Borit Gogae

"Borit Gogae is as zen as a spa, except no one's exfoliating four layers of skin off your back. At this Koreatown spot, $30 gets you a massive barley rice feast, complete with banchan, creamy chicken soup, and a sweet pumpkin porridge that tastes like food fit for a baby prince. The fermented sides make this meal probiotic heaven, ending with a cinnamon punch. Everything is incredibly light and nourishing. Just don’t let the calming music lull you to sleep at the table." - sylvio martins, brant cox

"Borit Gogae offers a rustic Korean experience for diners yearning for simple, country cooking. Most diners will sit down and order the set menu, which comes with over a dozen different kinds of banchan, sauces, and salads alongside a heaping bowl of steamed barley. The idea is to mix and match various ingredients with some fermented soybean paste to create a blended grain bowl. The entire experience is truly one-of-a-kind in Los Angeles." - Matthew Kang

"Whenever we finish eating creamy pumpkin soup and pickle-y banchan at Borit Gogae, we feel like we could float back home. This food is a probiotic paradise, and the restaurant plays calming music that could lull you to sleep after your cup of cinnamon punch. Order the barley rice set for $30 per person, which comes with a bowl of barley rice, a royal spread of banchan, and three kinds of soup. Just when you think the banchan will stop coming, the servers start layering bowls of sea snails, acorn jelly, and pickled radish on top of each other like stacking cups." - brant cox, nikko duren, sylvio martins

"Step into this laid-back portal of agrarian Korean vibes to get a set tasting menu of more than a dozen kinds of banchan, barley rice, and a few soups. Borit Gogae serves the most impressive kind of boribap, or traditional barley rice with banchan that’s become popular in cosmopolitan Seoul as a way to recall simpler, more rustic times." - Eater Staff

"If you want a banchan spread fit for a prince, order the barley rice set at Borit Gogae. For $30 per person—minimum two people—this Koreatown restaurant covers your table with little dishes of fried, fermented, and pickled things, like sea snails, spicy radish, mung bean pancakes, and more (we could keep going). The whole meal is DIY bibimbap with a communal pot of barley rice in the center, but the best part is the three soups included: a simple scorched rice broth, sweet pumpkin puree, and a creamy perilla seed soup that tastes like nutty chicken porridge. And somehow, after spooning up every bit of rice and soup, you’ll still walk out feeling as light and fresh as a kite in the wind." - sylvio martins, brant cox, nikko duren, garrett snyder