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A posted a follow-up laying out a detailed timeline and his perspective. He says there was no apology at the restaurant on the 18th. After the restaurant’s days off, he received the first apology during a phone call with Mosu on the 21st. Mosu called again on the 23rd and apologized once more, telling him, “Everything in the post is true, and there is no excuse.”
He stressed that he never asked for compensation. He says he made that clear during the phone call and declined the restaurant’s offer to invite him back for another meal, explaining that returning would likely make both his party and the staff uncomfortable.
He also pushed back against online claims that he demanded compensation, calling those accusations outright false. He clarified that he joined the Naver cafe in 2021 and did not sign up recently to stir up trouble.
The author explained why he didn’t raise the issue right away: he was dining with senior colleagues and didn’t want to ruin the atmosphere.
The controversy started with a post on a Naver cafe. According to the author, while dining at Mosu on the 18th, staff first served a 2005 vintage of Château Léoville Barton, Saint-Julien, instead of the 2000 vintage listed as the pairing for the Korean beef dish. When he asked to photograph the bottle, staff produced a 2000 vintage bottle and then served both vintages side by side for comparison.
He noticed differences in the wines’ aromas and flavors, and after comparing his photos with the pairing list, he concluded that the first bottle served had been the 2005 vintage.
“I posted this to correct the record and clear up any doubts,” he wrote, adding that he hopes similar incidents don’t happen again.
On the 23rd, Mosu posted an apology on its official Instagram, but critics called it vague and lacking in specifics, and public sentiment has remained cool.
