Kibu

After returning from our spring break trip in San Francisco, my friends and I were feeling fat and lazy as we had gorged ourselves during the 3 day 2 night visit. We had excellent japanese sushi, ramen, In&Out Burgers and cheese cake factory.

So we decided to walk down to Kibu Cafe (as exercise), a Korean/Japanese restaurant past Chauncey Hill, next to the River Side appartements at 111. South River Road. It is right at at the end of the decline of the slope past chauncey hill.

Kibu has a very clean, homely feel to it and has a wide range of korean and japanese staples available. On the wall next to the counter, there is a sort of mural of the most popular foods they serve.

We had the Soon Tofu Soup (hot soup with tofu, seafood and vegetables)

Bulgoki Don (marinated beef stir-fried with vegetables on rice)

Dol Sot Bi Bim Bop (seasoned beef stir-fried with vegetables and egg on rice in hot stone ware).

All the dishes come with a free bowl of soup and the dishes without rice comes with a bowl of rice as a side. The soup is always egg drop soup with tofu and vegetable. It is delicious but be forewarned, it contains a lot of monosodium glutamate. The dishes usually take a while to come out, so try not to drink to much soup or you won't be able to finish your main dish.

Out of all the dishes, Soon Tofu Soup was the best. I liked it so much I ordered one extra for myself. However, when the dish came, I was serverely disappointed. They had watered the soup down. It was obvious as the taste of the soup was much weaker than the first one my friend ordered. I think they did so because they ran out of soup and didn't have enough time to cook more.

The overall experience was alright and despite the bad service, I will still go there as the food they serve is way better than what is serve at Maru's.

p.s. Kibu does not serve sushi.