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A fun place to eat in Santa Monica is Typhoon Restaurant.
Cuisine there is probably best described as Korean Influenced.
They serve bul-kogi (sp) kimchee and a lot of other Korean
named dishes, but it isn't very close to the more authentic
Korean BBQ stuff I've eaten in KoreaTown.  However, the food
is still very good.  The kimchee is not strong, for those of
you who may not like it much, and my guest, who ordinarily 
hates the stuff, enjoyed the kimchee here.  I think it's not
spicy enough.  

The deserts are excellent, although more yuppie cafe style, 
not korean.  I thought the apple strudel was excellent.  

Service is a little slow, however there's lots to look at
in the place while you're waiting for them to bring the
check or whatever.

The atmosphere/decor of the place, however, really makes it
stand out.  Typhoon is located on the south side of the 
Santa Monica Airport runway.  The motif is all of the storm
and weather warning symbols used on aeronautical charts, and
it's well done.  Especially the big red Typhoon.  You can get
a good window seats and watch the lear jets take off and land
all evening.  If you're a pilot the restaurant is just West 
of the transient tie downs - I don't know how to get there by
surface streets.  

Dishes are about $10 apiece and we ordered two, plus appetizer
desserts and drinks.  Total bill for two was $45.  Good place
for a moderately fancy but still casual date.  

Have fun!
--- Keith Rosema