California Gogi Korean Grill Planning Second Irvine Restaurant

The Los Angeles area is home to the second-largest Mexican community in the world, second only to Mexico City. It is also home to the largest Korean community outside Korea. As Angelenos, most of us have spent a fair amount of time in Mexican...

I don't have a prize to give out, but I will offer a hearty attaboy to anyone who can tell me how many Korean restaurants have occupied the hut in front of Sushi Wasabi at the corner of Newport and Walnut in Tustin. My recollection has it at...

In one sprawling Irvine shopping center, there are three Korean restaurants that serve soondubu jjigae, the Korean soft tofu soup that comes out in a boiling cauldron. All of them are worthy. All of them are good. But Dae Myoung Ok Korean...

Is it sashimi, or is it art? Photo by Edwin Goei The new restaurant near Knott’s Berry Farm is more than just a Korean barbecue; Kyung Bok Kung is one of the few places (if not the only one) in the county to offer han-jeongsik, a blowout feast...

I thought I had Korean barbecues all figured out, that I’ve seen it all. Last year, as I ate at Kang Ho-Dong Baekjeong in Buena Park, I discovered a new type of cooking surface, on which the melting fat could dribble into a well of beaten egg and...