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You missed it Alan! It was Eric Asimov's main review last week. It was a sweet review that captured the essence of the place.
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re: Dave Feldman
After all the talk in the papers I dined at Bo last
night. I think it's already going downhill.
Instead of the wonderful service, every menu selection
was challenged by a waitress who told us we wouldn't
like the food because we weren't Korean.
The food was bland and dissapointing. Completely
lacking in the sharp, tonic jolt one associates with
Korean food.
And the vast majority of my fellow diners were
non-Asians clutching torn pages from the New York Times
or Newsday or even the Village Voice.
After my meal, I went over to Korea Town Plaza, just to
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re: Brian Yarvin
"Instead of the wonderful service, every menu selection
was challenged by a waitress who told us we wouldn't
like the food because we weren't Korean."
this means that those Times-clutching diners have been complaining about the less familiar dishes, perhaps even refusing to pay for stuff they find less than pleasing. This is the problem when you're a Times reviewer...many of your readers are famously imperious and--when it comes to less familiar cuisines like Korean--provincial, and you've got to be careful where you sic them. It's a shame to hear that the staff has become so skittish, but they sure didn't start out that way. I think Asimov was correct in gauging this a Times-reader-friendly kitchen, but apparently not...
"The food was bland and disappointing. Completely lacking in the sharp, tonic jolt one associates with Korean food"
It NEVER had the sharp, tonic jolt one associates with Korean food; Asimov did a great job--I thought--in explaining that this is a homier, gentler, more subtle style of Korean cooking (and a very authentic one at that...Koreans love the place). There are hundreds of tonic jolt korean places in Manhattan; why make the trip to Queens for more of the same?
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