Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong: More BBQ in Koreatown


Grilling ribeye at Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong.; Credit: Anne FishbeinGrilling ribeye at Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong.; Credit: Anne Fishbein

The restaurant is part of a Seoul-based chain run by comedian and former wrestler Kang Ho Dong, a guy who might best be described as an ebullient mix of Jack Black and The Rock (with a tax-evasion scandal thrown in). His image is plastered around the restaurant, in the form of little pulp comics and two life-size cardboard cutouts that stand at the front door. Taking pictures with the cutouts is not only acceptable but encouraged. Read the story.

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