Pojang Macha

Come for the Makgeolli (Korean rice wine) and pretend you’re in a Korean drama.
As such, you must bring the following items:
— A Korean speaking friend.
— Thirst.
— Openness.
You’ll need the Korean-​speaking friend to translate the menu for you and show the waiter you have someone with you who knows what Korean food should taste like.
You’ll need the thirst to drink the delicious Makgeolli that sells for $ 9.99. Be warned, it sells out fast. They get a new batch twice a week.
You’ll need the openness to forget you’re sitting on toddler seats in a room lined with tarp to pretend you’re outside. But hey, that’s what being in a Korean drama is all about.
Now you’re ready to let the tears flow. You may want to save a few tears for the overpriced food. It’s good as far as Korean food goes, but can be found cheaper elsewhere.

Overview: Interesting concept, but food could be a lot better.
This is a very unique concept spot for Vancouver — emulating Korean street vendors indoors. They keep the place rather cold so you feel like you are outside, the entire inside is covered in an orange tarp to simulate a tent. The centre of the room has boiling soups uncovered with benches along the sides. Anyone can sneeze into them — they remind me of the oden warmers at convenience stores in Japan if you know the look.
The tables are metal with plastic stools around them — more of the same street vendor simulated feel. The menu was a hubcap with handwriting on it. The banchan they serve came in a military rations tray. They included some edamame, a huge chunk of tofu with a chili sauce, marinated kelp, a single marinated slice of onion, and (this was the odd one) raw carrot and celery covered in thin stripes of mayo.
They offer a variety of soups and grilled items. I tried out the bacon asparagus skewers which were incredibly small pieces. I think they took a single stalk of asparagus, cut it in half, and then cut those halves into thirds and served that as «2 skewers.» It was wrapped in a non-​crispy bacon and covered in an overly sweet sauce that was still somehow incredibly salty as well. Also had the LA Kalbi ribs which were VERY tough. The marinade was flavourful, but still a bit too salty.
Service was very friendly, although my server had almost no English capabilities whatsoever. She was very friendly and checked up on me regularly to see if I enjoyed the food, etc. Yet oddly never refilled the tea. They also charged extra for rice.
Overall for the above 2 items (2 skewers and the 1 plate of kalbi and the extra charge for rice) it was about $ 20. Not great value considering the quality — particularly when they are trying to simulate street food in Korea which is ridiculously inexpensive.
Overall, great concept — poor execution. I probably won’t be back.