Korean Food and Cooking

Café Ga Hyang: Fantastic Korean Food -- And It's Open Late

Up Late with Fantastic Korean Food at Café Ga Hyang

If you have heard Korean boy-band Super Junior's Eun Hyuk promoting japchae or Park Myeong-su and Jessica of the Korean girl group Girls' Generation sing "Naengmyeon," then you have a fairly good idea of how inspiring Korean food can be. And so it was with me, recently, on a trip to LA's Koreatown ... More >>

Korean Taco Food Truck Giant Has Gone Veg and Possibly Sworn Off Cooking

Kogi Korean BBQ, the Los Angeles based Korean taco food truck, was one of the first trucks to garner national attention and helped launch the food truck craze. It is often held up as an example of what food trucks are capable of being as a culinary movement. Their chief chef, Roy Choi, was recognize ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Food Trucks and The Best Mexican Food

Kogi Korean BBQ, the Los Angeles based Korean taco food truck, was one of the first trucks to garner national attention and helped launch the food truck craze. It is often held up as an example of what food trucks are capable of being as a culinary movement. Their chief chef, Roy Choi, was recognize ... More >>

Fiesta Grill, in Tradiciones' Former Space, Is a Disappointing First Taste

When a new spot opens in town, we can't wait to check it out -- and let you know our initial impressions. Share a few photos, some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a full-blown review, but instead a peek inside restaurants that have just opened, sampling a few items, and satisfyi ... More >>

The Counter at Paldo Market

Carol Blonder Paldo Market counter Earlier this summer, we debuted a new Chow Bella feature, "Dare to Dine" -- in which a totally terrified member of our staff agrees to eat at a restaurant chosen by one of his or her colleagues. For the first assignment, we sent Web Editor Jonathan McNamara ... More >>

Jean-Georges Vongerichten, World-Renowned Chef, In New PBS Series on Korean Food

​Three-star Michelin chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten's culinary empire includes restaurants in Las Vegas, London, Paris, and Shanghai, as well as his flagship eatery Jean Georges in New York. But when it comes to Korean food, Vongerichten needs a little help. That's when he calls on an expert ... More >>

Eating the World: Chuhgajib Korean Restaurant

The best ethnic food is often the most difficult to find. So each week we'll spin the globe and search for a new other-worldly spot to expand our eating horizons around the Valley. This week we go to Korea at Chuhgajib Korean Restaurant. Carrie Wheeler Dalk Bulgogi (BBQ chicken) and Daeji B ... More >>

Kimchi-Kimchi-Coo

Get your international cuisine-loving booty down here

32: Kimchi Chigae at Ewha Korean Restaurant

​Hungry yet?We're working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella's 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley -- in no particular orderLeave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section.Visit o ... More >>

Ewha Korean Restaurant Is More Delicious with Friends

​Hungry yet?We're working up our appetites for our huge Best of Phoenix issue, out September 30, with daily servings of Chow Bella's 100 Favorite Dishes from across the Valley -- in no particular orderLeave your suggestions for upcoming favorites in the comments section.Visit o ... More >>

Ask the Critic: What's the Coldest Food in Phoenix?

A friend just sent me the best question for right now: What's the "coldest" meal/restaurant I can seek out in Phoenix this weekend? Everything's coming up Asian when I think of delicious cold food, like bun (cold rice noodles) or goi cuon (rice paper rolls) at Da Vang or Pho Thanh, hiyashi chuka (c ... More >>

Roka Akor Starts Lunch Service

​Craving Japanese for lunch? If you're in North Scottsdale, now you have one more option. Upscale Japanese eatery Roka Akor just kicked off weekday lunch service (11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.) this week. The daytime fare is more casual (and wallet-friendly) than the dinner options ... More >>

Justin Schmid, What Are You Eating?

Justin SchimdThe guitarist for Hung Dynasty, blogger for http://wanderingjustin.com/ and nonprofit writer performs with his band at Donna Jean's Libations Friday, January 22. Justin Schmid with his possum pie​What'd you eat for dinner last night? Pho ga from Da Vang in Phoenix. Favorite foo ... More >>

Phoenix Phoodies: Takamatsu brings Korean BBQ to AZ

Takamatsu has been dishing out Korean barbecue, sushi, and noodle dishes to Arizonans for more than a decade, with restaurants in Phoenix, Tucson, Chandler and Litchfield Park. Their delicious barbecue has garnered the respect of sports stars, too, like Chan Ho Park, the pitcher for the Philadelphia ... More >>

Baby, it's cold outside

Takamatsu has been dishing out Korean barbecue, sushi, and noodle dishes to Arizonans for more than a decade, with restaurants in Phoenix, Tucson, Chandler and Litchfield Park. Their delicious barbecue has garnered the respect of sports stars, too, like Chan Ho Park, the pitcher for the Philadelphia ... More >>

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