Tuesday, June 28, 2011

California-style bibimbap in Pasadena


I had a surprisingly nice lunch in Pasadena last week.


It was a relatively new place called, Cham Korean Bistro (walking distance from where I used to live). Their food is not necessarily fusion, but the dishes are more like "California-style" Korean. So, you can imagine lots of colorful vegetables etc. with healthy choices.


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My friend had a cold noodle dish. She liked it.


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I had their version of dolsot (stone-pot) bibimbap. It came in a cute skillet with a handle. I loved the presentation. A fried-egg in the center was surronded by multi-grain brown rice, and the rice was topped with lots of vegetables with your choice of main item (I picked pork). I quickly started mixing the ingredients in the sizzling hot skillet.


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Ready to eat. It was really nice, and I loved the fact that there were a lot of vegetables in the dish. Perhaps, the seasoning was a bit too sweet to my taste, but overall it was a very nice dish.


The place was packed during the lunch time. Other dishes looked very nice, too.