metro-accessible korean food?

Woomi is actually a Korean restaurant that serves some Japanese. It's very good. In DC, there's Yeehwa (Farragut North or Farragut West metro). It's not the cheapest, but it's much better than Mandu (Dupont Circle metro) and they have a wide variety of authentic dishes. Arisu is very good too, but it's not walking distance from metro. You'd have to take the Georgetown shuttle from Dupont Circle metro and walk a bit.

crinlondon in Washington DC & Baltimore Area

Arisu - Korean/Japanese Restaurant in G-Town/Glover Park

As a native Korean, lived in Seoul for 15+ years growing up, I can say that it's not unusual to have the bibimbap without an egg. Pachun, sundubu, and kimchi jjigae are all popular dishes, but I agree with Steve above, I don't automatically expect to see them on the menu, because it differs depending on the type of Korean restaurant. As an aside, when I went about two months ago, I recall seeing at least pachun and sundubu on the menu. I guess they read your post? :)

crinlondon in Washington DC & Baltimore Area

Arisu - Korean/Japanese Restaurant in G-Town/Glover Park

I was there about two months ago. I had their yook-hoe (sp?), the raw meat appetizer which was amazingly fresh and affordable. Their yookgaejang (soup, appetizer portion) was very tasty and it was a huge portion, almost an entree size. I liked their decor, fusion Asian-ish. I wish it were closer to my home or work, I'd go there so much more often. I would def recommend!! [Their food taste is much closer to original Korean food. I prefer it much better than say Mandu]. You don't get as much food variety as Yeehwa, but I think they cater to a different crowd (Arisu being for younger/hipper crowd, couples, whereas Yeehwa is for more businesspeople in suits, large groups, older crowd). Hey so far, those are the only three Korean places in DC, and I'll take whatever I can get.

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How many servers for fast service?

Thank you two so much!!!!! I am again impressed with Chowhound users. So many things I had not considered, very insightful. Great point about the servers not being able to serve before the food is cooked and plated! I am planning a wedding off premise indoors, at a nonhotel venue where the caterers say they will cook most of the food in the makeshift kitchen at the venue (bringing ovens and other equipment). They all have allocated 2 platers and 1 or 2 managers/supervisors. We're serving an appetizer, an entree, and wedding cake for dessert, choice of either white wine or red wine with the meal.

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How many servers for fast service?

I am planning a seated plated dinner for 160 people. I talked to three reputable catering companies in my city, and I got quoted for 9 servers, 13 servers, and 16 servers for the same 160 people (16 tables of 10). They all say their number is the appropriate number.

Obviously, 16 servers would serve dinner faster and refill wine and water glasses quicker than having 9 servers, but what would be the level of servers required to get service speed and attentiveness for say, Morton's Steak (using this as an example since it's a recognizable name)? Or for guests to NOT feel that the service was slow at the event, what would be the minimum number? Thanks.

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Best wedding food/caterer in the metro DC area?

I am looking for a caterer for wedding food in the DC area (within 2 hours from DC ok as well). Where did you have the best wedding food? It is often said that the food is what the guests most remember, so I'm going to search for the caterer first and then the venue! Any recommendations? Ideally, I'd like to keep the reception related costs under $200 per person (about 175 guests).

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