All posts tagged "korean restaurants"

  • Chef Kim Sung-il of "La Yeon" (center), poses with Chef Ryu Tae-hwan of "Ryunique" (left) and Chef Yim Jung-sik of "Jungsik," at the award ceremony of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2015 held in Singapore, Monday. (Courtesy of S. Pellegrino)
    Only three Korean restaurants make Asia’s top 50 list

    By Kim Bo-eun Despite the hype over the globalization of “hansik” or Korean food, only three Korean restaurants made it onto Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2015, an annual listing released in Singapore this week. Chef Yim Jung-sik’s...

    • Posted March 12, 2015
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  • Genwa serves up a whopping 23 side dishes at both their locations. (Los Angeles Times / Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee)
    [LA TIMES] Six Koreatown restaurants with great banchan

      – Love Korean barbecue? Choose your restaurant for the meat, but also the banchan. The little side dishes that come out at every Korean restaurant are called mit banchan(which loosely translates to “bottom” or...

    • Posted January 7, 2015
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  • A popular North Korean dish, nangmyun, was said to be introduced in Chicago ahead of South Korea.
    [Chicagoist] The 12 Best Korean Restaurants In Chicago

       – From Bill Kim’s mini-empire of “belly” restaurants to the dingiest storefronts in Albany Park, Chicago isn’t lacking for good Korean food, whether pure or as a mish-mash with other cuisines. Here are a dozen of...

    • Posted October 8, 2014
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