The classic Korean dish, samgyetang (chicken-ginseng soup) is an easy-to-find dish in Koreatown. Lucky for us, the neighborhood is also blessed with the presence of Keumsan Samgyetang – a restaurant with a menu specializing in chicken and some of the best samgyetang in town, which Jonathan Gold recently stopped by to try. The dish comes in a bowl of milky, frothy broth, scented with wisps of ginseng. The tiny chicken that sits in the broth is stuffed with sticky rice, jujubes, whole garlic cloves and a slice of ginseng root – a very rich and pungent soup that is comparable to chicken-in-a-pot.
Keumsan Samgyetang
1144 S. Western Ave.
Koreatown
323-731-9999