The Pork Bulgogi Dolsot at Sammy Chon’s. Guh. About a month ago, we told you about the opening of the new outpost of Sammy Chon’s KTownBBQ, which, at long last, has put Korean BBQ into Chinatown. Now, after two visits that made us various combinations of excited/stuffed/damn-near-post-coital sleepy, we’re happy to roll them out as [...]
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User’s Manual: Sammy Chon’s KTownBBQ
Aired January 31st, 2012 on Korean and User's Manual.1 CommentAt Long Last, Korean BBQ In Chinatown!
Aired January 3rd, 2012 on Chinatown, Korean and Openings.1 CommentThough we have an unswerving love for the great Kim’s BBQ of Olney, the dearth of proper Korean BBQ in Center City — to say nothing of Chinatown proper — has often befuddled and angered us. But with the new year comes news that is good and right: Sammy Chon’s KTownBBQ is open for business [...]
Back by popular demand: Meritage is re-introducing Korean Fried Chicken on its menu. Korean Fried Chicken has been Meritage’s most requested dish and since taking the dish off the menu, the owners have had no choice but to offer it again, thanks to the pleading of their patrons. KFC officially arrives on the menu starting [...]
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· We’ve got Korean: hoagies, BBQ tacos and fried chicken. Now you can add Korean BBQ short rib burgers to that list. The Korean BBQ short rib burger is PYT‘s Burger of the Week (but word of the street is that they usually have extra and offer them until about Tuesday the following week). It’s [...]
When Meju closed, Korean fried chicken lovers were left in a predicament: Trek all the way up to Cafe Soho or live without the crunchy, saucier take on Southern comfort food. At last, breathe a sigh of sweet relief . Starting this Thursday, Meritage will be serving some high class K.F.C. “until the weather cools” [...]
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Food Porn Is Back: Korean BBQ Tacos
Aired February 16th, 2010 on BBQ, Food Porn, Korean and Mexican.2 CommentsGuhhhhhhh… Remember the Korean BBQ Tacos post awhile back? They’re back and better than ever! Chef Ann Suk Miller, formerly of Ansill, is now cooking for Meritage in Rittenhouse. Starting today, and for two weeks only, Miller is serving up some mouth-watering Korean tacos as a dinner special for only $3… yes, $3! Made with [...]
Holy Mother Of God, It’s The… Koagie!
Aired September 2nd, 2009 on Asian Fusion, Hoagies and Korean.4 CommentsMyung Ga in Cherry Hill, NJ — of course, it had to come from New Jersey — boast on their website that they are the proud creators of the Koagie. (Or, rather, Korean hoagie — see what they did there?) And who are we to argue? But, what is it? The Koagieâ„¢ is built in [...]
Food Porn: Korean Tacos Are Here, And They’re Beautiful, Baby
Aired May 12th, 2009 on Food Porn, Korean and Mexican.2 CommentsGuhhhhhhhhhhh……. Surely, by now, you have heard of The Legend of The Korean Tacos, the foodie’s Great Depression 2.0 version of a Horatio Alger story. Since these Korean-Mexican hybrids first captured the hearts of their native Los Angeles, they’ve slowly but surely been spreading around the country, like some kind of bizarro Swine Flu that [...]
Poll: Whither Koreatown? And What Of Bi-bim-baptimore?
Aired April 2nd, 2008 on Asian Fusion, Jargon, Korean, Phoodies and Polls.1 CommentHere at Phoodie, we are no stranger to the ever popular Asian fusion. (Look below!) But don’t just look to Chinatown; instead, turn your head to the slightly overlooked Koreatown, which was the subject of this Rick Nichols piece in the Sunday Inky. Most predominately located at Cheltenham Avenue and Fifth Street, Koreatown is only [...]
