Or perhaps because hip hotel The Line is attracting visitors and locals alike. Or maybe it's just because the restaurants here are so damn good. Whatever the case, here's the best of the best. It's not Korean but the Boiling Crab is worthy of your attention. It's part of the Viet-Cajun phenomenon that began in Louisiana and Texas in which Vietnamese-Americans began making traditional shrimp boils but with Southeast Asian herbs and spices.
This particular restaurant is part of a mini chain that has locations sprinkled around California. Budae jjigae, also known as "military stew," doesn't sound very appetizing: a spicy stew with cut up hot dogs, Spam, and cheap ramen noodles, among other odd ingredients.
But never judge a stew by its ingredients. At least not this one. And especially not the one at Chunju Han-Il Kwan, which is the main reason people gravitate here. The stew was invented in the aftermath of the Korean War when the country was ravaged by economic woes and they put scraps from the U. Updated May 3rd, Sorry—looks like you screwed up that email address.
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Want to quickly find restaurants on the go? Download The Infatuation app. Highly Likely. Tacos , Mexican , Seafood in Silver Lake. Fish and shrimp tacos. Oh, and also the campechana This tiny, order-at-the-window space on Sunset Blvd. Andrea D'Agosto. Korean in Arcadia. Japanese , Ramen in Sawtelle Japantown. Jakob Layman. Japanese , French in Little Tokyo. It all worked out, though. The kimchi fried rice balls were fantastic, hot and crispy Korean versions of Italian risotto balls, filled with spicy fried rice and drizzled with spicy mayo.
To beat the heat, we had patbingsoos in paper cups, with ice cream and red bean and ice and misutgaru and cereal and fruit — good stuff, not affiliated with any business in particular, but a representative version of a great Koreatown dessert. We enjoyed most of our food in the shade provided by the alcohol tent. None of the alcohol on site actually tempted me, but the shade was crucial.
We only hung out for about an hour, if that, but we ate well and enjoyed ourselves at Taste of Koreatown. There were more vendors than there were last year, and I look forward to coming back another year from now. Michael W.
It was Korean sampler heaven in there. Good stuff, btw. Enjoyed the taco, tamale was decent. At the next tent over, I noticed there was a line of 4 — 5 , dripping sweat, waiting patiently for their food. When in doubt, go where the line is, right? Unbeknownst to me, Seoul Sausage, of Food Network fame, was serving up their famous fried ball. So I picked it up.
And tried it. I looked back at the description, and sure enough, it said « Fried Rice». Thanks, James S.! All in all, it was an awesome event. I wish I had a couple more stomachs to try all the awesome Korean food, but as it was, my first meal in LA was a delicious one, with entertainment to boot!
Though, the tofu soup battle was entertainment enough. Reinforced the lesson, whenever you check out a new city, check out Unilocal. Daisy N. It was on the small side for being a festival. Located in a parking lot dirt and rocks with food tents around the perimeter. There was a tent that you could enter if you are over 21 with a beer table and a soju tasting table however the tickets need to be purchased back outside at a different tent.
Not bad for a small event, also convenient to take the Purple line subway! Pablo K. I thought this was gonna be a lot larger than it really was. I thought I would find a cut street full of vendors but instead I found an half empty lot with way fewer vendors than I had expected… I think that the fact that they no longer have the cook off took a lot off the whole thing… May be they should bring it back.
David U. We were hesitant to go, especially because it was warm outside. Could also be because we went around 3 PM , but there were no lines for food or beer, plenty of space to sit down, and plenty of shade. We got to try Seoul Sausage which was awesome. It was a fun experience… a break from the usual and we enjoyed it! Andre N. There were alot of Koreans at this event!
But hence it was a taste of Koreatown. Was volunteering my time with Unilocal and handing out goodies from Unilocal and promoting it as well.
Thought I had lots of time to visit food booths, play games and drink some beer in the beer tent. Beer was provided by Firestone Walker, always great beer by them! There was a soju booth, but didnt get to try it. Many of the businesses provided suitable samples for you to try. Papa Cristos offerred samples of their gyro, which is always awesome, BCD their tasty spicy chicken.
That burrito was massive, had to split with my buddy James S, the burrito. Every bite was flavorful and had much pork in it. I would get that burrito again.
The funny thing is you didnt even have to play the game for prizes, because they had so many, that they had to start giving them away. Thus i got an extra shirt, flip flops and an oven mit. The only thing there was not much to do, so you just kept doing the same thing over again. Though it was cool to see some good looking gals dance to gangnam style.
Also when they announced the winners of some prizes they gave out tickets , couldnt hear the announcement from the beer garden. Overall fun day. Chewbacca T. Had the best patbingsoo ever.
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