Soondae, Korean pork blood sausage, is a popular street food in North Korea that’s proliferated to the Republic of Korea. Inevitably, soondae made the leap to L.A., home to by far the largest Korean-American...
I never expected to find such a good tomato in December. Yes, California is famous for summertime tomatoes, but offerings can get wan in winter. Here’s Looking At You chef Jonathan Whitener reminded me...
I understand skepticism surrounding mega-chains considering so many unfocused concepts with shoddy quality control, but Gong Cha seems to be exceptional based upon my Koreatown experience. The company launched in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 2006,...
Street food is now appearing indoors with much higher frequency. In Koreatown, Younggoo’s Noodle 24 went so far as to paint a cartoonish red-on-black-and-white mural of street food stalls above wood booths. The heavily...
Koreatown continues to reveal additional culinary facets like some kind of Russian nesting doll. Chef Jason Ha has actually been cooking in the neighborhood for years, but is only now grabbing the spotlight. He...
Koreatown clearly has a sweet tooth, and bingsu has ceded the spotlight to soft serve ice cream in the past two years. Of course, not all soft serve is created equal, and CREME is...