Gilson Korean Restaurant
Continuing my bimbimbap battle with a visit to Gilson Korean Restaurant!
No vegetarian variety on their menu, but like the others they were happy to omit any meat products, however they didn’t offer a tofu substitute either.
But do you see what I see?
What a shock to find that they serve their dolsot bibimbap with a RAW egg yolk!
Um… this is a new one for me. I’ve had sunny-side-up, over-easy, hard fried, and scrambled egg versions of my favorite dish but this!!! Given my love-hate relationship with eggs I had to make a very quick desicion.
I knew what I had to do. Like a surgeon, a hungry surgeon, I swiftly cut through the veggies and rice so the yolk could fall to the bottom and cook against the super-hot stone bowl.
Fried egg-yolk I can handle…barely.
Other than raw yolk incident the dolsot proved yummy but ordinary, tasty and full of fresh veggies, but there are too many Korean restaurants in the immediate area that have the same. So they’ll have to do better than seven banchan offerings to lure me back. Especially if one of those plates is steamed broccoli.
Saba Man likes the seasoned anchovies though.
Gilson Korean Restaurant
22716 Highway 99Edmonds, WA 98026
(425) 673-5334
It’s a cute little place and convinient too as it’s next door to Babsarang and the Seattle Deli!
With so many Korean and Asian restaurants in the area we can be picky.
And to prove that point Saba Man, being so used to eating kalbi or bulgogi, decided to try their chapchae! He ate it all…a good sign.
They must have delicious food as I’ve seen their parking lot full. Maybe it’s their barbecue?!
But this battle is all about the bibimbap so Gilson, even with your friendly staff , excellent ventilation (no smoke from the barbcue grills), and piping hot stone bowls, I’m sorry to say that your dolsot bibimbap is not a contender. 
Oh my, bibimpap is my ultimate go-to comfort food. Dolsop comes second (only because it’s served waay too hot for me, temp wise). lol. Here in Montreal, depending on which resto, there are places that serve dolsop with the raw egg. I’m like you except I scoop it out entirely. I’m not an egg person either. Oohhh, this is a great meal for a blustery rainy weekend (like now!). Have a great weekend Debra! Happy Halloween to you all.
I’ve found an awesome place in the shadow of my art college and husband’s union hall to go check out that is actually a convenience store with freshly made bibimbap.
Thanks for sharing these restaurants! I have a few friends in WA and I always tell them to try out the restuarants from your posts. =) I’ll be sure to let them know about this one!
All your post on bibimbap made me go to our local Korean resturant and order one in a stone bowl. It was YUMMY!! My egg was very well fried though. I think I would had had a problem with a raw one and I eat sushi.
Hi Lilie, I just love bibimbap! Sorry that I made you do that1
LOL! Sure you are. I also got the girls some of those cute bento boxes from Japanistic! I’m bad about taking pictures of food. I usually done eating when I remember.