilly morning so they offered excellent free Korean sweet cream coffee and black bean latte out of their vending machine. (It closed after they opened their doors)

We signed up on their Yelp waitlist stand and sat on their wooden bench outside their entrance. We browsed through their website menu on our phone while waiting.

Once our name was called, we were sat down into a booth. They promptly got us plates, utensils, water and a small tray of dipping sauces (salt with sesame oil and hot sauce) Between the four of us, we got Marinated Combo meat B for 2 that comes with a small tofu soup (soon dubu) and soft jiggly tasty steamed eggs. We also ordered the delicious marinated short ribs (Kalbi) bone-in (since we like to gnaw on the cooked ligaments on the bone afterwards) and mul naengmyeon (long al dente cold buckwheat noodles in a refreshing cold lightly sweet beef broth with small thin slices of beef, cucumbers, and pickled white Korean radish, and a half boiled egg.) You have to add the vinegar and mustard to the broth to your taste. The star of this dish is the al dente noodles and cold broth. It is quite addictive if the broth is made right.) They were generous in refilling the side dishes (banchan). Our favorites remain the well marinated softened torn dry squid, fragrant chapchae noodles and vegetables, and crunchy napa kimchi). They were giving us bonus treats like miniature bindae-tteok (delicious crispy mung bean pancake with soft beanny (?sp) insides eaten with a dipping sauce.) That was soo good! We enjoyed rolling the grilled piece of meats on our square steamed rice pasta. I added some kimchi, garlic in the roll and popped it into my mouth. The service was excellent. Alex was our major to-go staff. He was always checking on us and getting what we needed. But there were four more staff who came to cook and flip the grilling meats, getting us more iced water, banchans, and the tray of sliced garlic, jalapeños, and samjang bean sauce, and more. Together, they made a seamless eating experience of pure enjoyment. We finished eating in 48 minutes and paid by 11:55 am and out the door to SNA airport. We were satisfied and happy. May your days be as tasty!