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April 26, 2008
Old school Korean: Dong Il Jang
Dong Il Jang is highly ranked on Yelp and is one of the oldest Korean restaurants in Los Angeles. It also happens to be one of the higher-end Korean places in K-town. It is a little pricier than the usual cheap Korean places I go to, but you see it reflected both in the atmosphere and the presentation of the food. I'm looking to get away from strictly Korean Barbecue and go for more variety of Korean meals, so here we go.
We start it right off with a bang! This is the Yook Hwe, which is basically beef sashimi -- raw ribeye sliced and mixed with a special sauce, mostly sesame oil, I'd say, since that's what I taste and smell the most from this dish. It doesn't really have a flavor, since the meat itself is nearly frozen. There's also some sliced turnips in there for texture, it's light on the palate and interesting, but since it's raw beef, it's not for everyone. It's also a little pricy at $18.50. (Kevin Cheng)
The restaurant itself is nice but a bit dated, it is one of the oldest Korean restaurants in Los Angeles. Service was very good but I should mention that I had a Korean family with me to be translators and do the ordering. Don't worry, they do speak English. Things a bit pricy but the quality shows it. Food is very good overall and I'd definitely be back for more of those cold noodles.
Dong Il Jang
3455 W 8th St
Los Angeles, CA, 90005
(213) 383-5757
Photos by Kevin Cheng for LAist.com
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Your food porn makes me crazy.
Some good pricey krn bbq places are chil bo myun oak on 6th, soot bul jip on 8th, surah in fullerton, chosun galbee on olympic, and Park's bbq on vermont.
sa rit gol on olympic is a good alternative to dong il jang if it's busy..they have some really good kimchi chigae and they give like 100 side dishes, so you get to get a good diverse mix of korean cuisine. another one would be shik do rrak, for the popular dduk bo ssahm, which is like a thin oiled rice squares (although they have been called noodles). the good all you can eat bbq places are mu dung sahn on western/olympic and sut bool gu rim jip 2 on vermont/3rd, not Manna.
Sam, I think you're dead-on with the AYCE places.
Now I gotta try out your other recommendations.
so any particular recommendation of their "must have" dish? I just know how to have AYCE K-bbq... ;-(
Kelvlam,
The cold noodles are definitely my favorites from this night, I also liked the rice mixed with the vegetables a lot. The place also serves korean BBQ and they'll also do a left-over fried rice for you when you have more than two orders of KBBQ.