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Which to get? I suggest my second book, Maangchi's Big Book of Korean Cooking because it has the most recipes, but my first book has recipes for all the essential Korean pastes and sauces!
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Maangchi's recipes by category:Kimchi
Essential Korean dish
Side dishes
Banchan makes the meal
Rice
Our most important grain
Pancakes
Savory & simple
Rice cakes
Tteok for every occasion
Stews
Jjigae is our comfort food
Noodles
Long noodles = long life!
Soups
Guk at every meal
Sundubu-jjigae
Soft tofu stew
Gimbap
Seaweed paper rolls
Desserts
Special sweet stuff
Main dishes
Consider these mains
Mandu
Korean dumplings
Anju
Drinking food
BBQ
The Korean way to grill
Fried chicken
Double-deliciousness
One bowl meals
Nutritious & convenient
Street food
Quick & fun
Easy
Anyone can make these!
Lunchboxes
Dosirak made with love
Appetizers
These could be first
Fermented
Taste of centuries
Staple ingredients
Korean cuisine basics
Mitbanchan
Preserved side dishes
Pickles
Quick-brined
Spicy
I love spicy food :)
Nonspicy
There are plenty!
Beef
For meat lovers
Seafood
Surrounded by the sea
Pork
Some new dishes to try
Chicken
Our most delicious
Vegetarian
No fish, meat or chicken
Vegan
No animal products at all
Temple cuisine
From Buddhist temples
Korean Chinese
Chinese style Korean
Snacks
Quick dishes on the run
Korean bakery
Breads & pastries
Porridges
Good for your health!
Cold dishes
Icy, cold, or just chilled
Drinks
Fruits, grains & herbs
Not Korean
Fusion and western food
Kimchi
Essential Korean dish
Side dishes
Banchan makes the meal
Rice
Our most important grain
Pancakes
Savory & simple
Rice cakes
Tteok for every occasion
Stews
Jjigae is our comfort food
Noodles
Long noodles = long life!
Soups
Guk at every meal
Sundubu-jjigae
Soft tofu stew
Gimbap
Seaweed paper rolls
Desserts
Special sweet stuff
Main dishes
Consider these mains
Mandu
Korean dumplings
Anju
Drinking food
BBQ
The Korean way to grill
Fried chicken
Double-deliciousness
One bowl meals
Nutritious & convenient
Street food
Quick & fun
Easy
Anyone can make these!
Lunchboxes
Dosirak made with love
Appetizers
These could be first
Fermented
Taste of centuries
Staple ingredients
Korean cuisine basics
Mitbanchan
Preserved side dishes
Pickles
Quick-brined
Spicy
I love spicy food :)
Nonspicy
There are plenty!
Beef
For meat lovers
Seafood
Surrounded by the sea
Pork
Some new dishes to try
Chicken
Our most delicious
Vegetarian
No fish, meat or chicken
Vegan
No animal products at all
Temple cuisine
From Buddhist temples
Korean Chinese
Chinese style Korean
Snacks
Quick dishes on the run
Korean bakery
Breads & pastries
Porridges
Good for your health!
Cold dishes
Icy, cold, or just chilled
Drinks
Fruits, grains & herbs
Not Korean
Fusion and western food
I would love to join the meetup in November. Please check out Jeonju, as it’s my favorite restaurant in LA. It’s in a little mall on the corner of Olympic and New Hampshire, across from Beverly Soon Tofu, another must-eat place.
I’m really looking forward to your next visit to L.A!
yes, I will be there in November. We should do a meetup event. Stay tuned!
Thank you so much for sharing your trip to my city ;-) I really enjoyed your tour and especially where I can find a nice shabu shabu pot I purchased on online size for 2
but I want a bigger one when we have more guest. I will go stopping by Lotte Kitchen World.
Since I posted last, I proudly own two dome Korean grilling plate, one square grilling plate, 3 table top stoves, and 2 nice size earth bowls. We cooked Samgyeopsal for Labor Day it was a hit! We decided to repeat for our tailgate next Monday evening.
Thank you….you are my go to awesome Korean Chef and information guide, that’s making me a great Korean cook! Korean grilling is so much fun with 2 people or a group, my husband loves the recipes and presentation I didn’t have to request for the last two Korean grilling plates thanks to you ;-D love it!! Okay…got to go surfing for another one of your big flavor dish….Thanks for coming to LA!!
Samgyeopsal gui (Grilled pork belly) on Labor Day! It sounds so fun! I’m very happy to hear that it was a big hit! Congratulations!
If you want to add more kitchenware stores, please leave them in the comment box so other people can find out about them.
I sure will Maangchi, while I’m in the area checking out Lotte Kitchen I plan to visit other stores acquiring my Korean dinnerware. Thank you so very much Chef!!
Can’t wait for my trip to LA next month, I’m gonna eat my way through Koreatown ;)
Hi Maangchi. From my experience & own taste, the Mandarin House in K-town plaza is best for their jjampong. For Jjajangmyun, I would recommend the K-town Galleria chinese food court place (forgot the name) on Olympic & Western. For tangsuyuk, my preference is Young King on Olympic.
I was there Mandarin house with my mom. She was going to order jjamppong but I said it would be too much food for us. : ) Next time, I will try it out! ok, Jjajangmyeon in Galleria food court! I should remember it. Thank you so much for the suggestions. Your suggestions help not only me but also all those who love to choose best places in LA.
I live very close to LA. Lived my childhood there.
We are always looking for good Korean sashimi restaurant.
I have heard of T Equals Fish. Looks really good. If you don’t mind, can you tell me how much was the sashimi set you ate? My husband loves uni and it looks so good. If the price if right, I have to try it. Thank you
I don’t mind at all. It costs about $170.00, and including tips, it will cost about $200. The amount of food they serve is enough for more than 4-5 people.
All of the food looks so delicious! I am so jealous of you right now Maangchi. The tangsuyuk look so yummy, if you figure out the crispy and chewy batter please show us; and the bibimbap sea urchin looks just fantastic! I am wondering what will you be doing with a shabu shabu pot back in New York??? I can only guess but I hope my guess is that it will involve a new video soon :)
yeah I still think about the tangsuyuk! Cheap and very delicious! “I am wondering what will you be doing with a shabu shabu pot back in New York” haha, yes, let’s make shabu shabu video! It may take some time because I filmed a bunch of other recipe videos at YouTube Space LA. Stay tuned!
When you go to LA Korea Town again, I HIGHLY recommend the restaurant called, “Castle BBQ.” For $10 a person, you get unlimited all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ. They bring out your choice of different meat and you cookie yourself in the middle of the table. It also includes side dishes and soondubu. -Lola
ok Castle BBQ, I will keep it in mind. $10 a person? It’s super cheap! I found the info about the restaurant on the internet.
Castle BBQ
Korean, Barbecue
473 N Western Ave Ste 1, Los Angeles 90004
(At Maplewood Ave)
Phone: (323) 467-3813
I don’t want to be mean, but Castle BBQ is not very good at all. $10 is cheap, but there’s a reason why it’s $10. :) You’ll never see any Koreans eat at that restaurant… it’s usually just Americans. Palsaik is very popular and so is Kang Hodong Baek Jeong. Soowon Galbi has good yang nyum galbi and Park’s BBQ has really good galbi tang. If you want all you can eat, Choi Ga Nae is okay and Woo Gook is more expensive, but gives you seafood options. I personally prefer Young King (young kyung) for jja jang myun in LA, but I’ve had better in Korea. :P
Hi queenjane. I agree with your suggestions! I see you made comments about you have had better in Korea…?? Can you please help with suggestions for Korea? I am going to Seoul for 3 days in April23-26 ’15. I am Korean but I do not speak Korean, lost it. I have not been back since I left in ’86. Any other suggestions to to eat and do would be great!!! :)
Hi Kendraha,
It’s five years that we’ve been to Korea, and some of our favorite places may not exist anymore, but here is some general advice:
Do you read Korean? If not: It takes 20-30 minutes max to learn Hangul. That way, you’ll understand the menu on the wall.
Picking the best places to eat: Just follow the Korean business-people around noon …
Restaurants with the national flower are expensive, but not better than the small places around the corner or across the street.
Gimbap-places are good and cheap.
And don’t miss the street-vendors and the street-“restaurants” at the markets in the evening and at night!
But: Get a guide. It’s really tough for a Korean not speaking the language. And learn the manners if you don’t know them yet.
I remember a young Korean from the USA who left his chop-sticks stuck in a bowl of rice, and his female Korean guide had not the heart to tell him that that’s only for the deceased…
I told him, he was very thankful and I could see that she was relieved.
Bye, Sanne.
I’ve been in LA Koreatown this summer – I wish I had run into you! The korean food here is unrivalled anywhere in the world – except Korea itself, and some people say it’s even better than Korea with the abundance of fresh, cheap produce, meat and fish available to the restaurants here. Having lived in NY and Queens for many years, I can say the korean food here is much much better. The korean food within a 10 minute walk of where I’m staying beats all of NY and flushing, and I don’t even live in the real heart of Koreatown.
yeah many people say that Korean restaurants in LA make much more delicious Korean dishes than restaurants in Korea.