For Cheap Korean BBQ Supremacy… Is Man Kang (aka Mr. Lee) The New Bud Namu?
As a $10 all you can eat Korean BBQ devotee it didn’t take me long to realize that the best under $10 ayce Korean BBQ place is the newest under $10 ayce Korean BBQ place. Stuffing your face with loads of grilled meat seems to be a dinner thing for most, but to draw people in for lunch many of these restaurants will offer the $10 ayce special just to get people in the door; the kalbi version of a loss leader. The problem is that once the place gets super popular at lunchtime, they need to either cut back on quality or raise the price. And while the average Korean lunchtime tourist may not notice, the devotee begins to look for new pastures.
When Don Day started to slip, I moved on to Bud Namu (which is great if you love bulgogi.) But my new favorite might be a place hidden on the second floor of the Cosmos Village strip mall on Western btw. 3rd and 4th. Man Kang if you believe Yelp, Mr. Lee if you go by the sign over the door.
