Korean Food and Cooking

Wicked Po'Boys Now Open in Preston Center

Chi and Joey Le have expanded their N'awlins sandwich shop, Wicked Po'boys, to Dallas proper, after opening their first spot in Richardson (1811 N. Greenville Ave.) just last year. This second restaurant is in the heart of Preston Center (6030 Luther Lane, Ste. 130), which is ripe with new restauran ... More >>

With Kimchi Fries This Good, the Rest of Ssahm's Menu Is Just a Bonus

Food trucks get tons of attention, but is the food they're peddling any good? While evaluating creativity, curb appeal, value and taste to award Firestone tires, we're ranking Dallas' food trucks to sort out which one's are worth chasing around town and which ones may be headed for a blow out. See ... More >>

The New Korean Fusion

Bulgogi meets tacos, and nachos, and hot dogs, and more.

Londoner Pub Will Open in Rohst Space This Fall

News that Rohst, the Korean fusion restaurant that opened a year ago on Greenville Avenue, had closed began making it's way around the internet last week, which is telling considering the restaurant closed on August 2, according to a Facebook post. Rohst's original owners, Michele and Steve Choi, ... More >>

Omi's Procession

A Korean grill's banchan offers an endless display of flavor.

A Guide to Those Awesome Korean Condiments: Omi's Banchan

Without a doubt the most interesting part of any Korean meal is the banchan, a number sides that come to the table in tiny individual bowls to be eaten on their own, or used to compliment grilled meats and other dishes. The only problem: they tend to hit your table with little explanation, and you c ... More >>

The Restaurant We All Used To Call Marquee Grill Is Now Village Marquee-Texas Grill & Bar

The Marquee Grill became the latest Dallas area restaurant to change its name because of pressure from a similarly branded concept in another state. A spokesperson for the restaurant wouldn't discuss pending legal action but did confirm a Marquee Grill restaurant was located in Las Vegas and Kansas ... More >>

Tto Tto Wa Is On The Move: Get Your KFC Fix While You Can

Remember Tto Tto Wa? The tiny box of a restaurant has been serving up sticky fried chicken and other Korean snack foods for more than two years. It's a cool little spot with tiny tables tucked into tiny booths and an atmosphere that feels far, far away from Dallas. We sent a photographer to Carrollt ... More >>

What's in a Restaurant Name? The Potential For Threatening Letters and Expensive Lawsuits.

Last November, Brooks Anderson and his brother Bradley, who are responsible for Veritas and Restaurant AVA, announced that, along with two other partners, they would be opening a new restaurant in the Bishop Arts District. Like restaurateurs often do, they agonized over names before eventually sett ... More >>

At Tto Tto Wa Bistro, the Happy Marriage of Korean Fried Chicken and Beer

Perhaps even too much beer. But probably not.

Tto Tto Wa Bistro and the Arrival of Korean Fried Chicken

While researching Tto Tto Wa Bistro, the subject of this week's review, I read everything I could on an Asian delicacy that's become a personal obsession: Korean fried chicken. The earliest reference I could find to the stuff served in the States was in John T. Edge's book Fried Chicken, published ... More >>

La Hanbat Sul Lung Tang: Ignore Your Eyes. Obey Your Stomach.

​This week, the Cheap Bastard heads to Korea town looking for some soup at La Hanbat Sul Lung Tang, 2257 Royal Lane, 972-484-2002. That's why she told us she was there, anyhow. We're sure her visit had nothing to do with any "modeling" studios in the neighborhood. Mostly sure. Total number of ... More >>

Before You Start Drinking, Relive a Big Week in Dallas Food News

​Have you been outside much today? While the weather was nippy this morning, the sun has warmed things up, resulting in some seriously beautiful fall weather. As soon as I get out of here I'm going to grab a thick jacket and engage in some excessive patio drinking. But before I work on my nex ... More >>

What Good is Rohst Without Fire?

If Greenville Avenue's latest wants to conjure Korea, it needs to turn up the heat.

SSahm BBQ: We're Deep Into the Kimchee Now

This is why we love food trucks.

Let Us Be Your GPS for a Food-Truck Lunch

ssahmBBQ.comKorean BBQ tacos.​If you're looking for something fabulous for lunch today, the SSahm BBQ foodtruck will be in the Dallas Arts District peddling gourmet Korean tacos. Then, if you're hungry for more tonight they're at the Walgreen's off Belt Line Road in Addison. • Gandolfo's i ... More >>

LA Burger: Korean, Mexican and American Food Make Grand Alliance in Irving

​After months of drooling over the hedonistically obscene images of burgers, tacos and other meat and carb pornography my friends had been sending me, I finally had the chance to check out the source of their obsession: LA Burger.Along with a whimsical selection of traditionally western burgers, ... More >>

Five Asian Lunch Options to Add to Your Rotation

Kristy YangChosun's beef shortrib lunch box.​The boyfriend recently was moved to a different position at work, one with a shorter lunch break. So we decided to check out some of the quicker and better Asian-restaurant lunch deals around the Dallas area. Along with our own personal lunch spots ... More >>

b.b.bop Rice Bowls: There's Asian Fusion and There's All Over the Asian Map

Photos by Kristy YangOutside b.b.bop's new location at Lovers and Greenville.​b.b.bop Rice Bowls confuses me. The Carrollton-based restaurant opened a Lovers Lane/Greenville location recently, and several friends on separate occasions suggested I try it. Admittedly, when I heard about the concept, ... More >>

Goghee To Go Brings a Sweet (and Spicy) Promise to the Medical District

​Foodies were all aflutter when news broke that Goghee To Go, a Korean-Mexican fusion taquería, was opening in Dallas proper. While I was excited as well, I was disappointed by the lack of perspective. Goghee was heralded as a pioneer in the area, proving once again that only when it is conve ... More >>

B.B.Bop: Try a Korean Super Bowl

Today: Free Tacos at Goghee To Go

Jose Ralat Maldonado​Back in December, the Taco Trail led José Ralat Maldonado to Kor-BQ, a Korean taco joint operating in a Plano strip center. Now Goghee To Go is bringing Korean/Tex-Mex fusion to Dallas. Goghee To Go (2222 Inwood Road) is celebrating its grand opening today by giving cus ... More >>

Hungry on DART's Green Line? Here's a Big Honkin' List That Might Help

​It took four years and $1.8 million to complete the longest light-rail construction project in U.S. history -- says DART -- but a little more than one month since DART's Green Line opened, it's been for all intents and purposes a success. While the full line was officially opened on December ... More >>

What's in Store for the Taco in 2011?

​Having looked back at how the taco has fared in Dallas and across the country in 2010, Taco Trail now is looking toward the horizon and to what's next for our favorite food. What is clear from the beginning is that regionalism, whether Mexican state, foreign state or Lone Star State, will be ... More >>

Venturing Out for a Bibimbap Bender
In Koreatown

Kristy YangTree House's bibimbap, a perfect blend of textures and flavors​I found myself on a bibimbap bender last week after my friend Sam had recommended two of his favorite restaurants in Koreatown. In the spirit of holiday overindulgence, I felt justified in visiting both places in the sam ... More >>

Kor-BQ Is Betting Against the Tasty Odds

​A food trend that came to the fore in 2009 has found a tenuous foothold in Plano. In February of that year, The New York Times ran a profile of Roy Choi and his Kogi BBQ food truck. This Los Angeles novelty traded (and does so now in a fleet) in Korean tacos, a fusion of Korean ingredients an ... More >>

Not Exactly a Fleet of Food Trucks, but Many Mobile and Pop-Up Vendors To Sell Fare at Closing Day of Art in October

Serious Eats​Arts District executive director Veletta Lill remains true to her word. Dallas' biggest booster for food trucks promised there would be mobile food vendors selling their fare during the Arts in October celebration and especially at the Sunday, October 31 Closing Day of Art in October ... More >>

Panda Express Goes "Koreanish"

​The measure of a food's success isn't how well it's generally prepared, but how frequently it gets screwed up. A dish enters the mainstream when dilettante cooks start messing with it, producing their own pitiable versions of a food that seemed fail-safe in expert hands. When top chefs years ... More >>

Sushi Star in Preston Hollow Shines With Far More Than Sushi

​My friend, Song Wii, owns Sushi Star Restaurant in Preston Hollow. I worry about him. Having watched my father work 12 hours a day behind a hot wok for years, I understand too well the pressures of running a restaurant. Unless impending bankruptcy or a natural disaster forces a restaurant to ... More >>

Omi Korean Grill and Bar Gets Props for Location and Atmosphere but its Food Fumbles

​I found myself on an eating mission last week with Cathy, my ever present best friend in gluttony. After some random driving around, we found ourselves at the Super H Mart shopping center in Carrollton. It was destined to be, as we have had a long overdue date with Omi Korean Grill and Bar. Hav ... More >>

Catch the Seoul Train to Fine Food in Korea Town

Little things mean a lot: Seoul Garden's small plates -- banchan -- are perfect for a big appetite.​ It took me a while to warm up to Korean food, to the chagrin of my many Korean friends. For inexplicable reasons, Korean food seemed to me to be the most foreign and odd of Asian cuisine. I sus ... More >>

Pho From Home: From Saigon Kitchen to the Super H Mart and Back

Photos by Kristy YangSoup at Saigon Kitchen​Is it safe to come out? Someone's writing sure did bring about a lot of ire last week, but I've always felt food, like puppies and babies, is a unifier not a divider. So let's get started again. Like many food finding expeditions I've had in the past w ... More >>

Veggie Guy: NAAN

​Ok--I'll admit it. The Shops at Legacy are pretty cool. Now if only they weren't all the way up in freakin' Oklahoma...erm...I mean Plano. I met up with my vegan buddy Drew at Legacy NAAN last week, where he'd set up a multiple-course vegan food tasting. It's located in the "old side [of the sh ... More >>

Fanct Feast

Share the table with your pooch

Spooked Grill

Otherworldly Feast

Experimentation is rewarded at Sura Korean Bistro

Hip Hop

Naan wants to bring "edgy" to Plano

My other secret garden

Garden China needs more than a good weeding

My secret garden

Seoul Garden blooms

Tin tongue

Tin Star's "salsa, smoke, and sizzle" fizzle

Cold fusion

Liberty's Asian fusion concept slips on a noodle

Bait yer hooks

Matsu and Ichiban struggle with fish food