Yay!
So we got:
Astroboy + wife
Scout
Encinitas
fetus
Cherry
Taber
That’s seven, according to my calculator… the reservation was made for 10, so we still have some room! Everyone come hungry!
Do they have those little balls of warm dough with hot shredded pork inside? I would sell my soul to the Devil for a lifetime supply of those. Hell, I would sell my soul to the Raiders :eek:
Dunno if they have them at the restaurant, but I can show you where to buy them about a block away!
Anyways, we have a little bit of a drive, so we’re off in case traffic is bad… see you there!
Please do! I’ll be leisurely Doping, as I live right next to Montgomery Field. See you in an hour, hopefully less traffic-weary! 
Car keys - check
Appetite - check
OK, I’m on my way!
Well, we’re back (or I am, anyway)! It was a blast, and it was great to finally put (user)names to faces. The food was excellent, fun was had by all, I finally broke my Dopefest cherry, and we even closed down a frozen yogurt place. Unfortunately, Astroboy14 and I both forgot our cameras, and those members of the party who had camera phones couldn’t figure out how to use them, so no pictures for you curious types. (lobstermobster-style diagrams may yet be coming, though.) Astro’s wife was charming, although I’m afraid we kept shooting Doper inside jokes right over her head all night, the poor thing. We didn’t end up crashing scout1222’s SO’s D&D game sloshed on soju, since unfortunately we all drank in moderation.
Yes, a good time was had. Only one person didn’t make it; hopefully because Cherry couldn’t come, not got lost.
It was a bit a comedy of errors, name-wise: The restaurant that wifey had made reservations at was named as I stated. The name on the sign outside the restaurant, of course, was in Korean, not English!! :smack:
No worries, however: this being the Dope, all of our members had taught themselves to read Korean prior to leaving for the 'fest. 
Anyways, everyone seemed to enjoy the food, for which wifey is happy.
Then we left for desert, and found that the frozen yogurt shop had a different name than the one we told everyone as we left the Korean restaurant! Again: :smack:
Turns out that the owners (that wifey knows) had bought the place a few weeks earlier, and were still using the biz cards from the previous owners, even though they had changed the name of the place (or something of the sort… I’m still unclear…)
Anyways, it pleased. It sparkled.
Wow, that was my first Korean food experience and now I’m addicted. Many thanks to “wifey” for choosing the restaurant and doing all the ordering. Yum! Good to see some familiar doper faces and several new ones as well. We were in agreement that the Neutron Star housemate arrest saga has us all hooked.
I’m glad to see I’m not the only early riser.
I would just like to say that I swear I can still taste garlic.
The poor thing ate a whole clove of garlic (after sticking it on the barbecue for a few minutes, as if that would help)!
Looks like you had fun. Sorry I couldn’t come, my husband didn’t get home in time with the car. (He was out in the LA area and traffic and such). Maybe the next time it will work out better. So was the bbq good?
Oh yeah. It was really good.
No worries Cherry; just glad you didn’t come and get lost! That was my main worry… where do you live? Up in LA?
And she really enjoyed the side dishes, too.
Cool, there are a lot of Korean BBQs from where I’m from in Toronto so I love eating it. Astroboy14 I live down here in La Jolla.
Oh! Astroboy14, can you tell me the name and location of the place you mentioned upthread, where you can get those hot shredded pork dough ball things, please? Thanks!
Just bumping this to say “ditto” because I too enjoy those thingies.
:smack:
Totally forgot when we were leaving the restaurant!
It’s the Zion Market on Mercury St.
The thingies you are looking for are called “Hot Bang” (very short “o” sound… not like hot meaning too warm… and the “a” sounds like “ah”); at least if I am understanding correctly, and I’m pretty sure I am. They come in both meat and veggie varieties.
They are usually eaten in Korea during the winter. All stores will have a steam-box full of them. I don’t know if Zion market has a steam-box (although I wouldn’t be surprised), but they should at least have Hot Bang probably in the refrigerated section somewhere.
Actually… maybe a better Romanization of the name would be “hobbang”.