10 Great Korean Restaurants in Orange County

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 23, 2011
This list was a difficult one. How to just pick 10 restaurant out of the rich bevy of delights found at our Korean District? Or the burgeoning centers of Korean cultures in Buena Park and Irvine? No list could ever be definitive enough to be...
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