Yuk Dae Jang San Gabriel — Restaurant in San Gabriel

Today, I brought the whole family to have Korean food at Yuk Dae Jang and drink some beef soup. In the end, only Grandma actually drank the soup--everyone else just focused on eating the meat

I really liked the minimalist interior design of the restaurant. The dark gray walls paired with warm lighting gave off a very clean and cozy vibe.

We ordered the Beef Brisket Sullung Tang with Glass Noodle, the Premium Bossam (boiled in various herbs, small size)--which is steamed pork belly served with napa cabbage--the Prime Beef Bulgogi with Glass Noodle, and two portions of handmade dumplings for the kids.

The pork belly was especially popular--my wife and I nearly finished the whole plate ourselves. Then came the dumplings, which were almost completely devoured by the two kids.

Grandma really enjoyed the beef soup; since she eats on the lighter side, it suited her taste perfectly.

Everything stayed hot really well--the beef soup and grilled pork belly were kept warm with gas burners at the table, and they were served in stone pots, which retain heat better.

The servers were very attentive and provided timely service. Overall, it was a great...

They gave me purple rice that was smelling old and hard without asking me which rice I want. The side dishes were small. The fish cakes banchan was tasting like flour, cheap ingredient. The dish I had was mushroom soup but it was lack of umami. The servers treat you bad if you speak Korean and you are a Korean. I had an impression that they were serving OLD purple rice only to Korean customers while I was there to get rid of the rice. The table behind me was a Korean group also and they all had purple rice. All the other non Korean customers got newer and fresher white rice. And I got charged the additional rice.(and it was another purple rice) Who charges a small bowl of rice? I wanted to say that the rice is too old and why not ask us what we want, but I didn't because I did not ruin the family lunch. Anyways not going back again. When this place was controlled by the owner, it was not like this. The food was fresh and all good quality. I hope it was only on that day when...

Found perfect parking in front!

Went inside and was told my whole party had to be here for us to be seated.

The host/waiter then asked if I could wait outside. It was 60 degrees outside, that is cold for my SoCal skin!! Found out later that he asked everyone else (who was currently seated) to wait outside too so to be fair, he wanted to keep on with the request. If he just told me that earlier, I would have understood. But the way he asked was rude and made it seem very inconsiderate when it was really cold and windy outside!

Apart from him, the female server was very nice and accommodating. She helped cut our meat and brought all the utensils and things we needed. If it wasn't for her, I would have given a lower rating.

The food is good. I would say Sun Nong Dam is better but it's closed now :0(

Being seated in front of the door on a freezing night was not the best either. Every time someone came in or left, felt the wind breeze. It just unfortunately, was not the...