If the Korean-speaking waitstaff doesn't tip you off to this K-town joint's authenticity, then perhaps the mind-blowing barbecue, cooked directly at your table, will. Located about a block north of midtown's Korean restaurant hub, Madangsui's clean, glass-fronted façade offers a reprieve from the flurry outside. Inside, soothing leather banquettes and cream-colored walls promise more sanity, but the excited hum toward the kitchen divulges a restaurant that is getting its (much deserved) fifteen minutes. Don't miss the short beef ribs bobbing in a hot broth laced with cellophane noodles; spot-on oyster pancakes, studded with green scallions; or the Metropolitan beef and pork combo, which gives delicious new meaning to dinner theater.