GRUB 411:

• Myung San Restaurant 162-19 Depot Rd; Flushing, NY 11358; (718) 888-1245
• PRICE: $$
• TYPE: Korean country-style
• SeoulDiva Says: After a 2nd visit, this place is among my fave Korean restaurants in Flushing.  Food is clean-tasting, flavorful and NOT OVERLY SALTED!!  They also use a lot of Perilla in their stews, so it has a very authentic and country Korean taste!
• SeoulDiva Rating:   ♥♥♥♥ / ♥♥♥♥♥

FULL REVIEW:
It’s always good to re-visit a restaurant you raved about.  That way, you can see if it was truly all-that, or if it was a food fluke.
I first visited Myung San back in August with my parents and was pleasantly surprised to find such delicious COUNTRY-style Korean food.  We went back this past Thursday for a pre-turkey Thanksgiving meal.
Let me tell you: this place is no fluke.
The food was just as delicious as before: clean-tasting, fresh, with a range of flavors.  And they are seriously country Korean — in the best possible way.  The table next to us were eating fresh, homemade gejang!
Please click for menus below:

• Chef’s Specialties
• Table D’Hote
• Entrees
• BBQ
• Casseroles

Here’s a plate-by-plate of our meal:

• Banchan: The banchan that came complimentary with the meal were fantastic.  Usually you get thrown a 3 small plates made with exactly the same seasoning, but every dish had its own unique flavor.

• Makgeolli:   A traditional Korean sweet rice wine.  Me & my familia threw down over brunch.  This particular variety had a very “cereal” taste to it (perhaps it had some corn mixed in to the wine).  Makgeoli is ladeled out into small bowls for consumption.

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• SSAMBAP JUNGSIK:   various vegetables with grilled pork and homemade miso.  My mom isn’t a big red meat-eater, she loved veggies.  So she always gets this dish.  Essentially it’s a platter of assorted leaves: red-leaf lettuce, fresh perilla, fresh seaweed, raddichio and fresh peppers.  The best is the fresh homemade fermended “miso” or ssamjiang.  If it were peanut butter, it would be the “extra chunky” variety!  She didn’t really eat the pork, but it’s OK – I did!  SEOULDIVA SAYS: ♥♥♥♥ / ♥♥♥♥♥

• DAEGU MAEWOON TANG: codfish, vegetable and spicy casserole. I wanted something relatively light and non-red meat based, which is hard to find in Korean Cooking.  So I decided on this tried & true Codfish soup.  It was SO TASTY.  The best part: it was spicy (from the fresh peppers) but it wasn’t overly salty.  SO often, Korean food is laden with too much sodium (or MSG).  It was a delight to find that food could still taste good without the salt!  SEOULDIVA SAYS: ♥♥♥♥♥ / ♥♥♥♥♥

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• BULGOGI JUNGSIK:  sliced barbecued beef with mixed salad. My dad — who really shouldn’t be eating red meat — ordered this puppy.  It was classic bulgogi served with glass noodles, accompanied by a fresh chive salad.  The bulgogi was not overly sweet (another typical Korean restaurant faux pas), and the chive side salad was HEAVEN.  It was perfectly seasoned with light vinegar, sesame oil (for flavor) and sugar.  One of the best I’ve ever had at a Korean restaurant!  SEOULDIVA SAYS: ♥♥♥♥ / ♥♥♥♥♥