If you happen to’ve by no means heard of Sorimmara, which simply opened subsequent to Smoothie King at 17501 Protect Stroll Ln., off Bruce B Downs (BBD) Blvd., you’re in all probability not alone.
Sorimmara is a fast-casual chain primarily based in South Korea, the place it has greater than 200 places. The one different U.S. location is within the Koreatown part of Los Angeles, CA.
Regardless of its Korean roots, a lot of the menu at Sorimmara is made up of Chinese language dishes which were given a Korean twist. Confused? Simply what till you go to!
Sorimmara presents a big number of uncooked meats (beef, pork, lamb, rooster, and so forth.), seafood (shrimp, clams, fish, and so forth.) and veggies (all the pieces from broccoli and collared greens to Napa cabbage, child corns, quite a lot of mushrooms & way more).
You wait to be seated, however you’re instantly invited to seize a bowl and fill it with as a lot “stuff” as you want — however you’re instructed it is advisable have at the very least 1 lb. of elements in your bowl as a result of the restaurant expenses by the pound ($14.99-$18.99) for its six important entrée choices, together with malatang, which is a spicy broth cooked equally to the favored Chinese language scorching pot soups, besides the restaurant’s kitchen cooks it for you and brings it to your desk in a steel bowl positioned on high of a lit burner.
Charmaine loved her malatang (high picture), however we each included method too many elements as a result of we didn’t know till the restaurant weighed our bowls how a lot “stuff” we had. There’s additionally creamy rose malatang obtainable.
I additionally appreciated my tomato xiang guo (beneath left), or “stir fry dry pot,” which is sort of a stir-fry dish at a Korean or Chinese language restaurant.
After I go to Sorimmara once more, I plan to attempt the guobaorou, which implies “fried pork” in Chinese language, but additionally is obtainable in crispy, sweet- &-sour rooster, shrimp, cream shrimp and mala mayo shrimp varieties. There’s additionally 4 precise Korean avenue meals choices referred to as tteokbokki, which options tube-shaped rice desserts which are described as a mix of candy, spicy and savory.
One piece of excellent information for much less adventurous diners is that all the dishes at Sorimmara can be found in 5 ranges of spice, from delicate to super-spicy. There’s additionally a sauce bar with pre-made choices like a scrumptious creamy sesame sauce and make-your-own choices the place the restaurant gives you with the recipes!
There are also Chinese language requirements like egg fried rice and egg rolls, in addition to distinctive spicy mala and mala mayo fried rice, mala and mala mayo rice balls and flying fish roe rice balls.
Sorimmara is open Mon. & Wed.-Fri., 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. & 5-10 p.m. It’s open Sat. & Solar., 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Closed Tues. For information, name (813) 252-6643 or go to SorimmaraTampaBay.com. — GN
