Kuksu House

This food truck recently moved from Sawdust Road to La Plaza de los Food Trucks behind the Gosling Express on Gosling.  We stopped in the other night to try them out.  It's Kuksu House so I got the kuksu, and we also got the hanum.

Kuksu is an Uzbek-Korean dish--a cold noodle soup from ethnic Koreans living in Uzbekistan.  It's made with wheat noodles, rice noodles, garlic broth, pickles and beef.  For $17 they give you a great big bowl of it.  The flavors are intense and really tickle your palate.  There's a whole lot of flavor here and I couldn't eat a whole lot at once--I think it works better as an appetizer soup than a main course.  You could get 8 appetizer servings from the order.  Just for grins I warmed up some of what I took home, and it wasn't bad that way either.  One thing I found lacking was the beef--I couldn't find much.  But it's a fascinating dish if you're looking for a unique combination of textures and flavor.

Hanum is another dish from the same region.  It's a steamed dumpling with layered pastry and a meat and potatoes filling, topped with stewed tomatoes and onions.  This is a hearty, satisfying savory dish--all melts together in your mouth.  There's plenty to share or eat later, and it keeps in the fridge just fine.

We wanted to get fries but they were sold out.  Service was friendly and enthusiastic.  They do have more conventional foods--chicken thighs and Korean tacos.  But if you are tiring of Tex-Mex and want something really different, this is worth a try.