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[mayorhaggar]

Koreatown in LA is pretty dumpy, honestly, outside of the collection of flashy bank buildings near the subway. I went there a few times before being shipped out to the EPIK orientation, to practice my hangeul. It's mainly a Mexican neighborhood these days too, I think the San Gabriel Valley is where a lot of Koreans actually live now.

Been to the little Korean enclave in Oakland, it's not the worst part of Oakland but that stretch of Telegraph is definitely pretty dumpy. Never really found any good Korean restaurants there.

There's some really good places in San Francisco, or used to be. Mainly in Japantown of all places. One place had really great dolsot bibimbap...I'd wolf that stuff down in a flash, but honestly here in Korea I really don't care for bibimbap at all.

Main thing I like about Korean food in the US is that it can be way simpler. There's some lunch places where you can just get a tray of rice and delicious bulgogi. Why can't you do that in Korea? No, you have to sit down and get served 500 banchan and spend like 2 hours slowly eating your meal, and then there's rituals like the rice water soup thing at the end of the meal, and then there's the whole soju/beer angle.

The food in Korea is pretty good mainly because there's a way bigger variety of stuff compared to in the US. If you don't like something at a restaurant then there's probably a place down the street that makes it way better, or there's some other dish you can try that you'd like better. In the US there's a much smaller range of dishes, but they're generally made really well.

I would say restaurant kimchi in the US is actually better. At Korean restaurants in the US it's almost always really good. In Korea it's REALLY hit or miss, with a lot of misses.

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