First impressions: Jian BBQ (Metromix)
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Opened by two Korean sisters, Ji Ryu and Mi Ahn (who combined their first and last names to create the word “Jian”), the restaurant is sleek and clean. A crying Buddha in a pond of drifting dry ice sulks beside the entrance, the bar is backed by stacked Japanese pinball screens called pachinko and big “Iron Man 28” robots guard the dining room. The grills are high-tech gas numbers, which suck smoke down and away before it has a chance to sully the air.
The menu at Jian is pricey, but the meats offered are of high quality. Sliced beef rib-eye steak ($22) is thick and flavorful, tuna belly ($25) is soft and buttery and the spicy pork ($20) is sliced thin and coated with a smoky, piquant sauce. Each plate of meat comes with a thick chunk of white onion, a spear of asparagus and a stemless mushroom cap that, when grilled upside down, fills with sweet juice. The accompanying panchan (small bowls of appetizers) include vinegary and satisfying radish kimchi, sweet cucumber kimchi, cooked bean sprouts, broccoli, chewy dried anchovies and thin strips of cooked potato.
Traditional starters include range from warm edamame tossed in sesame oil and chili; jjookumi bokum, a mix of baby octopus, noodles, carrots, onion and zucchini; crab du bu (tofu); and denjang chigae, a thick miso and soybean paste soup crowded with vegetables, boiled pork and tofu. It’s an intriguing dish that smells unnervingly like dirty socks but tastes like a Korean version of French onion soup.
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First impressions: Jian BBQ (Metromix)
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I was at JIAN last night and I cannot stop craving everything I had! I don't even know where to start! Everything was perfect! The dishes were very...

Had the most outstanding dinner last night at Jian!!! From start to finish this restaurant is top notch!!! The parking was a breeze, with street or the very...

Amazing food, great ambiance.. This is where you take someone to eat Korean BBQ if you don't wanna make the drive through Korea-town, eat in a ghetto...
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