Bukchang-dong (or BCD) Tofu House has been one of the most popular Korean restaurants for years. I believe it’s one of those rare Korean restaurants that was born in America and made its way back to the Motherland, Korea. They have 15 locations in and around the Los Angeles region, New York, New Jersey, Seattle, and Seoul....
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I would like to deeply apologize, to all the ZenKimchi followers, for my long absence. I’ll be more diligent in posting more often. One of the representative Korean foods is 삼겹살 (samgyupsal), uncured pork belly, or the Korean bacon. As a matter of fact, samgyupsal’s popularity among Koreans would rival kimchi and...
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Hwe. Korean sashimi. It’s not just a way to prepare raw fish. It’s a dance of courses and flavors using every part of the fish.
Bluefish pushes to make it a more ethereal experience.
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This was the best sushi experience I ever had. It looked like “Jiro Dreams of Sushi.”
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The fine folks at Yeontabal 연타발 invited me over for a night of some lovely beef intestines and heart. I’m usually skeptical of a lot of upscale Korean restaurants because they usually think fine dining is just a bunch of fussy pretension, high prices, and bland food. Not so at Yeontabal! They’re pricey, but that was a...
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The beer renaissance I was talking about during my 7brau IPA review video is backed up by what’s going on in the Korean bar scene. Brewpubs have been around a bit and got a big leap when Craftworks opened in 2010. The beer conglomerate laws got relaxed a bit to enable small producers to sell their beer to other pubs. The...
read moreOf all the places my wife and I have tried donkasu together, including a 50,000 won per person place in Tokyo, we never expected that it would be in the middle of nowhere in North Jeolla province that we would find the donkasu by which all other donkasu would be measured from now on. Heaven, Earth, Water, Wind is run by a friendly...
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The opening of “the next Korean barbecue restaurant” in midtown Manhattan by K-pop star and producer Jin Young Park has generated some controversy. Some think the restaurant’s aesthetic is too antiseptic to provide an authentic Korean experience. Some reviews have viciously criticized the atmosphere, exemplified...
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It’s been a good EIGHT months of silence. In that time, I’ve sent my sister off to Equatorial Guinea, welcomed her back, then said good-bye as she left me for greener pastures in San Francisco. I’ve acquired a new cat – a Siamese I so aptly named Orca. I’ve upgraded my computer to a plushy,...
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If you find yourself in the vicinity of popular tourist spot Jiri mountain, I’ve got a must-visit bibimbap restaurant for you to try out. Eden Restaurant, or, 에덴식당, keeps odd hours and you’ll need to call in advance to check their availability and make a reservation, but there’s a reason: all of their bibimbap...
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