Got Hangari on my to-do list but I just heart Olympic Noodle for the tableside kimchi!
And I definitely trust cdub for the recs
appreciate it.
i’d recommend hangari. on another level versus olympic noodle, which i actually still like too.
Tonight was the perfect night for Galbi Tang at Han Yang. And I really dig their bok choy kimchi.
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Have you been to Hangari in recent months? Just wondering if the quality has remained the same since expansion. I think I may have heard rumblings about an owner change as well.
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Went about a month ago. The same as it’s always been but with less of a wait.
We went to olympic religiously before discovering Myung Dong Noodle House (went again yesterday). The kimchi was definitely some of the best.
Has anyone been to MaDangGooksu lately?
they’re a personal favorite, but haven’t been in the last 6 months or so. there are a number of good places in that mall. and i’ve wanted to try the place at the north end in the superstore.
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Kimbap is legit. Tried my first one in elementary school from my Korean friends during lunch and have loved them ever since. I like spam and tuna.
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I make those for my child. Leftovers, rice and nori, what’s not like? (+1 on the spam.)
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Korean sushi rolls are awesome.
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My wife will punch in the face anyone who calls kimbap “Korean sushi”. And yes, our boys love them too.
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Will she also punch me if I called sushi “Japanese kimbap”?
weren’t you once insisting that XLB shouldn’t be called dumplings?
I think she’d say “sushi is sushi and kimbap is kimbap”.
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Outta curiosity, what joints have great banchan variety and quality? There’s this one banchan, fried or candied sweet potato I believe, that I’ve had before but I haven’t come across in LA. Sounds super basic but it’s crazy delicious.
I think for pure variety and selection, it’s hard to top Genwa.
But for quality for quality’s sake, I think my vote goes to Park’s.
Which isn’t to say the banchan at Genwa is of low quality, just that I think the ingredients and freshness at Park’s is a step (or 2 or 3) above most places.
But for pure selection, hard to beat Genwa (with maybe Soban a distant second)
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This assessment strikes me as spot on.
Chung kiwa has a potato that’s sweetened as a banchan but your description sounds more like a dessert served at Korean Chinese restaurants
I thought the quality at Park’s was great, including some of the best kimchi I’ve ever had, but I’m pretty sure that since we were at a four-top there wasn’t enough room for the whole spread so we got only a subset. Certainly we didn’t get as many as I see in photos of larger tables, e.g.:
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