good food, hopefully that's enough. i love korean barbecue, though i'll be the first to admit that i don't understand it. i'm sure that i'm doing it wrong, but i don't care. i've been to shin chon several times, and almost always we're the only non koreans, which has to be a good sign. i've read reviews that say the servers speakexcellentenglish, but that hasn't been my experience at all. any questions about how to prepare or eat the food are met with a shrug, and good luck flagging someone down if you want more water or something else. but the food isexcellentand if you order barbecue you'll get plenty of it. note to vegetarians: other asian cuisines have much more to offer you than korean food does. note to solo diners: barbecue is best enjoyed by more than one person.
oh, and be carefull in this small, always packed parking lot: people drive like maniacs. also, as others have said, there is anexcellentvietnamese bakery next door. save room.
update: ate here with four friends this evening (1/22/13) and we hadexcellentservice from both the servers and the woman who i think is the owner. a couple of them spokeexcellentenglish and explained to the folks who'd never had korean barbecue (three out of the five of us) how it worked.excellentfood and pretty good sake for $32 a person, which included a generous tip. panchan was refilled often, water glasses even more so, and no one cared that we camped out talking for an hour after the meal.