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    A set meal here arrives as a Korean feast built around barley rice, with banchan multiplying across the table until there's nowhere left to put your elbows. Fried kelp, acorn jelly, mung bean pancakes, and snails in vinegar are just the opening act before the soups arrive. Seasoning runs gentle, so the gochujang and sesame oil on the table are less condiment, more instruction. The New York Times put it on their Los Angeles shortlist.

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    • Barley rice

      “Barley rice is at the center of the meal, which comes with a basket of dozens of banchan.”

      The New York Times
    • Pumpkin porridge

      “And when you think that surely must be it, the pumpkin porridge and perilla seed chicken soup arrive.”

      The New York Times
    • Perilla seed chicken soup

      “And when you think that surely must be it, the pumpkin porridge and perilla seed chicken soup arrive.”

      The New York Times

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