A Revisit to Sue's Korean Kitchen

Recently, my coworker "Richard" actually came into the office! I hadn't seen him in ages it seems and so I thought it would be nice to pick up some lunch. I gave him a couple of choices and he picked Sue's Korean Kitchen since he'd never had the food from there. I like getting to Sue's early; they open at 10 to avoid waits and crowds. He left it to me to do the ordering.

I arrived right after the place opened. The woman working waved at me and said "I haven't seen you in a long time, maybe almost a year!" Checking back, I hadn't visited Sue's in almost a year, she was right! Wow, what a memory!

Richard left it up to me to choose. I always get the Kimchi Fried Rice here, so I went and placed two orders. Richard is younger and is still a "growing boy" whereas my growth is more directed toward girth these days. So I knew he'd need more than Kimchi Fried Rice. So, I also ordered the bulgogi ($15). I did notice that the Kimchi Fried Rice has gone up a dollar to $10.99 since my last visit almost a year ago, which considering how other prices have risen didn't seem to bad to me.

My favorite here is still the Kimchi Fried Rice.

I get mine with Spam (of course) which adds a nice salty component to this fairly spicy version of KFR. The house made kimchi has a nice slightly fermented flavor and it seemed more intensely flavored then I recall. Richard loved this.

As for the Bulgogi. Well, I do like the panchan made inhouse....I've seen older Korean folks coming in to buy it in bulk from the fridge here.

    The Bulgogi was quite tender, perhaps a shade sweeter than I prefer, but not bad at all. Richard enjoyed this as well, telling me that this was better than what had recently had at a Korean place on Convoy! Go figure.

Since we had KFR, I took the white rice home along with some of the panchan, which the Missus gobbled up. Looks like I need to drop by and get some one of these days.

It was great having Richard in the office. Say what you will about the joys of remote work and perhaps I'm just an old fuddy-duddy, but I miss the social and collaborative spirit of working together in the same area.

Sue's really reminds me of the Korean BBQ places "back home" like Gina's, there's something soulful about these places. And just think, Sue's opened in spring of 2021, in the middle of the pandemic and they've survived! Maybe one day we'll learn their story.

For now....well, I think I'll need another kimchi fried rice fix soon!

Sue’s Korean Kitchen
6755 Mira Mesa Blvd.
Suite 109
San Diego, CA 92121
Hours:
Mon - Sat 10am - 9pm

Comments

[kat]

nice lunch

[Kirk]

It was Kat! I gotta visit more often.

[Kenneth]

Yes, if you have time to chat with them, I think it would be very interesting to hear their story. I'm impressed with any business that first open during covid. Food looks delish too!

[Kirk]

I'll try to do that Kenneth! It's nice, comfort food for me!

[Som Tommy]

Looks good!

[Soo]

Mmm... I want some bulgogi now.

[Kirk]

It was ST!

Hope you get your fix Soo!