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    Jonathan Gold Returns to Ham Ji Park for Gamjatang and Pork Ribs

    Now it’s time for a hangover cure from our favorite food critic. At Ham Ji Park in Koreatown, Jonathan Gold says the pork neck chowder, or gamjatang, and grilled pork spare ribs will cure all that ails you.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jul 1, 2016 • 1 min read

    Now it’s time for a hangover cure from our favorite food critic. At Ham Ji Park in Koreatown, Jonathan Gold says the pork neck chowder, or gamjatang, and grilled pork spare ribs will cure all that ails you.

    Ham Ji Park

    4135 West Pico Boulevard

    Los Angeles, CA 90019

    (323) 733-8333

    Read the review Jonathan wrote about Ham Ji Park for the LA Times — remember this is the restaurant’s original location — on the LA Times website. Then check out pictures of these tasty dishes on the plate on the Good Food blog, courtesy of our very own web producer Camellia Tse.

    Music: "Happy Track (Second Sky & Thomas Blondet)" by Empresarios

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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

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      Camellia Tse

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    The full episode

    5 of 6
    Brexit, the last decade in food, a mixtape from Nigella Lawson
    1. 0:29The Impact of Brexit on the U.K.’s Food System
    2. 9:29Michael Pollan Looks Back at Food in the Last Decade
    3. 26:21Les Fruits
    4. 36:27Good Enough to Eat: Bachelor Buttons, Nasturtiums and Calendulas
    5. 44:14Jonathan Gold Returns to Ham Ji Park for Gamjatang and Pork RibsYou’re reading this
    6. 48:12Chef Nigella Lawson takes over the KCRW turntables
    Back to Good Food