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K-Town
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K-Town, Restaurants
Kalguksu Lunch at Myung Dong Kyoja – LA
Day 7, the last day of our first LA trip, and right after experiencing my first cherimoya, David and I stopped by Myung Dong Kyoja (명동교자) for a quick lunch before heading to the airport. Unfortunately, there was a bit of wait so lunch wasn’t as quick as we had hoped, but once we were seated, we ordered quickly (deciding what to eat is easy, there’s less than ten items on the menu), and minutes later we were both staring into a bowl of hot kalguksu (칼국수; $7.99), housemade knife-cut noodle soup topped with ground chicken, carrots, onions, wood ear mushrooms, greens, and four tiny pork dumplings. MORE »
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K-Town, Restaurants
Flower Meat & Mel Gibson at Park’s BBQ – LA
03.29.12 | Permalink | 3 Comments
I wanted to hit up one Korean barbecue restaurant while in Los Angeles, and after some online research and a few conversations with friends, it seemed Park’s BBQ (박대감네) was the way to go. A few days later when David’s friend Irvin texted suggesting we meet at Park’s, it seemed meant to be. So on Day 6, a few hours after bun bo Hue, David and I met up with Irvin and his girlfriend, Sarah, for some classic Korean bonding over meat and beer. MORE »
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K-Town, Street Eats
Hodduk at Koo’s Grill – LA
03.09.12 | Permalink | 4 Comments
One thing sorely missing in New York is a hodduk (also spelled hotteok) cart. In Seoul, hodduk carts are everywhere (there’s even a truck), but in NYC, nada. Sure you can make it at home, but it’s not the same as grabbing one as you’re walking around. Or in the case of Los Angeles, driving around. MORE »
