# Mongolian BBQ- Why Sacramento? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 29, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131 "2000-11-29T01:46:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/21 "2000-11-29T05:50:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shy Ghost \* > There are a few of them in the Portland, Oregon metro area. One is Chang’s Mongolian Grill (one of my favorite restaurants), which has multiple restaurants You’re making me hungry and homesick at the same time. My college crowd used to make a quarterly pilgrimage to Powell’s (the Disneyland of literature) and hit Chang’s for lunch. There are at least two in the Seattle area also. ---
**Author:** ![Beruang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@Beruang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beruang)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/22 "2000-11-29T05:59:48Z")
Locations for the BD’s chain can be found at: [http://www.bdsmongolianbarbeque.com/locations.html](http://www.bdsmongolianbarbeque.com/locations.html) I have no idea if all Mongolian BBQ’s are run in the same manner as described in the OP. Korean BBQ is \*\* nothing \*\* like Mongolian. At a Korean BBQ, you sit at a table with a grill built into the top. You order from a menu. The waiter brings your raw meat (and about 347 little side dishes). You grill the meat yourself at your table. ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/23 "2000-11-29T06:55:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bibliophage \* > \*\*[Mongolian & Korean BBQ in the L.A. area](http://www.yummyla.com/restlists/bbq.htm) \*\* I’ve been to the one in Westchester. Not bad. Mongolian BBQ isn’t my favorite, but it’s a pretty decent change of pace. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/24 "2000-11-29T13:23:47Z")
Oblong writes: \> I don’t think the name Mongolian BBQ is trademarked, in \> other words, the ones around here are called BD’s \> Mongolian BBQ. So these may be variations of the \> Mongolian style. Either that or a franchise and they can \> add their own name to the beginning. Clearly it’s not trademarked. Trademarking it would be like trademarking “Thai restaurant” or some such. Mongolian Barbecue places aren’t particularly a new thing. It’s been around longer than, say, Buffalo wings. I remember Buffalo wing places starting to appear around the country in the late '70’s, and I’d heard of Mongolian Barbecue before then. Beruang writes: \> I have no idea if all Mongolian BBQ’s are run in the same \> manner as described in the OP. Well, if they aren’t, they’re doing it wrong. In my first post, I misspelled “barbecue” as “barbeque.” I knew that didn’t look quite right, but I couldn’t figure out why. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/25 "2000-11-30T04:29:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Oblong \* > \*\*There’s several in the metro Detroit area. > > I don’t think the name Mongolian BBQ is trademarked, in other words, the ones around here are called BD’s Mongolian BBQ. So these may be variations of the Mongolian style. Either that or a franchise and they can add their own name to the beginning. > > \*\* Funny, I never knew the ones in Okemos (East Lansing) or Royal Oak were “BD’s” – it’s never been evident on their signs. However, I _did_ notice the “BD’s” on the Sterling Heights store (which is no longer “coming soon” – it’s “here now”), and thought it was just a knockoff of the “real” “Mongolian Barbecue.” Anyone know any good churrascurias in Michigan? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/26 "2000-11-30T05:32:28Z")
Here in Edmonton in the frozen north we have several Mongolian Barbecue places. The two biggest ones are the Mongolian Food Experience, and the Genghis Grill. It’s probably my favorite food. ---
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/27 "2000-11-30T05:58:02Z")
Absolutely delicious. Plus the intricate way some of my friends stuff a small bowl with as much veggies and sauce can be structures rivalling the Sears Tower in engineering feats. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/28 "2000-11-30T07:11:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by even sven \* > \*\* > > Strangely, the only places I have found Mongolian BBQs is Sacramento. My friends from Los Angeles and San Francisco have never even heard of it! Yet in Sacramento their are a plethora of Mongolian BBQ restraunts to choose from. In some parts they are so dense that standing on a street corner you can see five of them at once. > > Why Sacramento? Are they popular anywhere else? \*\* There is one located in Addison, Texas which is just outside of Dallas. I like going there for lunch but it is generally crowded. I almost always get the same combination of seafood, noodles, and sauce. Marc ---
**Author:** ![LifeWillFall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@LifeWillFall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeWillFall)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/29 "2000-11-30T08:30:30Z")
I live in Northridge, CA not far from the one on reseda and plummber, it’s pretty good and exactly as you described ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/30 "2000-11-30T08:37:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Avumede \* > \*\*There’s one in Mountain View, CA as well. A friend of mine on first arriving in Mountain View, tried it and thought that the beef was carpaccio. He thought they just didn’t thaw it out enough 🙂 Luckily the owner ran up and stopped him from eating any more raw meat… \*\* I live real close to that place, Colonel Lee’s. I like it a lot. The soft-serve ice cream dispenser is a nice way to top off a meal. ---
**Author:** ![fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@fish\_in\_the\_sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fish_in_the_sky)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/31 "2000-11-30T09:24:56Z")
There’s one in Appleton Wisconsin. I think it’s called Mongol’s. Boatloads of veggies, noodles, a bunch of different kinds of meat, 2 kinds of tofu, and a dozen sauces to mix & match. Yum Yum Yum. ---
**Author:** ![FloChi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@FloChi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloChi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/32 "2000-11-30T09:27:52Z")
Just to show that it is not only the US and England, I have eaten in Mongolian BBQs in Sydney, Wellington and Stockholm. Now what ever happened to Death by Chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![steeljaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@steeljaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steeljaw)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/33 "2000-11-30T13:29:33Z")
I live in Sacramento and one time when I was at a Mongolian BBQ, I was leaving and this guy in a lamborghini was waiting for my parking spot. It was prime real estate, right up in front. Anyway, I was in a hurry to get out so he could get in and I was driving a Suburban. As I was backing out I saw in my back window the very top of a VW bug. I slammed on my brakes. The guy in the bug “sped” down the street for about 20 feet. Then I watched and the guys car started shaking. He ripped something off his dashboard or steering wheel or whatever and opened his door and threw it out the window. He then screamed out some expletives then drove twenty more feet into a lightpole in the parking lot. Then I left and the guy in the Lamborghini got my parking spot. This just goes to show that you never know what’s gonna happen when you go to the Mongolian BBQ. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131/34 "2000-11-30T15:55:53Z")
I daresay that the question “are they popular anywhere else?” has been answered. Can we let this thread die now? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mongolian-bbq-why-sacramento/43131.md?page=1)