9.353
24 (Mon) December 2018
Chosun Galbee
2.5
at Chosun Korean BBQ
-Los Angeles, California, USA-
with the Family
Winter Vacation in the USA, Day 6.
- Day 1: Seoul, Jinmi Pyeongyang Naeng Myeon (9.348 Mul Naeng Myeon) / 4.0
- Day 2: Los Angeles, Panda Express (9.349 Pea Shoots with Garlic) / 3.5
- Day 3: Los Angeles, El Cholo (9.350 Fish Tacos) / 1.5
- Day 4: Anaheim, Rollin Sushi Café (9.351 Dragon Roll + Nemo Roll) / 3.0
- Day 5: Buena Park, Medieval Times (9.352 Roasted Chicken) / 2.5
We’re spending our holiday in the States – first time for the boys – including Los Angeles and Orange County, Las Vegas, and Grand Canyon – the farthest (distance), longest (duration), and most complicated (itinerary) trip that we’ve ever taken.
After a few days at Disneyland, we’re back in LA for a breather before going to Vegas.
As a law student at USC, I lived in Koreatown.
My go-to restaurant for Korean BBQ was Chosun Korean BBQ (see KOREAN ABROAD).
Since then, the establishment has been dramatically renovated, at least as far as decor is concerned.
I don’t know how these prices compare to other restaurants in the neighborhood nowadays, but I wouldn’t have been able to afford eating here if the food had been so expensive back then – $35 for sam gyup sal (pork belly)?!
However, the fancier decor and higher prices don’t seem to have had much if any of a positive influence on the food, which was as competently unremarkable as ever.
The galbee (yangnyeom galbi) was a tad chewy with a slightly odd aftertaste, as if marinated in a bottled product containing too many additives.
Still, it was just the thing for a mid-trip rejuvenator.
