Hamjipark Spicy Kimchi Stew

Korean Food Los Angeles

Eric Clapton may have shot the sheriff, and if given the chance, Hwa Shin Kim would probably take aim as well. A pig statue in a sheriff’s outfit stands sentinel at the entrance of her original home to Hamjipark on the fringe of Koreatown. Just like the rest of his porcine brethren in her renovated comfort food emporium, if she challenged him to a Wild West gunfight, no way he stands a chance. This isn’t to say that Hamjipark only serves pork. They don’t, but the best dishes certainly contain it. That was definitely the case with Kimchi Spicy Stew ($10.99) a bubbling cauldron containing scallions, pungent sheets of fermented cabbage, scallions, creamy slabs of tofu, and surprise, surprise, striated chunks of gochujang infused pork belly, rich with fat and spice. It may be criminal to ingest so much pork in one meal, but don’t sweat it; the sheriff’s got other things to worry about.

Dose of Vitamin P spotlights my favorite pork dish from the previous week.

Address: 4135 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90019
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