"As much as Myung San is small, its menu is big, featuring heaps of non-mainstream dishes steeped in Korean culture — like spicy fish braises and goat stews. It also goes in on crab dishes: spicy marinated raw crabs; soy sauce-marinated raw; braised with radish leaf; and a spicy soup bobbing with crab quarters and shells lined with roe. The baeksuk (soup with either whole chicken or duck) is a rare specialty that takes over an hour to cook so call ahead to put in this order." - Caroline Shin