***Disclosure: Korean BBQ is surprisingly great at making me happy.

It was SinoSoul (aka Tony C) who first told me about the Kobe Beef Korean BBQ at Oo-kook. (Yes, Kobe. Not Kobe-style.) However, something about bastardizing a beautifully marbled piece of meat over a campfire just seemed wrong to me. But I trusted Tony’s opinion (as he had been there before and the man tends to know what he’s talking about), so I decided to join him on a field trip to KTown. The gang included his wifey, Kenny, Rick, and Meaghan.

The place is situated in KTown on 8th and is $25 p/p. At first $25 a person sounds reasonable, however, when compared to other KBBQs, it’s actually on the higher price scale. Tony actually has his own theory on the Law of Diminishing Return as it relates to KBBQ & Price:

A price point of $20 should be the apex of the KBBQ scale. Any increasing price over that (in this case $25) yields a diminishing marginal return.

But it was Kobe beef?! And clearly, we weren’t going to start applying fiscal rules to an all-you-can-eat Kobe beef and Prime Rib place. A biology grad from the University of Chicago, Tony is a pretty smart dude, but he, like all of us, was most giddy about the Kobe. BBQing Kobe beef was either going to be the coolest experiment ever… or the stupidest one ever. Take a gander at the pics. HINT: I LOVED the Kobe beef tongue. That was perhaps my favorite of the evening.

We ordered the prime rib, Kobe tongue, Kobe brisket, spare ribs, marinated short beef, shrimp, pork belly, and for me, the marinated chicken. All the meats were very thinly sliced and I thought all the sauces and side dishes were great. The Kobe disappointed (we were all admittedly bummed), but the thinly sliced Kobe tongue was a real shock, as it quickly went from solid to liquid form in my mouth. It was incredible.

The service was great. Our server was always checking-in, being goofy, and constantly loading us up with more goodies for the campfire. He really made up for any diminishing pleasure in service. #MyKindaPlace

oo-kookbbq.com 3385 W. 8TH STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90005

ph: (213)385-5665

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