Beef Tartare Bibimbap at Hansol, Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam, Vancouver BC

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Beef Tartare Bibimbap at Hansol

Coquitlam's tiny family-run Korean spot with a 4.7 and a tableside bibimbap ritual that keeps people coming back every week.

Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam

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The date

Hansol is a mom-and-pop Coquitlam room so small that its 4.7 rating and weekend lineup feel vaguely miraculous. Order the beef tartare bibimbap, silky seasoned raw beef over rice that you mix together tableside, a small ceremony that gives your hands something to do during that first-date silence. Go early on weekends. Watch how your date mixes.

How to do it

Go a little early, this is a tiny family room with a weekend lineup. Order the beef tartare bibimbap (the silky, seasoned raw beef is the signature, and mixing it together tableside is half the fun), and add a spicy soup or the hot-stone bibimbap to round it out. Don't miss how balanced the seasoning is; this is careful, food-first cooking rather than spectacle. It's warm, unpretentious and quiet enough to actually talk, which makes it a sleeper-great date. Budget about an hour and a half; there's a parking lot at the Lansdowne plaza.

What to wear: smart casual

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Duration
1½-2 hours
Best time
Afternoon to late night
Per person
$$
setting
Indoor
neighbourhood
Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam
cuisine
Korean
best season
Year-round

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