I want to put that in between two slices of cheese toast with a side of Lipitor
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Hi LAgirl -
Itâs the color (can be off-putting). It doesnât have that yellow-tinged, chicken-y fat look Americans grew up with. But the ginseng and the starchy rice w/sweet potato in the hen is nice and silky and thickens the broth. You just have to really salt it. I love soup, but most donât realize how much salt goes into making soup tasty. Without salt - no matter what aromatics and meats you put in - soup tastes like dishwater.
If youâre not a big eater you may want to take it home and make two meals out of it.
@secretasianman can probably describe samgyetang better than me.
Try it 
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Perfect
Speaking of Korean - Jun Won re-opened at a new location on Western. Has anyone been?
That would be some damn deliciously rich pie crust. 
Please post the results if you do decide to make it.
I ate squid balls and had a boba Vietnamese coffee at UCSD today. These kids eat good nowadays.
I ate squid balls
You and your 'nads⌠
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For a day spa treatment followed by a cleansing and comforting bowl of samgyetang, go to Natrua Sap.
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Yes and it is wonderful! The food and service is great.
I love the black cod dish at Jun Won!
The texture and feel is like fish cheeks and the taste is sweet and buttery, and the slightly spicy sauce balances it all out.
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The thing to get there is the milmyun. Maybe not today, or even tomorrow, is the perfect weather for a bowl of cold, savory, spicy and a slightly (just slightly) sweet bowl of noodles, but in a month or so, youâll be craving it in your dreams.
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Oh nice.[quote=âipsedixit, post:28, topic:5642â]
For a day spa treatment followed by a cleansing and comforting bowl of samgyetang, go to Natrua Sap
[/quote]In the former I. Magnin building. Weâve been going there while Hankook Spa is being renovated. Good scrub. I think weâve only had the pan-fried mandu (mandoo).
P.S. There is a hysterically scathing review on Yelp about Natura. Itâs all about the bad habits of âwhite womenâ and how the staff ignores it. I have to admit Hankook wouldnât allow anyone to break the shower rule. But this Yelper was vicious! 
Unfortunately, she didnât comment about the restaurant, so I didnât post it on @PorkyBellyâs Best of Yelp thread, but I was so tempted.
âŚcheck it out 
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[quote=âJeetKuneBao, post:29, topic:5642â]
Jun Won!
[/quote]You never know when a restaurant owner says theyâll open back up. But I had a feeling they werenât gone for good. This is great!
Thanks
not really, though iâd point out that the bird fits inside the bowl which is not all that large - think more cornish hen than a single 4-5 lb bird per serving.
when i comes to balance, i subscribe to the joe beef âbig mac theory of taste equilibriumâ the big mac convinces you to believe that itâs nutritious prompting you to take another bite of it by achieving an appropriate balance of: sugar salt fat acid & bite. a lot of korean soups are under-salted, went to a place last month that specialized in a busan (second largest city in korea after seoul) pork soup that included salted shrimp as a garnish. a lot of other patrons also added kimchi to their soup. iâve seen the same thing with (canât remember the korean name) beef soup/broth.
maybe itâs not such a bad idea; this way each patron can flavor dishes to their subjective tastes. but the typical non-korean patron probably expects korean cuisine to be served already (for want of a better description) over the top flavor-wise, kinda like how some folks didnât get rickerâs rendition of thai not realizing that it was up to them to season the dish to their own particular taste. itâs the same thing with hainan chicken - you canât find two singaporeans who will agree on how much of each sauce one should add, etc. but thatâs not necessarily a bad thing; seems to me that a lot of asian comfort foods require seasoning to taste - but thatâs what makes it memorable.
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I order delivery from Mayura from time to time, vegan/vegetarian. I love to take leftover appam and brown and crisp them like pancakes, add maple syrup and eat as dessert. Very yummy.
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Well now you have to try samgyetang @LAgirl 
- just to get us to shut up. That was good @secretasianman! Thanks.
sure. since iâm now fully engaged, the korean (busan) place is Jinsol Gukbap
the pork soup
with various things already included including the salted shrimp
and kimchi from the banchan
as for Buil Samgye Tang, the banchan included a pile of salt for each person
with a pic of the soup
and as you eat more of the meat, the rice within melds with the soup to become a porridge-like consistency at the bottom. we had this for lunch on a rainy day in february and it was an effective palliative.
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I almost edited to mention the porridge-effect. Great!
porridge is a great example of flavoring to individual tastes; grits tend to get treated with butter/salt, while oatmeal tends to be sweetened. asian cuisines tend towards the savory when it comes to flavoring porridge though. but within my family we season rice porridge quite differently. i favor soy, sesame oil green onions maybe some white pepper while my sister prefers pickled vegetables for which i have absolutely no affinity. it is what it is.
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Interesting