-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 02-26-16  06:46 <=-

 DD>> I have had mild, medium and hot Korean stuff. Some of the hot things
 DD>> are right up there with Goanese or Thai dishes. And some of it is
 DD>> variable - like bulgogi which I have experienced from mild to wild.
 NB>> At our favorite Korean place, they let you add however much of the hot
 NB>> sauce you wish on your bimimbab... It comes out pretty mild... :)  Back
 NB>> before Yang's closed, in his Japanese/Korean incarnation, we had a very
 NB>> tasty and HOT dish, Kimchee stir-fried beef (or maybe it was pork)...
 NB>> Extra chile peppers along with extra kimchee to give an extra zip...
 NB>> We'd been prepared to find it too hot, potentially, but it was fine...
 NB>> the rice and the tea were quite welcome additions, though... :)

 DD> I wish I had a Korean restaurant here.

Maybe someday...  Or if you come out this way, you can try ours... :)

 DD> Got lotsa Chinese, some Thai, couple Vietnamese, couple Indian,
 DD> couple Japanese(ish). Thankfully the Benihana type joint went tits
 DD> up a long time ago. Osaka and Wasabi remain. 

At least you have some variety... :)

 DD> Our sole Korean restaurateurs ran the Golden Dragon and only had a
 DD> couple of Korean things among the Chinese offerings. And they are
 DD> closed, building for sale and the owners taking the dirt nap. But,
 DD> they didn't even offer kimchi. 

The owner of Arigato (Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi) was Korean... I
don't think she had kimchee on offer, either...  But then there wasn't
any Korean dishes there, either... except for what she might fix for the
staff on occasion... ;)  My son worked there for a while as a
bartender... 

When Yang's was remodeled, and went from Chinese to Japanese/Korean,
he'd been told by his Korean friends that the market was wide open for a
good Korean restaurant here... and when he opened, indeed there was a
large clientele waiting for him... :)  Mrs. Yang was already making
kimchee before that, though, and it showed up on their modest lunch
buffet offering...  Now we have at least three Korean restaurants just
in the Henrietta area, and Yang's has been closed for over a decade...

ttyl      neb

... I guess it takes more than birthdays to get maturity!

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