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    Chicken Dakgalbi

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly. This week he reviews Choonchun Dakgalbi in Koreatown. The restaurant serves really only one dish: chicken dakgalbi, served tableside. Included in the panchan, or accompaniments is blood sausage, which Jonathan says is excellent.

    Choonchun Dakgalbi

    703 S. Vermont Ave.

    Los Angeles

    L.A. (213) 388-0285

    All of Jonathan's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food Restaurant Map.

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    3. 12:27The Ham Daquiri
    4. 20:46Vodka Tasting
    5. 28:33Ferran Adria
    6. 37:33The Birth of Coffee
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    8. 48:39Cooking with Whole Grains
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    The full episode

    7 of 8
    Vodka Tasting; Eating Garden Snails; Ferran Adria; Macadamia Nuts
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:06Eating Snails
    3. 12:27The Ham Daquiri
    4. 20:46Vodka Tasting
    5. 28:33Ferran Adria
    6. 37:33The Birth of Coffee
    7. 42:18Chicken DakgalbiYou’re reading this
    8. 48:39Cooking with Whole Grains
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