nj eats

  I have officially exceeded my image capacity for this domain so am launching the sequel to my original blog as njstilleats.blogspot....

    I know that for those who don't live in Korea or LA, complaining that there's no good nengmyun , or cold bu...

I recently led a food tour of LA's Koreatown where we made five stops along 6th street and got to sample delicious dishes rangin...

I think watching one too many Korean soaps had given me a hankering for jjajangmyun , the classic Korean Chinese dish of slippery noodles i...

I've always been a big fan of kanjang kyejang , or raw crab marinated in garlic and soy sauce. It's a pain to eat but well worth it....

I tried to recreate all the amazing greens and namul (side dishes) that some of the best home-cooks made in Korea. Not surprisingly, the ing...

There's nothing like home-made haemul pajeon , or pancakes made with jjokpa (Korean green onions), oysters and clams (sometimes with sq...

I wasn't sure what to expect from the revamped Bann space in the CGV complex at the heart of Koreatown on Western and Wilshire. I had ne...

No, it isn't photogenic by any stretch, but solid, perfectly salty and stinky in a good way duenjang jjigae , or fermented soybean paste...

I know I sound like a broken record but I will say it again and again. Why is it that something as seemingly simple as ttukbokki , rice cake...

Palsaik Samgyeopsal, translated as eight-colored pork belly in Korean, sounded a tad gimmicky. "Pork belly, marinated and seasoned EI...

I have been a sad witness to not one but two of my favorite kimbab (Korean seaweed rolls) joints move their locations. First it was Jongno K...

Barbecue joints serving ribs or pork belly may reign supreme on the streets of Koreatown, but tucked away in a nondescript mini-mall is a ra...