Joule - Korean Fusion Steakhouse
Eating my way around Seattle and other cities...
It took us a while to muster up the energy to book a reservation at Joule — for the longest time, they’ve always had at least a month-long wait. Honestly, I don’t know why we waited that long. Finally, we managed to create the occasion, and we haven’t stopped going since.
Joule serves Korean fusion dishes, which usually means there’s a lot of sweet-and-savory garnishing and finishes. It happens to be my favorite type of flavor profile. On this rainy Saturday, we managed to sneak in an early dinner reservation at Joule again. We were lucky to encounter new additions to their menu: Roasted Cauliflower, and Gochujang Adobo Lamb.
On a cold day and fresh off an episode of Netflix’s Somebody Feeds Phil Taipei episode, I couldn’t help but crave something hot and oily like their Scallion Pancake. Joule gives it a twist: smear the pan-fried scallion pancake with sour cream, chili oil, and a dollop of salmon roe. It is umami on steroids.
Elliot and I love going ham with appetizers at restaurants, even if it’s just the two of us. We love trying out different ingredient combinations and usually, it’s in the appetizers that provide such variety and new flavors.
The roasted cauliflower dish is new. It has a tangy sauce (forgive me, I forgot to take a photo of the menu) and is mixed with fresh salad and jujube slices. Jujube is also called red dates and I rarely see it in Western cuisine.
One of their signature dishes is the Spicy Rice Cake. Similar to a Korean dish: Ddoppoki, it is mixed with pan-grilled chorizo, and I love how the rice cake slices are also slightly charred and crispy.
Fresh scallion makes the dish less greasy. Elliot and I devoured this in seconds.
Our favorite dish is “That” short rib as you can see in the top image. It is delicious kalbi short rib meat, marinated to the tee. It is garnished with gochujang sauce and served with some fresh kimchi. We love to eat steak a bit rare, and each bite tastes like meat jelly that melts on your tongue.
However, we’re extremely pleased with the new dish we tried: Gochujang adobo lamb. It fell off the bone and was perfectly braised. Each bite was a mixture of meat and collagen, and extremely satisfying. Elliot and I carved around the bone like an archeologist, determined to eat every single morsel from its nooks and crannies. I would happily eat this entire dish by myself.
We were too full for dessert, but I took out their “pandan coconut cheesecake with smoked caramel” for later. It was drizzled with chopped-up mango and lychee bits. It was delicious.
There you go, my first food blog and I hope to do more casual documentation of my eats around Seattle and wherever I’m traveling to.
Joule
Korean fusion steakhouse
3506 Stone Way N, Seattle, WA 98103
reservation required in advance