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May 8, 2012
Spicy Food Fight: Fukuburger vs. Kalbi Burger
Though it may be more anecdotal than anything else, there is a popular theory that during South Korea's recession in the mid-to-late 2000's the country's young unemployed masses became especially enamored with a dish called buldak, or "fire chicken," a sauce-covered stir fry that was prepared so hot ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Food Newspaper Stories
You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>
Blogs
March 7, 2012
World Cup of Baking Winners Announced in Paris
No culinary fragrance can compete with that of freshly baked bread. You can be comforted, exalted, seduced, relieved, or stimulated by nutty yeast tones gently wafting toward you. Or maybe you're just hungry. The Coupe du Monde de la Boulangerie, or World Baking Cup, is an event that will make every ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2012
K-pop Till You Drop: The Skinny on the Korean Boy and Girl Groups That Get Major Play in Koreatown
Story by Tiffanie Lee K-pop has become a worldwide phenomenon, and one of its great hubs is Los Angeles. Walk into any Koreatown club, dive, noraebang (karaoke bar) or, hell, even a bakery, and you'll hear the genre's famous slick jams and infectious dance beats. Importing elements of American R&B ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2012
Jonathan Gold's 60 Korean Dishes Every Angeleno Should Know
See Also: A Google map for all 60 of the Korean dishes Jonathan Gold says every Angeleno should know, read "5 Koreatown Restaurants Open 24 Hours: Hangover Soup," learn about "5 Koreatown Beer Joints: Hite Requirement," or just look at more of Anne Fishbein's beautiful Koreatown food photography. I ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2012
5 Koreatown Restaurants Open 24 Hours: Hangover Soup
There is a segment of the population whose late-night cravings consist not of bacon and eggs or burgers and fries, but of sizzling grilled short ribs and flaming hot soups and comforting porridge. That segment of the population is the one you'll find after last call in Koreatown. There are so many ... More >>
Film+TV
December 1, 2011
The Yellow Sea Review
Korea's submission for the Foreign-Language Oscar is an ultraviolent illegal-immigrant gangster flick
Eat+Drink
November 10, 2011
A-Frame: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011
Korea's submission for the Foreign-Language Oscar is an ultraviolent illegal-immigrant gangster flick
Blogs
October 28, 2011
Occupy L.A: As City Debates Cost of Occupation, Port Spends Nearly $200,000 on Party
Moet & ChandonDrink up, City Hall.As the skies of tolerance for Occupy L.A. are getting gloomy (both Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and city Councilman Bill Rosendahl have expressed that there are limits to how long demonstrators can camp out next to City Hall), our own tolerance for bullshit gro ... More >>
Blogs
August 9, 2011
Best D.I.Y. Pig Foot Feast: Jangchung-Dong Wong Jokbal's Jokbal
A. FrougBraised pig's foot at Jongchung-Dong Wong Jokbal Glistening under soy-glazed skin, slices exposing alternating layers of rosy meat, creamy fat and opaque gelatin, pig's foot at Koreatown's Jangchung-Dong Wong Jokbal arrives to the table on a silver platter, looking like a prop from th ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
L.A.'s Idea of Korean Food vs. What Koreans Really Eat
Our continuing series of Venn Food Diagrams has explored American regional and a smattering of international cuisines in no particular order or with any sense of geographic or cultural continuity. We're taking another random trip from the land of tater tot hot dish to the land of kimchi hot ... More >>
Eat+Drink
July 28, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Iota
Our continuing series of Venn Food Diagrams has explored American regional and a smattering of international cuisines in no particular order or with any sense of geographic or cultural continuity. We're taking another random trip from the land of tater tot hot dish to the land of kimchi hot ... More >>
Eat+Drink
July 28, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Palsaik Samgyeopsal
Our continuing series of Venn Food Diagrams has explored American regional and a smattering of international cuisines in no particular order or with any sense of geographic or cultural continuity. We're taking another random trip from the land of tater tot hot dish to the land of kimchi hot ... More >>
Blogs
July 27, 2011
Iota: K-Town Teen Heaven
F. FriesemaJonagold apples Are you a teenage girl? Do you know a teenage girl? Because if so, Iota may be your favorite place in the universe, a barn-size K-town coffeehouse where K-pop booms from giant screens, the air is permeated with caffeine, the walls pop with color, the menu groans wit ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
The New KFC: Korean Fried Chicken
Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic Dear Mr. Gold: You seem to be writing about a lot of Korean restaurants recently. The new KFC is Korean Fried Chicken. I've tried BonChon and Kyochon. While both are good, I have to give the edge to Kyochon, although BonChon gets points for easy pa ... More >>
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July 18, 2011
LA Street Food Fest: Photo Gallery
Carmageddon? Where? The traffic-nightmare-that-never-was (westside to Pasadena in under 30 minutes!!!) may have kept cars off the road and eaters from attending LA Street Food Fest, but their loss was our gain. With few lines, we managed to sample from EVERY vendor at the festival. Yes, every v ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
KCRW's Daily Global Street Food Photos: A Countdown, of Sorts
Indonesian street bike, via Marc on KCRW's Good Food blog.Kind of like an advent calendar leading up to the big day, KCRW's Good Food blog will be posting a daily photo (or photos) of street food from around the world everyday now through May 1st, when the station's Global Street Food event h ... More >>
Eat+Drink
February 10, 2011
Sun Ha Jang: Addicted to Quack
Koreatown's pleasure palace of duck
Blogs
February 7, 2011
30 Burgers in 30 Days: The Fix is In (Day 5)
The BYOB policy and high-quality, humanely-raised meats at The Fix Burger in Silver Lake, earned it "Best of LA" status in last year's mega-issue. This time, we visit The Fix with an eye toward comparing their classic burgers with their kimchi-laden Seoul burger, a concept we recently sampled at K ... More >>
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February 2, 2011
30 Burgers in 30 Days: Kimchi & Cultural Fusion at Kalbi Burger (Day 2)
What hath Kogi wrought -- aside from a million imitations of its Korean fusion taco? How about a worldwide phenomenon pairing two of L.A.'s most ubiquitous immigrant cuisines with the accessibility of fast-food. Yet, the Korean fusion trend hasn't made its way to that other American classic: the b ... More >>
Eat+Drink
January 27, 2011
Gaon: Suburban Korean
Where chef Simon King respects tradition
Blogs
January 26, 2011
First Bite: Simon King Cooks Suburban Korean in Pasadena at Gaon
Jonagold apple, portion removedAnother suburban Korean restaurant? When you put it that way, I guess we are a little obsessed with the idea of gentrified Korean food. Everybody knows the cuisine is going to hit the mainstream at some point, but nobody has quite figured out what it is going to ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Macho Like Me
Jonagold apple, portion removedAnother suburban Korean restaurant? When you put it that way, I guess we are a little obsessed with the idea of gentrified Korean food. Everybody knows the cuisine is going to hit the mainstream at some point, but nobody has quite figured out what it is going to ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
South Korea Kills 1.7 Million Animals to Stop Foot-And-Mouth Disease
South Korean officials are desperately trying to stop a recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, killing over a million infected animals and vaccinating millions more. Despite its innocuous name, foot-and-mouth isn't a social faux pas, it's a devastating virus that infects cloven-hoofed animals ... More >>
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October 22, 2010
Seoul Octopus Day The Relative Joys of Octopus Heads
JoongAng DailyOfficials at Seongdong District Office in Seoul at an "Octopus Tasting Event" How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? And how many octopus heads are probably as many as you should eat in a day? The answer to the first question, of course, belongs to the philosophers and ... More >>
Blogs
October 22, 2010
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/18-10/22
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "In further news, I had three octopus heads for lunch today in Koreatown. But they were little ones." Seoul Octopus Day The Relative Joys of Octopus Heads. "While the study may not lead to intensive family planning strat ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2010
LAPD Considering Korean Dogs For K-9 Units: Two Cops Travelling To Asia To Check Them Out
Is the Korean Jindo headed to the LAPD?With the economy as bad as it, it's more important than ever that our tax dollars go to buying American. Well, our friends over at the LAPD didn't seem to get that memo. They use the Austrian Glock pistol (not to mention the Italian Beretta), and some of ... More >>
Blogs
October 18, 2010
Best BYOB Burger Joint: The Fix Burger
thefixburger.comSometimes we build an entire outfit around a new pair of shoes, and in the same vein, occasionally we end up pairing a meal with a beverage, instead of the other way around. If that six-pack of microbrew is burning a hole in your fridge, consider carrying it down to The Fix Bu ... More >>
Film+TV
September 16, 2010
Movie Review: Chosin
thefixburger.comSometimes we build an entire outfit around a new pair of shoes, and in the same vein, occasionally we end up pairing a meal with a beverage, instead of the other way around. If that six-pack of microbrew is burning a hole in your fridge, consider carrying it down to The Fix Bu ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2010
School Food Blooming Roll, a Korean Chain, Now Stateside at MaDang Courtyard
Esther HahnSchool Food's Kimchi Noodles, "Jjol Jjol Myun" Restaurant openings in Koreatown seem to follow a distinct pattern: first, grow into a popular, multi-location chain in Korea, then open an outpost in L.A. That has been the case for the successful restaurants Yu Chun Chic, Chil Bo My ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2010
Saturday Is Yu-Na Kim Day In L.A. Yay!
Sometimes we're critical of the Los Angeles City Council for dragging its feet on tough issues while giving itself almost Bell-like salaries and falling over itself to pass lame rules like is cat-declawing prohibition. Well, gosh darn it, this council finally got something right: It's "Yu-Na ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2010
Best Bibimbap: Okay, Maybe Not the Best, or The Happiness of Cham
A. ScattergoodBibimbap at Chams Bibimbap was 2003's favorite Dish of the Future, an amalgam of meat, various vegetables and egg tossed together with hot rice and Korean chile paste, an infinitely adaptable formula killed by venal entrepreneurs, both in Los Angeles and in Seoul, who saw it as ... More >>
News
June 17, 2010
Worlds Apart
Federal law gives gay citizens with foreign partners tough choices: Leave the U.S.A. Lose your love. Break the law
Eat+Drink
September 17, 2009
You’re a Pig!
If you want to be, at Koreatown’s Don Dae Gam
Calendar
July 30, 2009
Contemporary Korean Art Exhibit
If you want to be, at Koreatown’s Don Dae Gam
Blogs
May 22, 2009
This Week in Media WTFBBQ: This Internet's Dead Anyway
Maybe it's because of the looming Memorial holiday, but social media was kind of dead this week. Seasoned party crashers ourselves, we decided to see what the real media kids were up to. It turns out like everyone else in America they too were having a BBQ... a WTFBBQ. Here are our findings, separa ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2009
L.A. Koreans Spark Massive Lawsuit
Mad About the CowSpearheaded by about 50 of their fellow countrymen from the Los Angeles area, 1,020 Korean Americans have filed a $735 million lawsuit against Seoul TV broadcast company MBC. The suit claims that, by sounding a new alarm about mad cow disease and U.S. beef, which has been banned in ... More >>
Eat+Drink
October 16, 2008
Koreatown 1.0: A Food Diary
Sunday, bloody Sunday
Eat+Drink
October 9, 2008
Lawry's the Prime Rib: Give 'em Red Meat
A prime place for out-of-towners
Stage
May 31, 2007
Star Power
Ahn Trio shines under the night sky
Eat+Drink
May 31, 2007
Hen Party
Sacrificial poultry and heavenly hangover relief
News
April 27, 2006
5 Wonderful Things
Sacrificial poultry and heavenly hangover relief
Calendar
January 5, 2006
5 Wonderful Things
Sacrificial poultry and heavenly hangover relief
Film+TV
July 11, 2002
It's Over!
The World Cup's Hollywood ending
Film+TV
June 13, 2002
Games Without Frontiers
The World Cup, week one
News
June 6, 2002
A Few Things You Should Know About the World Cup
The World Cup, week one
News
July 27, 2000
Running on Empty
George W. Bush�s plea for votes � and brain cells
Eat+Drink
January 27, 2000
Korean Comfort Food
Gook Soo is more than just a noodle
Film+TV
February 25, 1999
Money No Enough
Asia's financial crisis has its filmmakers scrounging for dollars
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