Seoul Garden

The Restaurant: Seoul Garden

The Genre: Korean and Japanese

Where to Find It: 3125 Boardwalk Drive; Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Reservations helpful but not required

What We Spent: $71.32

What We Ate: Ginger salad, shrimp tempura, california rolls, Korean BBQ (shrimp, beef bulkogi, kalbi and chicken), green tea mochi, vanilla ice cream.

What We Drank: A Kirin apiece.

Stephanie's Review: We got suckered in to ordering the Valentine's Day dinner for two, so we ended up with way too much food. The ginger salad was crisp and refreshing, though it was drenched in that unappealing chunky orange dressing. The salad was followed by a blended oyster soup (can't provide much feedback, am not an oyster gal) and shrimp tempura. We received a generous portion of well cooked shrimp tempura - the shrimp was hearty and tender. The california rolls were the usual fare. They actually tasted pre-made to me, not fresh. We then got to the BBQ portion of the evening. Our waitress placed a large grill on our table and tossed on the shrimp, bulkogi, kalbi and chicken along with mushrooms, onions and sweet potatoes. The kalbi in particular had a great, sweet marinade. The sweet potatoes were a total miss - we left them on for the entire duration of our meal and they still weren't cooked adequately. Dessert was vanilla ice cream for him; green tea mochi for me. The vanilla ice cream was standard. I didn't love the green tea mochi. The outer shell was too thin; the inside too runny. Overall, the dinner was average. It was special for us because we went to the same restaurant three years ago for our very first Valentine's Day together, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it - or at least not the prix fixe menu - to others.