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    Good Food on the Road

    Olympic Restaurant

    KCRW’s Good Food host Evan Kleiman talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold of The Los Angeles Times about places you may not have tried yet, but ought to. Get Jonathan Gold's weekly restaurant suggestion sent to your phone. Text the "Good Food" to 69866 and get a text with the name, address and phone number of this week's restaurant.

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    By Jonathan Gold (1960-2018) • Feb 12, 2011 • 3m Listen

    Jonathan Gold, Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly, takes us to a restaurant in Koreatown serving cheonggukjang, a fermented soybean soup. We don't know the name of the restaurant in English, but most people call it Olympic Restaurant or Olympic Cheonggukjang. The dish is most known for its pungent aroma and intense umami flavor. The restaurant does serve other dishes, including braised short ribs, game hen and pork bulgogi, one of its most popular dishes.

    Olympic Cheonggukjang

    2528 W Olympic Blvd #104

    213-480-1107

    Good Food Restaurant Map. Hear Jonathan's full conversation with Evan Kleiman on Good Food, Saturday at 11 am.

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      Jonathan Gold (1960-2018)

      Good Food on the Road

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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