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They previously spent a lot of time in South Korea due to some family, so they really liked the options in K-town. A repeat restaurant they were happy to return to over and over was Chunju Han Il-Kwan, which was exceptional and extremely affordable. Highly regional Korean food from Chunju. Hard to get outside of Korea. Next to a fabulous Korean bakery, Harucake, whose mugwort injeolmi cake will stay with me for a long time as one of the best cakes I’ve ever had. (I don’t love most traditional American cake as I find them too dense and sweet. This was a very balanced cake with super interesting ingredients and flavors)

Chunju Han Il-Kwan also had the best banchan I’ve had in a very long time.

There’s good Korean food in lots of those cities, but the density and regionality of Korean food options in LA, San Jose and Oakland in that order are my faves.