Sahm Oh Jong - Korean Food Restaurant

Say hay boke mani padusayo – Happy New Year!

It’s been a while since there was an entry here.  The menu has changed a little, and there is an exciting new item now available – Korean Lunch Box.  It’s in the style of a bento box.

There will be more details about the Korean Lunch Box in the next post once there are some photos to put up.  Stop by and ask about the lunch box if you are hungry!

Sometimes people ask what is the difference between the korean beef bar-b-q dishes: bulgogi and kalbi (sometimes spelled galbi).

Before answering that question, first note that there are difference styles of both bul-go-gi and kalbi, and some kalbi is not seasoned at all (which makes it, well, plain barbeque beef).  We’ll write about that in another post.

Bulgogi is beef, usually loin, and kalbi is beef short ribs.  Both can be made marinaded, in similar sauces.  And a side sauce can be served with both.  However, the side dishes (panchan) – things such as potato, or seaweed, and kimchi – are not related to the dish itself.  Panchan will vary from restaurant to restaurant more than they will vary from dish-to-dish within a restaurant.

Both dishes can be grilled at the table, or prepared by a professional korean chef in the kitchen.

Our recipes for some of our dishes are the same as what we (and other Koreans) use at home. Korean food in many restaurants is cooked one serving at a time (well, except for white rice, which we always cook in a large cooker!).

We hope you appreciate our style of cooking. When you visit & want to know about our dishes, we can explain more than you might expect. What is Army Soup (Budae jjigae)?  We have more details than what you might find online.  And we serve large bowl of jjigae (stew/soup), the way we eat at home.  And we can cook bulgogi in the kitchen, or you can watch us cook multiple orders on the grill at your table.

Because we have changes in our menu, some dishes you might be looking for may be missing.  Ask us if you have a favorite dish… maybe we can make it for you “korea home-style”!

This website is new, and so will be the menu for Sahm Oh Jong. We’ll tell you all about it when you stop by, and for now you can still get a copy of the 2008 take-out menu (shown below)… it’s sure to be a collector’s edition in the Korean Food Hall Of Fame!

Click on the image to go to our menu page to see more details.