Korean Cuisine News

Eater NY's Robert Sietsema heads to Flushing-adjacent Auburndale in north central Queens for this week's neighborhood guide .

Bibimbap is a Korean dish of rice and vegetables familiar to many. But what's in that delicious melange? Two important ingredients, according to Christine Colligan , are kosari, also known in English as fernbrake, and doraji, which is bellflower root.

Koryo Korean BBQ opened quietly in a Glendale strip mall about three months ago in a space previously occupied by two other Korean joints.

Cho Dang Gol is a perennially popular K-Town restaurant that's lauded for its homemade tofu: soft, milky white curd made daily and served up in a variety of dishes.

Tucked in a corner, on the second floor of a restaurant complex on Richmond's Alexandra Road, is Haroo Korean Homestyle Cuisine.

While I mourned the loss of the Lettuce Head when it closed early in 2011, I was intrigued when Cafe Banzai Japanese-Korean Restaurant opened in that space.

The Korea Tourism Organization has published a guideline on English menus for Korean food and basic conversations for servers who receive foreign guests.

An average Joe has to contend with a video that could destroy his life. This being late-night genre programming, we're guessing it's pretty gross.

Hawaii's chowhounds enjoyed a good year in 2012. Menus featured more Shinsato pork and MAO, 'Nalo and Ho farms' veggies, gluten-free alternatives became more available and everyone hopped aboard the pop-up train.

This is the first part of a three-part Chef Chat series. Parts two and three will run in this same space on Thursday and Friday.

Hooni Kim , the chef and owner of Danji and Hanjan , blames the lack of chef-owned restaurants in Koreatown for keeping Korean cuisine from catching on as quickly as other Asian cuisines.

WHEN it comes to Korean cuisine, I've always needed a bit of convincing. Apart from the alien concept of having scores of side dishes to choose from, the ingredients can run the whole gamut of extremes-either the textures appear banal and uninteresting or the flavors appear too intense and are mixed in a rather bold and cumbersome way.

Korean food is gaining popularity among restaurants in New York, a city known for setting culinary trends.

Florist Yu Seung-jae says she loves all kinds of flowers, but it seems she's developed a special attachment to peonies.

I had this major hankering for Korean food the happy medley of thinly sliced beef and onion in Bulgogi, the energizing ginseng chicken soup called Samgyetang, the healthy and veggie-filled Bibimbap, Japchae, and Kimchi.

No Seoul/jokes jokes this week, guys. We're just going to tell it like it is in celebration of American Airlines' new route to Seoul, South Korea , a city so hugely underrated and yet so majorly cool.

Kokoro Maki House 340 West 75th Street, 816-363-0678 Hours: 11 a.m.9 p.m. MondayFriday, noon9 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday Price: $$$$$ Kokoro Maki House Kokoro Maki roll: $10.95 Banana tempura roll: $5.95 Dolsot bibim bap: $10.95 Spicy pork: $10.95 LA short ribs: $12.95 Bulgogi: $11.95 "There are not four Korean restaurants in Kansas City," said a ... (more)