The 25 Best Restaurants In Koreatown - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"Mapo Galbi is a quiet restaurant on the outskirts of Ktown where you’ll find one of our favorite dishes in the neighborhood, dak galbi. A simple dish of chicken, vegetables, and rice noodles stir-fried in a spicy sauce at your table, the flavors are so intense and complex that you’ll take breaks throughout the meal to permanently ingrain this moment into your mind. Then comes the second course—which involves a heaping pile of nori-topped white rice that’s smashed onto the same grill and cooked until it’s crispy. Correction: Mapo Galbi has two of our favorite dishes in Ktown." - brant cox, nikko duren, sylvio martins