Jinsol Gukbap

In Koreatown, there are dozens of casual, somewhat homey Korean restaurants serving traditional comfort foods like naengmyeon, bibimbap and galbi platters, but Jinsol Gukbap also offers the city’s best version of gukbap, a slightly cloudy pork belly noodle soup that’s seasoned to taste and served alongside radish kimchi, cabbage kimchi, chives and a tiny bowl of onion, jalapeno and doenjang (fermented soybean paste). Their other dishes, however, are just as skilfully executed, particularly the leek pancake, kimchi stew and spicy naengmyeon. If you’re looking for a cozy, nourishing bowl of soup, or just an all-around excellent Korean restaurant, this is the place to be.