Korean

A story about a North Korean restaurant

February 21, 2013 eating out

Occasionally in your life, you meet people who immediately make your heart bleed with tenderness. I’ve met several people like that. Some of them, I got to know better. Others disappear after just a brief encounter. I wonder if you know what I’m talking about. They are people who for some reason, instantly fills you [...]

Tagged as: dumplings, interview, kimchi, Korean, koreatown, maeuntang, North Korea, pancake, seafood, soondae, Yu Hyang Soon Dae

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A 25-year-old Daughter

January 9, 2013 family

Northern Virginians driving through the streets of Vienna, Virginia, may have seen an Asian girl hopping and bopping on the sidewalks. That girl was me. Many times I walked those sidewalks with my earphones on, my iPhone blasting the top hit songs on Pandora. I sang at the top of my lungs to Taylor Swift’s [...]

Tagged as: christianity, dumplings, kimchi, Korean

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Old kid in School Food

September 6, 2012 eating out

I’m turning 25 in a month-and-a-half. Yet, whenever I talk to or hang out with my parents, I instantly morph into my 7-year-old self, the little girl with the headband and high ponytail who wants nothing more than her parents’ praise and pride. I remember when I was still in primary school, every morning at [...]

Tagged as: dinner, kimbap, Korean, koreatown, Los Angeles, lunch, naengmyun, noodles, School Food, soondae, sushi, tteokbokki

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My mother’s kitchen aromas

August 2, 2012 dinner event

A while ago, my mother sent me the most ridiculous pair of slippers ever. Have you seen a pair of slippers more amusing than this pair? Look at the garish pink bobbles! And what is up with the baby pink dolphin with the smile? You tilt one way and that fishy smile looks sinister, while [...]

Tagged as: Asheville, Chelsea, chicken, garlic, ginseng, jujube, kimchi, Korean, Olaskys, Sam Gye Tang

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Koreatown Series: Pojang Macha

July 23, 2012 eating out

After I wrote this post about how much I miss Korean street carts/tents (called “pojang macha or 포장마차,” Los Angeles-based reader Connie commented that L.A. does indeed have a close pojang-macha-esque improvisation. It’s called Dan Sung Sa, and it happens to be just a few blocks away from where I live in Koreatown. I’d sorta [...]

Tagged as: chicken gizzards, Dan Sung Sa, Korea, Korean, koreatown, koreatown series, mackerel, offal, omelet, pojang macha, soju, squid, yogurt

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Can I bring kimchi with me on a plane?

June 12, 2012 blog meet-up

I have two suitcases lying in the middle of my room, not yet unpacked. What’s the point, when I’ll be flying back to the East Coast this coming Sunday night? So that’s my good news: I’ve been offered a summer internship with WORLD Magazine!! For four weeks, I’ll be living at the editor-in-chief’s house in [...]

Tagged as: banchan, beef, chicken, kimchi, Korean, koreatown, Los Angeles, Mountain Cafe, porridge, rice, Sam Gye Tang, soup

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Korean

A story about a North Korean restaurant

A 25-year-old Daughter

Old kid in School Food

My mother’s kitchen aromas

Koreatown Series: Pojang Macha

Can I bring kimchi with me on a plane?

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