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Pho32 & Shabu

Last Friday a friend and I had planned to have lunch at BonChon Chicken. However, upon arrival, we were disappointed to see that they weren't yet open for the day. Walking around K-Town for an alternate restaurant, I noticed Pho32 & Shabu: It's a tiny place on 32nd St, and we wondered why we hadn't noticed it before (did it open just recently?). The decor was cute, and each table had two round heated openings for the shabu-shabu pots. I was in the mood for some pho but we ended up going for the "Land and Sea" (combination of beef and seafood) shabu-shabu instead. Yummy...

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BonChon Chicken

Last Wednesday, the NYTimes had an article about Korean-style friend chicken. The word soon spread and I read about it again and again on the Gothamist, Curbed, and other blogs I read regularly. I started salivating as soon as I read the article. See, my parents used to run a friend chicken place back when we were still living in Korea. My sister and I used to walk there every day and pig out, probably making a big cut in their profits. Since then, we've always craved Korean-style chicken - our mother's garlic sauce slathered on the hot, crisp chicken, with a side of cool, refreshing moo (pickled radish) was just unbeatable. Needless to say, I had to check out these chicken establishments. So J and I...

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