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Usually served cold or in a hot stone pot (called "dolsot bibimbap"), it's a healthy choice even for vegetarians (just ask them to leave out the beef). It's rice with a variety of seasoned vegetables, a little bit of meat and a dollop of chile paste. If you've never tried Korean cuisine before, bibimbap may be the safest (and one of the most delicious) dishes to start your culinary adventure. 213/386-7890), located on the NE corner of 8th and Berendo, whose sign is only in Korean (look for the tiny letters that read "Korean BBQ"). My favorite, however, is a little-known place called L.A. 323/733-8516), which can have waits over an hour on weekends. The most popular of the unlimited meat joints is Manna (3377 W Olympic Blvd tel. Regardless, we all can benefit from this relatively recent addition to the culinary landscape and even indulge in all-you-can eat fare that leaves you overly sated and perfumed with the smoky goodness of having cooked all that meat on a tabletop grill with your friends. It's ironic that this is one of the best known of the country's cuisines, since beef is not a major staple in the Korean diet.

The king of all Korean restaurant dishes, the Korean barbeque, specifically marinated beef short rib, was born in restaurants in Seoul. Grab your chopsticks and get ready to chow down. Let me take you on an inside tour by introducing you to five traditional dishes. Most eateries don't try to be "the best Korean restaurant." Actually, restaurants will excel in making their specialty - be it tofu hot pot or cook-your-own barbeque, individual joints will specialize in one dish (so much so that you may find a very limited menu at some places).

There's no easy answer to that question, but I will let you in on a little secret. is also home to some of the best Korean restaurants in the world, even rivaling those in the cities and towns of the original Asian peninsula.īeing a Korean-American living in L.A., everyone asks me what's the best place to eat here. There are hundreds of Korean-owned restaurants, bars, clubs, spas, cafés and "noraebang" (private karaoke rooms) - many of them with signs only written in Hangeul (the Korean language). has the largest Korean population outside of Korea, itself, and Koreatown is like a min-Seoul. If you've ever driven through the middle of Los Angeles, you know that the city has a huge Korean population.