One night at Park's BBQ in Koreatown.
Their marinated kalbi is among the best in town. We also did shrimp, bulkogi, and finished with yukgaejang (beef soup). Now Park's is such a high-profile restaurant, but their food is consistently good!
A few days later, I was at Dha Rae Oak for their roasted duck. This is another place I keep coming back to. We were a group of 7 girls, so I ordered 2 ducks ahead of time. Since it takes 4 hours to roast the duck, you need to order it at least 4 hours in advance.
They make really good seafood pajeon. Crispy outside and chewy inside.
The main dish of the night...stuffed clay-pot roasted duck! It's cooked as a "yakuzen" (medicinal) style, so the stuffing has black rice, nuts, dry herbs and fruits inside. The meat is so tender that it falls apart just by using a spoon. Also, the nice thing is that it doesn't taste greasy, as it's roasted with cheesecloth wrapped all around, so during the slow roasting, the grease is soaked by the cheesecloth and excess grease drips to the bottom of the tall clay pot. It's just such a nice dish.
We kept eating like vultures.
