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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
More infoHansol 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.
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.
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