I have been to Lee Ga. Agree it was solid, but I have not been back. I had the galbi tang. I prefer the galbi tang at Surawon. I should go back to Lee Ga and try other dishes…thanks for the reminder!
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went once a while back; i’ve been meaning to return.
mul naengmyeon is good. iirc Yuchun’s broth tastes stronger, but i know that some prefer Lee Ga’s overall. i need to do a naengmyeon crawl - Chosun, Yuchun, Lee Ga, Ham Hung, Seogwan, MDK, etc..
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has my favorite mandu in K-town.
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great thanks for all the replies I was mainly asking because I read an article that said they make their nyeungmyun fresh which seems pretty unique.
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That’s why I went to Ham Hung.
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Ham Hung style so the noodles at Ham Hung restaurant are made of sweet potato starch. definitely got to take huge bites to get all the texture. O Jang Dong’s are also sweet potato starch, apparently (never tried). MDK’s and Yuchun’s are arrowroot starch. Lee Ga’s, Chosun’s, Seogwan’s, and Mo Ran Gak’s are buckwheat, I think. broth, especially for mul-naengmyeon, will be stylistic preference (those doing Pyeongyang style will have quite a mild broth). my current favorite is Chosun. i’m not Korean but still learning and trying more, so maybe my tastes/ranking will change over time.
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I love this nyeungmyun discussion deciding whether to eat korean or something else in ktown saturday. I would like a place to do nyeungmyun and ideally some other well done dishes.
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You mean naengmyeon? cold noodles? Korean is pretty explicit when it
comes to the vowels… 냉면
I like Yuchun and Lee Ga for naengmyeon.
At least you know that I didn’t use chatgpt to spell it lol
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I have not been but many friends say that Seogwon by Yellow Cow is their favorite right now.
In the OC we prefer Mo Ran Gak.
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of course we’re talking about the same thing…MDK Noodles spells it on their menu as “nengmyun,” while Lee Ga spells it as “Neang Myun,” yet I don’t think anyone is confused that they’re referring to what’s commonly written as naengmyeon, even if they missed a couple of vowels.
Seogwan’s is good; i’ll definitely return to try it again. they have Pyongyang style which isn’t my current favorite, so i went with seonbi / bibim naengmyeon. but they gave me some Pyongyang style broth on the side to try anyway, and it was quite nice, not quite as bland as i was expecting.
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Seogwan was the first time I tried pyongyang naengmyeon and I can definitely understand why Koreans are obsessed with this style.
I think Soowon Galbi has a pretty solid naengmyeon also, so does Chosun Galbee. These Korean BBQ places are good spots to look for places with a nice broth. But not necessarily a sure bet, as an example, Park’s BBQ’s is just okay.
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Agree Lee Ga very solid, but I think Ham Hung edges ahead for me for personal preference. 1) the sipping beef broth from a brass thermos, reminiscent of those on 90s legal dramas. 2) That im consistently the youngest patron there
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+1 for Ham Hung for me as well, they are undefeated. In addition to the broth thermos, love that little jar of horseradish-spiked mustard on every table, kind of wish I had one of those with me no matter where I was eating!
If you ever happen to be in he mood for something hot when you are there, also try their onmyeon, which uses the same freshly made noodles:
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Jinmi is easily one of the best Korean restaurants in LA and is completely under the radar/underrated. Best Korean easily in the South Bay and is just as good as all of the heavy hitters in Ktown. You should try the soondae with stir fry glass noodles/soondae bokkeum. It’s hot. Spicy, sweet, garlicky.
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guys, which place serves your favorite kalguksu? anything other than Hangari or MDK (good of course, just want to try somewhere I haven’t been)? in la.
Old school Olympic Noodle. Grew up on that and Hangari, then Ma Dang. I liked Hyesung when they were open for a couple of years; was disappointed when they closed so shortly. Never understood why people like MDK tbh.
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