Part steakhouse, part Korean BBQ...what's not to like?
We got the Butcher's Feast and tacked on a few other items. The steak was definitely very high quality. With the exception of the galbi, all of the steaks are seasoned only with a bit of salt tableside before going on the grill. Galbi is normally one of my favorite K-BBQ items, but while good at Cote, I enjoyed the other cuts much more -- no need for marinade and extra sauce when the steak is such good quality. Like other K-BBQ places, there was lettuce and the thick paste/sauce (ssam-jang) on the side, and while I normally enjoy making lettuce wraps, the steakhouse quality of the meats made it seem almost wrong to add heavy sauce and/or make a lettuce burrito out of it. My only gripe on the meat would be the serving size isn't that large -- another reason why our table practically ignored the lettuce wraps, as the lettuce leaves were large, and there was just enough of each cut of meat to sample and savor, and it would've probably taken the entire per person serving to have a passable amount of meat to lettuce ratio (and then you don't have enough left to taste the meat on its own).
I was a bit worried we'd leave hungry after we devoured the meat, but then the stews and rice came (and we also got the wagyu kimchi paella and jan-chi somyun), and we were quite satisfied after that. Both stews were good, but the highlights were definitely the add-ons. The paella was a deliciously flavorful and crispy kimchi wagyu fried rice, and the jan-chi somyun didn't look like much, but one bite was enough to win over the entire table. It was a light broth and complemented all of the other heavy foods well, and the angel hair noodles were so soft I'm not sure I really chewed. Highly recommend.
As a side note, we also ordered the Korean bacon appetizer, but that was the most underwhelming. Not bad, but really not that standout either, especially in comparison to everything else.
Overall a wonderful meal, and I look forward to coming back.
We got the Butcher's Feast and tacked on a few other items. The steak was definitely very high quality. With the exception of the galbi, all of the steaks are seasoned only with a bit of salt tableside before going on the grill. Galbi is normally one of my favorite K-BBQ items, but while good at Cote, I enjoyed the other cuts much more -- no need for marinade and extra sauce when the steak is such good quality. Like other K-BBQ places, there was lettuce and the thick paste/sauce (ssam-jang) on the side, and while I normally enjoy making lettuce wraps, the steakhouse quality of the meats made it seem almost wrong to add heavy sauce and/or make a lettuce burrito out of it. My only gripe on the meat would be the serving size isn't that large -- another reason why our table practically ignored the lettuce wraps, as the lettuce leaves were large, and there was just enough of each cut of meat to sample and savor, and it would've probably taken the entire per person serving to have a passable amount of meat to lettuce ratio (and then you don't have enough left to taste the meat on its own).
I was a bit worried we'd leave hungry after we devoured the meat, but then the stews and rice came (and we also got the wagyu kimchi paella and jan-chi somyun), and we were quite satisfied after that. Both stews were good, but the highlights were definitely the add-ons. The paella was a deliciously flavorful and crispy kimchi wagyu fried rice, and the jan-chi somyun didn't look like much, but one bite was enough to win over the entire table. It was a light broth and complemented all of the other heavy foods well, and the angel hair noodles were so soft I'm not sure I really chewed. Highly recommend.
As a side note, we also ordered the Korean bacon appetizer, but that was the most underwhelming. Not bad, but really not that standout either, especially in comparison to everything else.
Overall a wonderful meal, and I look forward to coming back.
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