FEBUARY 2011
5 Buccleuch Street
Edinburgh

This place looks like a wee Scottish tea room from the outside, net curtains, tea pots and plants in the window. On second glance however, the place becomes a little more intriguing, hints of the orient, Beef Bulgogi and Kimchi on the menu, mmm  must go.

I set off on my Jack Jones, on a  Thursday afternoon, the only sunny day this February,  with one thing on my mind. Who is this Kim and why are her meals small? Nobody has recommended it, not even a whisper, I’m still a bit sore about Kebabish, I got that one wrong and blew £55.00 of my family’s disposable income. It’s a lone lunch for me, if I get this one wrong there’s only £10.00 at stake plus another dent to that instinct I’m so proud of.
To my surprise, the place is packed, sure there’s only 16 visible seats, and most of them are taken by oriental young couples plus a couple of tokes, those who dare win, type students confidently chop sticking their way through impressive looking plates of food .

Ong Gie The Korean Takeaway
36 Buccleuch St
Edinburgh

I pass this place regularly when walking the chili dog, that's the mutt you see on every LUPE PINTO carrier bag and the first thing I think is Korean food sounds amazing and the second thing that pops into my head is DOG, they do don't they and I wonder if I ever would, given the opportunity, chow down on mutt meat. probably not, mind you I did, dither before consuming alligator, pigs lips, hawg maws, grasshopper and snake. Curiosity always wins over sensibility. Na not dog never or horse, well maybe horse. Perhaps I'll never know and if I did I'm sure chili dog would understand. I'm fucking sure he'd eat me if he was hungry and I was available or dumped on his plate.