Manna Dosirak is the latest restaurant in the tiny strip of businesses on the corner of 15th and D Streets NE in Kingman Park. It's a tough spot as its predecessors moved on from the location. I hope Manna Dosirak can crack the code, because their product is excellent.
It's a small Korean restaurant owned by a couple. The wife takes your order and they both go to the nearby open kitchen to make your food. The space itself caters to the take-out crowd, but there are several high stools with wall seating. Note there aren't any outlets so don't expect to charge your phone as you eat.
The menu includes boxes and a menu for larger portioned food. They also sell bibimbap. For $10.50 after-tax, I ordered the beef box with white rice, kimchi, and cheesy corn. Each part of the meal was well prepared and the seasoning on the beef...wow...amazing!
They have a fridge stocked with all kinds of soda. For $1 (they take cash), I had an orange...
Read moreI used to live in Seoul and the food is actually pretty authentic and not super expensive. Korean food isn’t supposed to be expensive, which is why Anju kind of upsets me. I got the fried shrimp-perfectly seasoned and fried, very tasty. I also got the spicy pork bento and that was yummy with the grilled kimchi. I got a beef bimbimbop and it was very good, but huge portion. I also got the sweet rice honey pancakes and they were sooo good! Those are traditional street food and it makes me miss Korea so much. Can’t wait to order...
Read moreI ordered a Steak plate that included Rice , corn cheese , kimchi, dumplings, broccoli, and a order of pancakes. My brother always liked to order the food when he was living in DC area and I just tried it on Tuesday , but I was really disappointed . The rice was overcooked, the corn cheese came with a lot of fatty oil , it looked so disgusting, The pancake was not properly cooked . Thanks goodness I received the full money back from DoorDash that day , otherwise I was going to press charges for giving a disgusting...
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