Seoul Corea - this Thursday, 9/13

It was a pleasure and honor to meet so many of you at today's perfect picnic.

Here are two possibilities for some calming after-work homemade Korean food at GNR first-time nominee Seoul Korea in Hyde Park: Thursday, September 13, or Tuesday, September 18.

While these two dates straddle the nomination deadline, I'm more interested in introducing the food than campaigning since there is so little track record here with the new owners. If both dates are bad, it's therefore easily possible to reschedule for a time when a warming bowl of soup is more seasonable.

If this is even imaginable, the space is about half the size of Katy's Noodles, and there will be other patrons around, so a group of more than about six would be very hard to seat, and we might have to kill time with falafel at the Nile next door. You can preview the menu here:

http://chicago.menupages.com/restaurantdetails.asp?areaid=0&restaurantid=11167&neighborhoodid=0&cuisineid=38&home=Y

I'll throw this out - I'll be planning to eat there myself on Thursday the 13th at 6:30 and will welcome any takers. If there is a groundswell for Tuesday the 18th instead, we'll go that way. Vote away or discuss in thread; I'm completely open to another time as well if it's hard to get to Hyde Park.

The address is 1603 E. 55th (towards the lake from the Metra / old "IC" on 55th street), under an awning that usually says the old name, Cafe Corea, but which is currently obscured by scaffolding.

I'm in if it's still on for 9/13. Possibly +1.

crrush wrote:I'm in if it's still on for 9/13. Possibly +1.

I'm there as well, looking forward to dinner.

I hope to be there tomorrow.

Still on for Thursday! Let me know if 6:30 is the best time (that's when I plan to be there unless I hear otherwise). If there's any wait, which is unlikely, I can point out the other decent places to those not familiar with Hyde Park to pass the time. As Amata and Antonius can attest, most of these places are more interesting than actually good, like Rajun Cajun for Soul Food and Indian side by side, although they at least have one "hit" dish each.

Seoul Corea is one of the few with great cooking all around, and I look forward to sharing it with you, if only so you have a soup place on your way down to That's-a-Burger and Uncle John's (and Old-Fashioned for dessert).

I'll hold down a table for 4 (expandable to 6 if we get any last minute takers or crrush's +1) at 6:30 tonight. Looking forward to the meal.

LTHers,

I picked up my biweekly takeout tonight about 6:30 at Seoul Corea and saw a group of 4 that I thought had to be you! Sorry I didn't introduce myself--I hate making the wrong guess in such situations. If it was you, I hope you had as good a meal as we did--japchae vegetable pancake, tender squid with vegetables and delicate noodles, and spicy soup with egg and shredded beef.