Kuji Asian Grill — Restaurant in Woodland

I eat here every few weeks. Sometimes more. It's my favorite place in Woodland. I love the back story about the owners: a couple merging their names to create "Kuji," and working hard to bring their favorites to us. I'm eternally grateful; the food is delicious. The kimchi is homemade, so is the Sriracha-type hot sauce. I get extra kimchi with every order. They also have the most delicious Korean pickles. My favorites are the pork belly salad, stone pot bimimbop, the K-chicken sandwich with extra aioli, and now, the tataki seared tuna salad. SoooOOooo goooOOood. It had slightly spicy, thinly sliced tuna that had been sliced after searing. There was super flavorful dressing that didn't drown the salad. Shaved (I think) jicama, or maybe it was that Japanese white radish. Avocado, and of course greens. I can't say it enough, how delicious it was. Crunchy and crispy, soft and smooth, savory and slightly spicy, fresh and yummy! They have a couple different flavor teas and boba. The berry tea is pretty good, but I always get Thai tea, no boba. I don't think I've ever had something I don't like. I always want to try something new when i look at the menu, but I just love my favorites! Most of the time, I feel like the portion sizes are perfect! No box to bring home, no hassle. Every bite super satisfying. But, every once in a while, I want a bit more.. not because I'm still hungry, but because it's that good. Try this place, ask for the pork belly salad or whatever you want, you won't be disappointed. Anyway, thank you, Kuji, I'm so glad I found you. your...

I love this place because I appreciate eating at places where you can taste, feel and see the passion and hard work chefs put into the food! This place does not cut corners, with the owner/chefs even making the Korean pickles, marinades and sauces (including the mayonnaise) from scratch.

Kuji’s bibimbap is probably the best I have had. Bibimbap originated as a dish of leftovers over rice and at some restaurants it feels that way, but not here! This dish at Kuji is made with a variety of fresh tasting vegetables and the meat is delicious. It’s served in a stone pot, which makes the rice on the bottom toasty and crunchy. When you mix the rice, vegetable, meat and egg together with their red pepper sauce, it’s like heaven in a bowl!

There are also several other stand out dishes. The fried chicken sandwich is served on thick slices of toasted bread. The chicken has been brined for 24 hours, so it is moist and flavorful. It also contains a slaw tossed in fresh vinaigrette. My Korean-American husband cannot stop talking about the deliciousness of their bibimkooksoo and he usually tries to avoid carbs. Their salmon, chicken wings, spam musubi, takai salad and kalbi are also excellent. If the pork belly noodle special was on the menu again, I would order it. The pork belly was marinated in miso paste, and then it was sliced, seared and placed on noodles stir fried with fresh vegetables.

This order-at-the-counter place is clean, the chefs and staff are friendly and the place’s modern furniture and plates add to a very...

Let me begin by thanking Kai and Suji (the owners) for only raising their prices by $1 or $2 since 2019 and continuing to make delicious, well-portioned food.

With that said, Kuji looks like a simple, counter-service restaurant with ambiance to match, but the youthful husband and wife team in the kitchen churn out huge quantities of delicious food. To understand the menu, it helps to know that chefs are Korean but worked (and met) in Hawaii, so the food is Korean (e.g. kalbi, bulgogi, japchae) served Hawaiian plate lunch-style along with some Hawaiian classics (e.g. loco moco as a special, poke bowls) and a few Japanese-Hawaiian dishes (e.g. chicken katsu, spam musubi).

I’ve eaten everything on the menu (literally), but for me the Korean dishes are the best, especially the spicy pork and bulgogi japchae plate lunches. The salads (tataki and pork belly) are also great - fresh, well-portioned, and well-dressed with tangy, flavorful salad dressings. The dolsot (stone pot) bibimbap is also very good, but I only order it during off-peak hours. When they are super busy, they don’t have enough turnaround time to let the stone pots get screaming hot, so you don’t get the crispy rice bottom. But if you don’t care about that then it’s worth trying because it's yum. Speaking of peak hours (esp. lunch time), they do a lot of take out orders so your food may take some time to come out…but then again, they don’t claim to be fast food, just good food...although they are still pretty fast during...