Bangla Bazar & Restaurant

Koreatown’s dining scene is like a set of Russian nesting dolls—search even further, and you’ll be bound to find yet another complex world-within-worlds, home to hard-to-find delicacies you’ve likely never heard of before. Along the neighborhood’s eastern edge, there’s Little Bangladesh, home to a tiny but mighty collection of Bangladeshi grocery stores selling prepared food out of a deli area, including citywide standout Bangla Bazar. While at first glance the menu offers familiar hallmarks of outsider-legible desi cuisine, including a delicious goat biryani and various proteins prepared vindaloo- and tikka masala-style, the market also serves a killer Bengali-style mughlai paratha. Commonly eaten in the morning or on the street, the omelette-stuffed flatbread is available as part of Bangla’s breakfast and lunch combos—and bears a striking similarity to Chinese and Taiwanese jianbing.