One night during our recent trip to Las Vegas, we decided that we wanted a quiet, more low-key, less expensive meal than we’d been eating previous nights. Vic had a bright idea – let’s go to a Korean BBQ place.
Me, I wasn’t so thrilled with the idea. While never having had Korean BBQ, it just didn’t sound like anything I was interested in. But I played along.
We pressed a coworker into service and made him come along. Jim didn’t put up much resistance. We decided on Shilla Korean BBQ and Sushi Bar, and headed out.
The nice thing is that this is away from the hussle and bussle of the strip, as well as the casinos. The place wasn’t high decor, but who cares. It turns out that the food was good, and we all had a good time while eating it.
We started by ordering beers. We ordered one each; the waiter looked at us in dismay. She tried to explain that the beer was big – big enough to share one bottle for the entire table. We tried to explain that we were from Wisconsin – we don’t share beer. She didn’t believe us, but she gave in.
In all honesty, the beer was no big deal. It was a wimpy, slightly larger than normal bottle of beer. We drank it.
In my naive way, I hadn’t realized that Korean BBQ meant that you BBQ’d your meat at your table. I thought it meant bad, sweet BBQ sauce. I don’t like bad, sweet BBQ sauce. So I was pleasantly surprised. We ordered Shrimp, Beef, and something else that I can’t remember. I can’t remember it because the waitress forgot to bring it, and by the time we might have had an opportunity to remind her, we were too full to care.
The meal came with Kimchi, and other Korean side dishes. One of the most interesting ones was unidentified until I was hoodwinked into tasting it. Vic took some, passed it my way and said, “You’ve got to try this!” I am such a poor, trusting soul. I took a bite. Jim took a bite. I chewed on some salty, unidentified substance. Jim said, “hmmm, the texture is like jerky”. Vic snickered and announced that it was dried smelt in some sort of sauce. To prove it, he showed us the eyes of the fish.
Thanks, Vic.
But all in all, the food was good. Here’s a few pictures. And yes, we did finish our beer.
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Liked the suggestion!
I came here after reading your review and definitely had a great time at this place. The beers are big, but its good to share, so the beer always stays cold. Goes great with the grilled beef and pork.
Again thanks for the recommendation and keep on eatin!