Yu Hyang Soondae [CLOSED]
Soondae! Soondae! Soondae! No, this isn’t just a reference to the monster truck rally commercials of my youth advertising another battle between Bigfoot and Grave Digger. It’s also what was racing through my head...
DKB Restaurant Pork Baby Back Ribs [CLOSED]
There was a time – 2008 – when KyoChon vs. BonChon was still a debate, and the Korean imports battled for fried chicken supremacy on 6th Street in Koreatown. The only bird left standing...
Byul Gobchang Neukgansal
“That’s not fat.” Our Byul Gobchang server was trying to convince us that the white streaks that lined the raw meat were just different colored muscles. We weren’t buying it, but the results sizzled...
Buil Sam Gye Tang: Making Medicinal Korean Soup Taste Good [CLOSED]
Koreatown never stops surprising me. My experiences in L.A.’s most exciting dining neighborhood go dozens deep, but there always seems to be some hidden-in-plain-sight culinary specialist that heightens my already considerable appreciation for Koreatown....
Seoul Sausage: Buzzworthy Korean on Little Osaka Side Street [MOVED]
A lot can happen in two years. I first encountered Seoul Sausage in 2010 at the LA Street Food Fest when they were pressing to hand out quarter-cuts of sausage with sliced bread on...
Wassada: Alive and Kicking in Koreatown [CLOSED]
“Alive” is the stomach-churning story of the Uruguayan rugby team, whose plane crashed in the Andes in 1972. To say they went to extremes to survive is an understatement. At certain restaurants in Koreatown,...
