March 10, 2008
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LA – Here I Come!
I wish I could retire from weddingbee and focus all my energy on this blog (yes I’m serious!). One day soon I hope!
Anyway I haven’t been to LA in awhile, my aunt is visiting from Korea, and it’s my mom’s birthday, so I’m headed to LA next week!
My appetite has been horrible lately, so I can’t wait for some good ol’ Korean home cooking! When it comes to food, I’m totally an LA girl at heart! They have the best Korean food of course, but also the best ethnic food around - from Mexican to Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, etc. New York just can’t compete!
My parents always ask what I want to eat (for Korean parents, feeding = showing love). So I’m making a list – I only have 5 days, but I’m going to try my best to eat everything on this list!
- kong gooksoo
- mool nengmyun
- bibim nengmyun
- ojinguh bokkeum (no one makes it spicy enough for me except my mom!)
- ggotgae (crab) jjigae
- al (fish roe) jjigae (I love seafood and fish but never cook it myself)
- uni (I don’t like that much sushi but I love uni!)
- soondubu
- chung gook jang (soy bean paste stew… only for the true ajummahs)
- paht bingsoo
- dweji kimchi jjigae (my favorite food – always taste better when someone else cooks it for you)
- jjajjangmyun/jjambbong
- my dad’s roast beef
- my dad’s homemade chicken soup
- dungeness crab
- carne asada tacos (you can’t get good Mexican in New York)
- backyard bbq – steak, galbi, ribs, hot dogs, samgyupsal
What else would you add to this list?
Comments (64)
i’d like to add … take me with you!!!!!
nobody cooks like mom!
wow can they really make ALL that food in just one trip?!
weather is fabulous in LA right now!have a wonderful time w/ your family.
kamcha tang!
no dduk bboh sahm?
Welcome back! I would only add Dduk-bok-kee to it… I love my mom’s떡볶이… somehow, mine never tastes the same T_T
seriously, nobody cooks like mom! i looove yukejang, add that to your list! and bibimbap!!
bootayjiggae!!!!!!!!!
you and i have the same appetite!
seriously, there is nothing quite like coming “home”, right? I hope you get lot of loving from your parents~ 
oh my GOSH THAT SOUNDS GOOD. can you do a list of your favorite k-restaurants in LA? there are WAY too many to choose from, and i always end up going to the same ones. i swear if you put together a list, id check out every place on it
kal gook soo and jap chae…my mouth is watering!!
I would love some bibim nengmyun and samgyupsa! Mmmh, some dukkbuki would be nice too :]l
kimchi fried rice
i’m back in LA for 2 weeks!
Dduk-bok-kee
geez… can i come over to eat with you
Go to Seoul Garden in K Town for the Ghengis Khan(jjingi sukkhan)!!!! It’s korean style shabu shabu-so good!
“They have the best Korean food of course”
Of course!
And you know what goes great with jjajjangmyun? Some tang soo yuk!
I’m all hungry again…
all that sounds awesome. when i think of LA i think of all the Taiwanese food that’s missing from the East Coast (…and the Korean…Mexican…Vietnamese…) i’m rooting for you to eat it all!
if you like nengmyuns, i would recommend going to narute (on harvard and wilshire) and getting their hanchi gooksoo (i get it minus the hanchi though because i think it’s some kind of squid and i prefer not to eat it). it’s this green colored noodle in a cold broth with lots of different vegetables and a tad spicy. VERY refreshing and tasty~
also, dwi gol mok has the best chicken wings (with the yangyum on the side) and corn cheese! so good. i would also add budaejjigae to the list. my stomach is growling…
damn right.
dude, chung gook jjang is hardcore. paht bing soo – the weather is perfect in LA for that
get some tacos at a taco truck!ethnic food in LA is so awesome.
OB Bear (7th and vermont – yelp it)spicy chicken wings( yang nyum dahk nal gee), tong dahk, and their… sea slug salad dish. It’s actually pretty good.and Ho-tukk at the Korean superkmarket on 6th and Western.
have fun!! eat tons.
Add some Vietnamese food!
aww, i was wondering how come you haven’t updated anymore. i love reading your entries about food.
you’re on weddingbee?? i used to love reading that blog but then i got busy with school. which bee are you, if you don’t mind me asking?
youre coming to LA? maybe we can meet up and grab some dinner/drinks! i met up w/sandy and minnie last month and it was so much fun. call me if you can get some time away from family when you’re here. i want all the food that you listed esp carne asada tacos!! you cant beat LA when it comes to mexican food. hello, mexicans are almost the majority here.
i’m heading to LA too and dungeness crab @ redondo beach is #1 on my list!
@Summer_Heat - Hi Summer! I’m Mrs. Bee on weddingbee.
i can live on al jiggae.hwae deop bap is easy to make but really good. yeah sashime!
dongchimi gooksoo at gilmok (the corner place) on 2819 James M Wood Blvd…i miss it so much! food is so much better on the west coast…
mool nengmyun and bibim nengmyun…I could eat those two all the time. I hate choosing one over the other cause I want both at the same time.
if i add to the list, does that mean i get to have it??? =)
Tahoe Galbi, dduk bo ssam!
when should i come over for bfast/lunch/dinner?
making me hungry…
LA’s cool to go to eat at, since it has the biggest Korea Town in the States! Good luck in completing the list of food! It sounds like a great plan!!!
dak doree tang, kong biji, and bin deh dduk.
ktown food is better than food in korea.
“you can’t get good Mexican in New York”
I haven’t read all of your comments for this post, there are usually too many to go through- so at the risk of being redundant– you CAN get good Mexican in NY.
There are many taco carts/trucks/stands in neighborhoods heavily populated with Latin Americans (Sunnyside, Woodside, Flushing Meadows) where you can pick up a genuine taco. I honestly can’t remember much detail due to the fact that I was quite inebriated on the night of my first visit to a taco truck, but THAT’S BESIDES THE POINT.
These tacos would put any tex-mex chain to shame, and would probably stand up to any Senora’s home-cooking. Once I find out the exact location of the taco truck that I dined at, I will let you know.
You have to go to Gilmok for their dong chi mi gook soo and bbq. It’s the best there is in ktown.
Mmm, get a cupcake.
i recommend korean bbq at Park’s BBQ (located in Ktown- in the plaza northeast corner of Vermont and Olympic Blvd.)
Yeah dukboki! I’m so glad I found this site!
Aahh. You made me drool on my keyboard!
hahaha! mrs. bee i make a list of all the things i want to eat when i go home too! (from NY to CA)
Cool fun. Like me. Thanks.I like to cook very at home. Greetings from Poland.
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