Yum yum yum!!! This place is awesome! Try umami burger n Kim chi fries~ so worth the trip from south loop. The staff are nice n food is fresh n you can tell its made with good ingredients!
Kalbi tacos (Korean short rib) and the sweet sesame-chili panko-encrusted shrimp taco. Get the kimchi fries too, topped with kimchi, pork, cheese, and sour cream (just trust me on this one). Read more.
The kimchi dumpling from Joong boo's new stand is manageably spicy and seriously delicious. Pork/veg also good.
In a shed in front of the market, a young couple sells dumplings: kimchi and noodles (slightly spicy), pork and chives (hearty, mild) and red bean (sweet, purple, gigantic). Read more.
This crowd pleasing Korean tabletop barbecue tastes as good as the picture looks. Get the kalbi, bulogi, or kimchee zigae. Also, don't wear cashmere, unless you want it to smell like barbecue forever. Read more.
This small Korean restaurant is mostly known for their Ginseng Chicken soup and other excellent traditional (purportedly a hangover cure) and authentic dishes. Read more.
The sushi is hit-or-miss. Try the fried chicken skin yakitori, soft Japanese sweet potato coated in crunchy panko and a genius fried spring roll that pairs luscious Berkshire belly with tart kimchi. Read more.
Standouts for me were the kimchi and Oaxaca spring rolls, oyster mushrooms and stuffed cabbage! Love everything Mott St is doing!
Super dope. Now an extension of Maria's. Take a number and they will run the food. No servers. Great Kimchi fried rice! And, delicious beer (of course).
Chef Won Kim dishes out elevated bar snacks like sausages topped with “krautchi,” smoked wings, kimchi poutine, housemade meatballs over noodles and more. Read more.
A big bowl of white rice is topped with your choice of BBQ beef or spicy pork, fried egg, kimchi and 16 kinds of tasty vegetables—mushrooms, pickled cucumber and beets. Sure beats that sad desk salad. Read more.