Korean Barbecue at Choonchun Dakgalbi


Dak Galbi at beginning of cooking process at Choonchun Dakgalbi; Credit: Anne FishbeinDak Galbi at beginning of cooking process at Choonchun Dakgalbi; Credit: Anne Fishbein

Need a visual aid for your print edition? Jonathan Gold visits Choonchun Dakgalbi. (“He flicks your chopsticks away from the noodles with his trowel. Chile sauce is applied in a wash you recognize from a late Jules Olitski painting. It is tossed. The cabbage melts down to nothing. The sauce caramelizes. You may eat.”) Click through for Anne Fishbein's spectacular photos and read more in Gold's Counter Intelligence, “Dak Dak Galbi.”

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