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Kogi BBQ | Korean short-rib tacos outta a truck | L.A.
Okay, Japadog is still one of the best on-the-go food ideas ever. But getting a tad jealous of L.A. because its privy to Kogi BBQ -- Korean BBQ fusion outta a taco-truck.
Kogi BBQ fuses Korean BBQ with delectable bits such as tacos and burritos, so expect Korean shortrib, bbq chicken, tofu or spicy pork tacos; Korean short-rib sliders; kimchi fried rice cake with egg-shiso; and vegan sesame tacos with Asian pear and pomegranate (past special).
The head chef is Roy Choi, a Culinary Institute of America grad, who's cooked at Le Bernardin NYC, in Iron Chef Michiba's kitchen, at the Beverly Hilton.
"We're Korean, but we're American and we grew up in LA. It's not a stigma food, it's a representation of who we are," explained Choi. "Everything you get in that taco is what we live in LA. It's the 720 bus on Wilshire, it's the 3rd street Juanita's Tacos, the Korean supermarket and all those things that we live everyday in one bite. That was our goal. To take everything about LA and put it into one bite. ... It's Mexican, it's Korean, it's organic, it's California, it's farmer's market, it's drunk people after midnight."
Check out the Kogi Twitter feed to find out their schedule and locations.
The Kogi BBQ founders, Mark Manguera and Caroline Shin-Manguera, are pure genius! Erm, come to Vancouver...please?!
More: Kogi BBQ official site | (source) Korean food sold from a taco truck: The L.A. eatery of the moment @ The Los Angeles Times blog | Eating L.A. blog | L.A. Taco | L.Aist | Korean Top News | Yelp L.A. | Giant Robot blog | Eats.com | Kogi photos @ Kogi Flickr | (photo credit) Kogi Flickr Food set and see the Kogi BBQ truck under the cut
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oh man i need to eat this
January 12, 2009 at 12:45 AM
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