You may have had elaborate fugu meals at upper-end restaurants here or in Japan: toasted fins steeped in sake; There is almost a rite built around the eating of fugu in Japan, heightened by danger. Read more.
Best Korean BBQ - 2012! Cuts of rib-eye are beautifully marbled, the pork belly sliced just so, & dosirak, shaken tableside with a fried egg, is a most entertaining side dish! -Garrett Snyder Read more.
Soban is a slightly odd institution, nice in a way that's probably closer to the way your mom's best friend's kitchen is nice. The most famous dish here is probably the spicy galbi jjim.-Jonathan Gold
LA Weekly's Best of LA 2010 pick - Best Late-Night Korean/Best Kim Jong Il Mural!
Tony Bourdain tried the side dishes. Ham Ji Park is famous for 3 dishes (pork belly, pork spare ribs marinated in spicy pepper paste, and pork stew).
$20 ayce BBQ lunch is tempting, but the $12 yook hwe (Korean beef tartare) lunch special is the real steal.
"You're eating spicy pork belly with raw garlic and fresh herbs. And sometimes, maybe most of the time, happiness is an end in itself." - Jonathan Gold
Barbecue is hardly an American creation. At this Koreatown restaurant, specialties such as bool kogi and kalbi kui are grilled on charcoal-burning braziers in the center of your table Read more.
