Miga Korean BBQ & Bar

Center City, Philadelphia-- Miga is a great place for Korean BBQ. With sophisticated and traditional decor, the restaurant is very cozy and the service is friendly. This is a great place to check out, especially if you're into Korean food or hot Asians.

First, drinks (SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS!). They have a bunch of Korean liquors and beers. We tried the OB (Korean lager made from rice) and shared a bottle of Soju (sweet vodka) with the table. They were both pretty good.

Before you get your entrees, they bring out a huge variety of Banchan (kind of like Korean tapas) for the entire table to taste. We went awhile ago, so I can't exactly remember...but I think there were between 7-12 small plates of appetizers. Among them were plates of kimchi, potato salad, seaweed salad, a spicy chili and turnip dish, pickled radish and carrots, and a sweet potato dish. It was fun to try all of these dishes, especially because they were free and you get as much as you want.

Each BBQ table comes with a skillet on one end of it. They bring out whatever meat is chosen and you get to cook it on your own. It was pretty nice because we went with seasoned Korean BBQ eaters, so they knew what to order and how to cook it. We ended up getting the Galbi (Marinated premium beef short ribs with Galbi sauce), Bulgogi (Marinated thin sliced rib eye with Bulgogoi sauce), and the Chaldobaegi (Thin sliced beef brisket). All of the meats are pre-sliced and come with sticky-icky rice, garlic, lettuce wraps, and dipping sawces for the table. Of course, you can eat everything separately, but it tastes so good to take the meat dipped in sawces (PAUSE!) and wrap it up in the lettuce with rice and garlic...a Korean burrito!

We also got the seafood Pajun (a sizzling scallion pancake). That thing was so good- you could hear knocks from underneath the table. If you ever go there, get it.

Overall grade:
A- (Louie and Steph) - It's a really cool environment to have dinner with your friends. Korean BBQ is a very fun, sexy and interactive way to eat with a group of yo best friends, since you all help out in cooking the food. Free banchan is a nice touch too. However, Miga's portion sizes are not very grindin' and you don't really get your money's worth.