Thursday, June 9, 2011

Koreatown, Part 1

This week Dude-Man and I are in L.A. It is a work trip and he gets to go to E3 (computer geek heaven). I am tagging along just for fun. And because I get to go to Koreatown-


Koreatown is a neighborhood in Los Angeles where you feel like you just flew across the Pacific Ocean and yet you experience no jet lag. Awesome!

The signs on the shops are in Korean-


Even the buses can fool you into believing that you are in South Korea. I didn't think I could experience a China Cultural Tour by bus while remaining in the USA, but I guess I am wrong-


All day long I heard people speak in Korean. And smelled Korean food. And saw Korean stuff. It was fun. But the best thing was the food.

Super Junior does commercials for KyoChon Chicken-




And so that is the first place we ate. It didn't look like much but looks can be deceiving-


KyoChon Chicken specializes in chicken wings. They are hot and spicy or sweet and crispy. Since it was our first time we tried the sampler platter which had a bit of everything including breaded chicken tenders and spicy chicken legs-


It was totally delicious. The chicken legs were out-of-this-world spicy but still so tasty. Dude-Man has a very discerning palate when it comes to chicken wings and he says these are definite winners.

If only there was one in Utah... Sigh.


2 comments:

Veena said...

You are so funny! You are the only person I know who who would go to LA and spend most of their time in Koreatown.

Neela said...

Since I'm not going to Korea any time soon, Koreatown is a good substitute.