Category Archives: Korea

Cana Korean Restaurant, Chicopee, MA

Posted on March 16, 2015 by rundlea

Cana Korean Restaurant is a great find in Western MA; two other local Korean restaurants recently closed and the other one I know of in the Pioneer Valley is terrible. So this is my new go-to place for Korean food, … Continue reading →

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Mukeunji/Son Ja Jang/Conveyor belt sushi bar, New York, NY

Posted on February 16, 2015 by rundlea

Mukeunji//Son Ja Jang/Conveyor belt sushi bar is a odd New York City multi-restaurant venue. In addition to being a traditional Korean restaurant, Mukeunji also houses Son Ja Jang, a Chinese hand-pulled noodle restaurant, and in the back, houses a conveyor belt sushi … Continue reading →

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Miss Korea BBQ, NY, NY

Posted on February 2, 2015 by rundlea

I have probably eaten at two thirds of the restaurants along Manhattan’s 32nd street Korea Town corridor and I have been trying to complete my tour, so for a recent lunch I stopped in at Miss Korea BBQ.  As its … Continue reading →

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Ful Green Family, Kimchee Flavored Vegetable Frozen Dumplings

Posted on January 5, 2015 by rundlea

Rating:   There is almost nothing written on the web about these dumplings or this company.  A Swedish blog, Gastronomibloggen, has a review of their veggie dumplings and MyFitnessPal and FatSecret have the calorie and nutritional data for several of the … Continue reading →

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Assi Brand Frozen Vege Potstickers

Posted on September 15, 2014 by rundlea

Rating:  I grabbed a bag of Assi Brand Vege Potstickers pretty much at random from the freezer cabinet at my local Korean market – turned out to be a good choice.  A little googling around led me to discover that … Continue reading →

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Sun Kim Bop, Seoul Street Food Truck, Amherst MA

Posted on September 8, 2014 by rundlea

The Sun Kim Bop food truck hit the streets in Western MA in winter 2013-2014 but I just spotted it this past weekend on the Amherst commons.  Despite its signage the Sun Kim Bop doesn’t really provide the full Seoul … Continue reading →

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Noodles, Northampton, MA

Posted on August 25, 2014 by rundlea

Noodles has been serving pan-Asian noodles, curry dishes and dumplings to Smith College students and Northampton locals since 2008. Like restaurants in Korea and Japan, Noodles has plastic replicas of steaming bowls of noodle soup on display in its entrance … Continue reading →

Posted in Gyoza, Japanese, Kimchi, Korea, Northampton, pan-Asian, Steamed, Uncategorized, Vegan, Vegetarian | 1 Comment

Oldboy (U.S.) Dumpling Eating Promotion

Posted on October 13, 2013 by rundlea

The South Korean film Oldboy is one of my favorite movies and I have some misgivings about the Hollywood remake, you should all see the original.  But as dumplings play a key plot point in the film and the PR … Continue reading →

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Han Bat, Manhattan, NY

Posted on October 9, 2013 by rundlea

Han Bat is a Korean restaurant in Manhattan, situated on the periphery of Korea Town.  They have a full menu of Korean restaurant staples, but when it comes to dumplings they only serve Mandoo Gui, the fried pork Mandoo. The … Continue reading →

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Take out dumplings from Mandoo Bar

Posted on June 5, 2013 by rundlea

I came into NYC on Amtrak the other day in the mid-afternoon and, since that put me close to Korea Town, I decided to grab a to-go order from Mandoo Bar and see how well their dumplings would micro-wave up … Continue reading →

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