Korean BBQ

A refrain we keep hearing is that it can be tricky to navigate Koreatown, a Los Angeles neighborhood with wall-to-wall dining options, many signs in Hangeul and some of the best Korean food outside of Seoul. So with that, let me offer you eight restaurants to visit first. And once you’re done with those, we can talk some more.

It's five o'clock on a Friday afternoon and if I eat another bite of anything, I'm pretty sure I'll go into cardiac arrest. I'm at a Korean sushi restaurant in a strip mall that advertises itself – with no irony whatsoever – as “LA's Best Restaurant.” I'm surrounded by the highest ranking members of the Korean American Food & Restaurant Association and we're discussing the finer points of attracting non-Korean visitors to Koreatown. How in the world did this happen?

Nowadays, I don’t know anyone who does not love sliders — and everyone enjoys my special twist to the All-American classic. I guarantee that if you make these little guys, you will have an empty platter every time! Ask your butcher to slice the steak and grind rib-eye scraps to make the ground beef.