pretty much the best place you don't know about

korean food, on hillsborough st. with the blue awning (it's upstairs)


for the American, start with the Beef Bugogi or if you're down with the super spice, Pork Bugogi

best white rice around (seriously)

and over time, learn to love the pickled radish and cucumbers (I'm like a baby about "weird food", but over time, this stuff has become an integral part of the meal)

I eat there at least twice a week.

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6/20/2008 3:43:39 PM

you sir, are mistaken. i am in fact quite familiar with this establishment

6/20/2008 3:45:24 PM

Their ramen sucks.

6/20/2008 3:53:19 PM

WELL, THEN GET THE WHITE RICE

I eat it with my hands

all of it

6/20/2008 3:59:02 PM

6/20/2008 3:59:42 PM

HOW'S THE KIMCHI

6/20/2008 4:31:02 PM

korean food in general sucks


I prefer japanese..hands down

6/20/2008 4:34:30 PM

Haha, I thought of a Wawa too. First time I saw one up north, I couldn't believe someone would name it that, but I guess its catchy.

6/20/2008 5:37:23 PM

whats the pricing at this place? i see the awning all the time but have never ventured over there

6/20/2008 6:54:34 PM

i used to go there often when it first opened

but my old coworkers never wanted to eat there in the years that followed

6/20/2008 6:57:28 PM

I read it as Wawa at first, too..


I hated that place the first 6 months I lived in MD because of the name, but then some locals made me understand how incredible it is. It's basically like On the Run but even more badass

6/20/2008 8:24:54 PM

When I was at State I used to go to Waba at least once a week for lunch during one of my mid-day breaks between classes. You get a lot of food for the money. It was always a must stop place on the Hillsborough Hike b/c of all the room and that they had cool Korean music videos projected on a big screen.

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6/20/2008 8:55:57 PM

it's a little over 6 bucks for the "meal + tax"

excellent EXCELLENT food

it basically tastes home cooked (hint... little old korean lady in the kitchen... for real)

6/20/2008 10:35:34 PM

Dude, let's eat there some time, then.

In the words of the immortal gargs:

let's do lunch, k?

6/21/2008 3:49:20 AM

meh, their food is okay unless something has changed since the last time I was there (2 years ago by now). I used to think it was really good until I went to Korea and realized what Korean food is supposed to taste like.

6/21/2008 8:48:59 AM

that's like going to mexico and having food down there and then being like "OMFG I WILL NEVER EAT THE 'MEXICAN' THEY SERVE HERE AGAIN!"

even though our "mexican" is a lot better than real mexican.

6/21/2008 9:17:01 AM

but NEW mexican is the best out of all of them.

6/21/2008 9:17:34 AM

I didn't say I would never eat it again, it just went from being pretty good to so so in my book. There's a place on Chatham St. though that has some awesome Korean food. I think it's called Korean Garden.

6/21/2008 9:34:05 AM

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"even though our "mexican" is a lot better than real mexican."

If you think that, then you ate at the wrong restaurants in Mexico

6/21/2008 10:07:28 AM

I like gettng the lunch box. You get two tiny rolled up omelettes, chap-chae (cold noodles with vegetables), radish and cucumber kimchi, rice and beef bulgogi. It's $6.39 after tax.

6/21/2008 1:02:20 PM

Also read it "Wawa"

I've eaten there a few times, although it seems strange without the BBQ and pool tables.

6/22/2008 1:47:15 AM

Its like fast food korean food for the most part.

Go to Asai (sp?) over across from cary town center if you want some really good korean, or korean garden.

They both have really good "home cooked" kinds of korean food. Asai has the best kimchi IMO.

I went to WABA a few times, and it was pretty decent considering I could walk when on campus. BUT, compared to a more expensive korean place, it just doesnt cut it in terms of quality.

6/23/2008 11:14:57 AM

the fucking WaWas up north have banging shorties

6/23/2008 12:22:45 PM

Does waba do takeout?

6/23/2008 12:30:52 PM

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"pretty much the best place you don't know about korean food, on hillsborough st. with the blue awning (it's upstairs)"

awesome dumplings too

6/23/2008 3:27:50 PM

Dalat in mission valley is some of the best food in raleigh

6/23/2008 6:01:31 PM

I love korean food! Its called Bulgogi...not bugogi. They have good soups with rice cakes in them.

6/23/2008 7:46:30 PM

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"If you think that, then you ate at the wrong restaurants in Mexico"

haha i bet you ate at an "authentic" place all the tourists eat at!

6/23/2008 8:25:21 PM

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"the fucking WaWas up north have banging shorties"

what precisely is a "shortie", I have heard the young urban folks speak of this but I lack a definition.

6/23/2008 9:30:54 PM

http://www.urbandictionary.com/

6/23/2008 9:36:48 PM

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" 1. shorty affectionate term for a girlfriend, attractive female or concubine. "Yo shorty, it's your birthday " "

Ah, I see. Consider me learned.

6/24/2008 12:26:08 AM

Having seen this thread, I decided to go there for lunch. Having forgotten the "if you're down with the super spice" warning, I ordered the Pork Bugogi. It was tasty...and indeed, it was spicy. Good though. I think I will have to sample some more of their dishes, but so far so good.

6/24/2008 4:50:04 PM

SOMEONE NEEDS TO BUY AN AD

lol

seriously, go to waba, it kicks ass

6/25/2008 7:02:05 PM

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"haha i bet you ate at an "authentic" place all the tourists eat at!"

Not really, had some good Yucatecan cuisine, but your statements about how our "mexican" food is better than real mexican food certainly illustrate that you did

6/26/2008 2:04:12 AM

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"When I was at State I used to go to Waba at least once a week for lunch during one of my mid-day breaks between classes. You get a lot of food for the money. It was always a must stop place on the Hillsborough Hike b/c of all the room and that they had cool Korean music videos projected on a big screen."

It's totally not a lot for the money.

And they stopped with the sexy Korean videos like a year or two ago

6/27/2008 6:49:50 PM

Hmm...that sucks that they stopped projecting the Korean music videos and tv shows. I just know that when I'd get the chicken teriyaki and one of the beef dishes, they'd give me a ton of food. I could never finish it.

6/27/2008 8:12:10 PM

I liked when they made duk bok gee one time as a 'special'. mmm.

6/27/2008 8:20:59 PM

bttt

1/15/2009 10:47:24 PM

did they close down or something b/c they weren't open this afternoon

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1/15/2009 11:15:29 PM

Mmm I love me some Korean food!
Pork Bulgogi all the way.

1/15/2009 11:30:38 PM

^^Probably

They were doing really poorly the last time I stopped by. The place changed hands about the time the music video's stopped and the food quality/quantity got worse.

It's hard to make korean food cheap/good (meat dishes), the vegetarian/vegetable dishes are super cheap and easy. Of course customer volume would drive the prices down, but that didn't happen in this case. That location is shitty.

1/15/2009 11:39:50 PM

Yeah unfortunately in that location they either need something brand name in there or a bar.

1/16/2009 1:25:49 AM

For some reason I end up there at least twice times during each Hillsborough Hike.

1/16/2009 8:34:11 AM

it's cause you get hungry 15min later. that's what msg will do to ya.

1/16/2009 9:07:27 AM

I asked a Korean girl in math class about this place. She did not speak highly about it.

1/16/2009 9:59:22 AM

The food is def pretty good. Went there like twice for dinner. It's a lil pricey imo.

1/16/2009 10:06:30 AM

its ok. ive eaten there a bunch, nothing special but it was reasonably priced if I recall. (I have only ever gone for lunch and this was when I was living on campus 4-5 years ago)

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1/16/2009 11:17:39 AM

waba means come here btw.

1/16/2009 2:32:41 PM

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"what precisely is a "shortie", I have heard the young urban folks speak of this but I lack a definition."

in this reference, shorties stand for sandwiches

1/16/2009 3:24:17 PM

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"best white rice around (seriously)"

That's so hard to make... how do they manage to make the best WHITE RICE???

1/16/2009 7:39:41 PM