"Nothing screams glamour more than a gargantuan kimchi-filled bun marked with furrows deeper than a Klingon's forehead." [Photos: Joe DiStefano] The awning reads "Oriental Glamour," but the Korean name of this spot is Ming Chan Dong. After a chat with...
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[Photographs: Tia Kim] Bibimbap (a spicy Korean mixed rice dish, also spelled bibimbop) isn't bar food, here or in Korea, but when you combine bibimbap and a sake bar, you get Bibim-Bar, a tiny bar/restaurant specializing in bibimbap and...
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I took a little heat from commenters last week for a piece about Han Song Ting’s Chinese take on the Korean cold noodle soup naeng myun. Their beef: Naeng myun noodles are traditionally made from a mixture of buckwheat...
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"The spicy cold Korean noodle soup that I like to call liquid air conditioning." Han Song Ting's former location. Han Song Ting was one of my favorite stalls in the now defunct Roosevelt Food Court. Next to a Sichuan spot...
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The kimchi quesadila you almost could have had. Back in June when the West Coast-based Kogi team was in town for the Citymeals-on-Wheels fundraiser, the mobile kitchen's head chef Roy Choi said he'd launch here in a heartbeat. He...
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If I didn't have friends to guide me while eating a late dinner at Gahm Mi Oak, I wouldn't have known what to do when faced with the giant bowl of seolleongtang. Gahm Mi Oak is known for this...
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As we reported earlier, the Los Angeles-based Kogi BBQ truck teamed up with New York City's Dessert Truck in Midtown today to serve kimchi quesadillas and cups of chocolate mousse. About 200 portions of this Kogi and Dessert Truck...
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For only one hour, from noon to 1 p.m., the Kogi BBQ truck will set up at 55th Street and Lexington Avenue to sell $4 plates of food. See what Los Angeles is drooling over when the truck debuts for the first time in New York City.
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Since I didn't get the chance to eat budae jjigae when I was in Seoul, I sought it out when I returned to New York City. Or rather, the opportunity conveniently landed in my lap when a friend said,...
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From left: Kalguksu in chicken soup; sujebi in kimchi soup. It's not often that right after I eat at a place I think about how much I want to return, but I was already thinking about my next visit...
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