Kobawoo House

For the last four decades, this family-run restaurant in Koreatown has served some of the city’s finest bossam: a build-your-own sliced pork belly dish that comes served with thinly sliced pickled vegetables, including daikon radish and Napa cabbage, plus other types of flavorful kimchi. Other traditional dishes, including the seafood pancake, kimchi jjigae and stir-fried calamari are wonderful as well, though Kobawoo’s claim to fame is still the family-style bossam. On weekdays, diners can also enjoy a lunch special menu from 11am to 3pm, which includes an individual-sized bossam and soybean paste stew combo, and the vegan-friendly jangban guksoo (acorn noodles with vegetables).