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But you don't have to restrict yourself to Korean restaurants for Korean barbecue. Japanese restaurants also serve their version of Korean barbecue and call it "yakiniku." They keep the same principle of grilling at the table and the same basic marinade for the meats. The Japanese restaurants add their own flair with fancier grills and different types of things to cook over the grill. Korean barbecue traditionally grills only meats with an occasional sliced onion or mushooms and get their vegetables from bahnchan. Japanese add vegetables to the grill - sometimes directly on the grill, or in small foil packets with butter.
In LA, Gyu-kaku and Manpuku are the only strictly yakiniku restaurants I've tried. Places like Musha in Santa Monica and Torrance serve yakiniku style items as part of a widely varied menu.
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1-09-2006 @1:15AM Berkana said... That would make it Japanese Barbecue then. I don't suppose the Japanese got their culinary tradition of setting meat on fire from the Koreans, did they? That seems like a pretty basic concept that many civilizations that have this culinary tradition probably came up with it independently.
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1-09-2006 @1:28AM sarah said... oh, i'm not saying that the concept of grilling meats is from the koreans. both gyu kaku and manpuku are japanese restaurants in l.a. that serve korean food. many of the meats that that are on the menu for grilling are marinated with bulgogi/galbee marinades. not all of the marinades, since some of them are salt/pepper or fresh garlic or other seasoning. but both restaurants offer various bahnchans on their menus (though they are called different things, or spelled differently than the way they are translated in Korean restaurants). soups, jji-gaes, different types of kimchees, bibimbahp. these are all korean things.
thanks for giving me the opp to clarify.
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1-12-2006 @10:41AM Dean said... Gyu-Kaku is one of my favorite restaurants of the year. The service is always good and friednly and I love the food. I have recommended it to everyone- now if they would only open one in the OC. My brother has eaten at the one in NY too.
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