KBBQ mobile robot kitchen opens San Mateo brick-and-mortar restaurant

San Mateo has a new Korean barbecue and seafood restaurant helmed by celebrated Korean barbecue Chef Han Sungil But it s the robot chefs at this restaurant that take center stage OLHSO a Korean barbecue restaurant brand made headlines when it debuted a mobile robot kitchen The mobile operation specializes in serving its KBBQ hot and fresh to customers on the go using robots The brand held a grand opening May for its first brick-and-mortar location in downtown San Mateo set to operate as its flagship Here though the kitchen isn t fully automated and people do work in the kitchen to prepare the food according to cofounder Jay Shin The restaurant hosts two concepts in one Korean barbecue and seafood hot pot and visitors have to decide before they take a seat which option they re choosing since the cooking equipment installed at those tables differs he says Company cofounder Jay Shin opens the side door of the OLHSO Korean BBQ amp Seafood Truck in Foster City Calif on Friday July This is a new meal delivery facility model in which the food is fully cooked autonomously by a computer while providing the customer hot fresh cooked meals in a timely manner Jose Carlos Fajardo Bay Area News Group He and cofounder Kish Shin no relation established their company in Seoul about five years ago working for about three years to develop the necessary device and another couple of years to commercialize the product Jay Shin says Their research and growth operations are based in Korea while the rest takes place from a Redwood City location he says Their robots are able to from the time an order comes in take out the ingredients from a specialized refrigerator put them into a cooking device stir-fry the ingredients according to an algorithm s parameters and place the food into a bowl for the consumer he says Every meal is prepared hot and fresh Related Articles Take a pet-friendly foodie day trip to Bodega Bay Guatemalan restaurant eyes two San Jose locations in expansion push Doing Mother s Day brunch in the South Bay Yonsei Handrolls debuts second location in Albany with luxe seafood Brews and brines These Bay Area bars specialize in drinks and pickles They re also in the process of creating a fully-automated microrestaurant a concept Shin says airports are particularly interested in Details Open - p m Sunday-Thursday and - p m Friday-Saturday at S B St San Mateo olhsohouse com