A new 30,000 sq. ft. Super Kyo-Po Plaza and Korean Market has opened on the corner of Lawrence and Homestead in Santa Clara. It takes over the location of Green Earth Foods, which was originally a Consentino’s market. The one mile stretch of El Camino Real around the Sunnyvale-Santa Clara border of Lawrence Ave has [...]

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So is the name of a noodle restaurant in Sunset district of San Francisco. I’ve heard that the chef/owner is the son of the San Tung restaurant located down the street also on Irving. Since San Tung restaurant is a Korean-Chinese style place run by Shandong folks, I’d figure that their So offspring would offer [...]

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My previous post mentioned why we like Korean food. And a good example of a place that does it right is Korea House. Yes, this is the same place famous for its lunch time all you can eat buffet. L.A. style ribs is the rule here during the mad rush lunch hour where the buffet [...]

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When people eat Korean food, they usually expect to see some panchan, or small side dishes, that accompany the main courses. This is all good. But I don’t remember panchan being the dominant reason for going to Korean restaurants. In fact, eating in Korean restaurants as a kid in Korea, there are sometimes when you [...]

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After I posted about the nice old fashioned Roasted Sweet Potato stand a couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that the owner was closing for the season. But apparently due to the “nice weather”, he has decided to stay open in May as well. A sign mentions that he will be operating on Thursday, Friday, [...]

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Probably most people who grew up in China, Taiwan, or Korea will remember eating roasted sweet potato (烤地瓜) as children. The specific variety is known as Japanese Yam in the Asian grocery stores here. It is yellow on the inside and has a sweet taste.

I had not expected to taste it again in the US [...]

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I believe this is a new breed of Korean restaurants that also serve the most popular dishes from the traditional Korean-Chinese restaurants. It attests to the popularity of these Chinese dishes such as Zha Jiang Mian, Gan Pong Chickent, Sweet & Sour Pork, etc. in Korea that now they’re being assimilated into Korean restaurants.
Not unlike [...]

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Seoul Gom Tang definitely has one of the best naeng myun in the bay area. There’s the Santa Clara location and also a location in Oakland on Telegraph.
If you’re down Santa Clara already, there’s also Sui Tofu near by which has several special noodles using different types of buckwheat.
Around the same neighborhoold also on El [...]

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