"At some point during your soft foods journey, you’ll reach a breaking point and feel like a teething baby on the verge of a meltdown. Lean into it at Borit Gogae. For $30 per person, this tranquil Koreatown spot serves a barley rice set for two that includes a huge spread of vegetable-forward banchan and three nourishing soups: scorched rice, pumpkin puree, and a luscious perilla seed and chicken porridge. It’s soft food heaven. Depending on how far along you are with healing, you might have to pass on the delicious banchan. Oh well, more soup for you. " - sylvio martins