Hanging out with some long time buddies we were craving Korean food once again. Something about smoke in the air that brings out the fat beast in me. Dinner on a freezing Thursday night, this place was packed! There was no seating list or anything, it was just a trust/trust factor. Not a great system for such a busy place. It was a really really long 40 minute wait because the waiting area is located outside with the parked cars and of coarse, fat folks, like myself, think everyday is summer so we never have a jacket handy. The only thing that kept me going was when someone would walk in or out of the restaurant and the aroma of sizzling meat came out the swinging door.
This was the usual unusual sides that come along with the meal. Unusual because I never seen side dishes like these whenever I go and eat Korean food. First (top left going clockwise) was the flat sheets of noodle skins, good by itself but amazing when wrapped around meat. Next was daikon kimchi, not to spicy and had a great crunch. Steamed cabbage was a treat because of the flavorful soybean paste that came along with it. The salad was great, it consisted of cabbage, lettuce and other goodies and a wonderful dressing. Then there was some type of steamed fish over veggies that was also very delightful. Not pictured were the kimchi, soup and steamed egg in stone pot.
Here are some more sides, sauteed tofu with garlic was good and the other one was ...I have no ideal WTF that was. I don't think I even tried it.
We ordered a combo of any two meats. Our choices were Cha Dol Bae Gi (briskets), which is the rolled up meat. This was good and had a nice beefy flavor. Gal Bi (boneless short ribs), they came marinated and had two bones on them. The marinaded crisp the outside of the meat and gave it a nice smokey burnt flavor and when wrapped in the noodle sheets..man, it was oh so good! These meats were great but it wasn't enough for the 5 of us.
So we ended up with two more orders of meat. This one was the Huk Dae Ji Sam Gyup Sal (black pork bacon), which was hands down my favorite of the night. The longer we cooked it on the grill the crispier it got.
The other order was more of the brisket.
Watch out because the brisket can go from rare to well done within seconds. Everyone had to fend for themselves and the weakest link was left out.
More chopstick fight action! All in all, the service was OK, but you can't expect too much during prime hours. Parking can be a hassle also during this time because they share the same lot with Yoshinoya, Sumo Sushi and a tea house. For all the hustle and bustle, coming to Yellow Cow was all well worth it! 
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