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I'm currently in D.C. interning; there is a lot of potentially delectable dishes to be eaten (on a budget: a usual for me), what should I look at? Where do you want me to look?

Thus far, I've traveled to Annandale, VA and tasted food at the Korean barbecue Honey Pig. Put Simply: It was worth it.

Honey Pig: Loud. Open 24/7. Young Crowd. Good Alcohol. Dirty. Authentic. Packed. ....Fabulous.

As you can see, it was an open-space-esque restaurant with all customers packed into one large area. This is not for the private diners; it's for the diners who just want to eat - with a hungry horde surrounding. It sounds, and maybe even looks, less magnificent than it really is though. Personally, I got the feeling that I was back in Seoul; eating at one of those glorious hangover street-teraunts at 2am. With the strong (but not that strong) smell of korean barbecue, the ability to see every other delectable dish around you (you're practically sitting on your neighbors), the noise of a pack of hungry Koreans, the no-nonsense and-of course-impatient Korean-only speaking waiter, the grill-in-the-table configuration, and a bottle of beer, I had one of the best, dirtiest and most authentic korean street-teraunt experience of my life (thus far).

The food was good, passable; the gleaming highlight would be the manageable price and street-teraunt atmosphere. You should think about bringing a friend with you; at the Honey Pig, the more there are, the more certain that you'll enjoy this meal. The dish I tried gets 4 stars for authenticity - your average Korean family will have eaten/will be eating/will know how to eat this: hot bulgogi right off the grill, rice, spicy paste, and a large leaf of napa cabbage. Simple and delectable = the average korean dish.

You'll get plenty of banchan (korean side dishes) for the price you pay, the apple banchan was a new one for me; a sweet and refreshing change from the spicy kimchi and "soy-sauced" spinach. As you'll notice from the picture, you also get a salad for an appetizer. I'm not much for greens, but my friends devoured the bowl. The salad appetizer was crisp and full of interesting greens.

잘 먹으세요. Enjoy - the first Global Food blog!