If it were not for the pickles I would give it one star. \n\nOn that note, the pickles are mostly very good, although the kimchi makes one think that the chef has never had kimchi before, as there was no spice to it. Every dish we ordered noticeably lacked boldness where it was called for: kimchi had no spice in it; the escabeche substituted cauliflower in place of the traditional jalapenos;bahn mi also lacked the traditional jalapenos and was made with an incredibly mundane ham, with a meager sprinkling of pickled vegetables. Spicy food makes me tear up but I'm not as scared of it as the chef. \n\nBoth of our entrees had fries on the side, one order was overdone and the other underdone. Both orders of fries became soggy and lost their crispness five minutes out. Perhaps I am just spoiled by the divinity of Opa's fries.
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