Eating the best Korean Mandu all over L.A.'s Koreatown | The Bucket List S2 E4 

You should put the locations / addresses in the description.

Korea Town Plaza is a Vibe!! Them Fish shape pancake thingys was bomb

Great vlog showing the wonderful diversity of LA and America

Love the coverage of all the delicious food you feature. 🙏

Mike is such a dope ass person . I know him by association and cuz he’s at clinc every month at love hour. Such a great person to choose to highlight here

Daaaaaaamn, they don't skimp on the fillings! Adding LA Koreatown to my bucket list!

The Myung In branch in Diamond Bar used to be so good before the pandemic. The king dumplings, smaller steamed and fried dumplings were all so good. We also always got the red bean version in the video for the kids as a treat at the end, which they love. The most special item for me was their cold black soy bean soup noodle. I've never seen a dish like that before, and it's so unique and delicious. Just don't forget the salt. I know there are many many problems for restaurants during these times, so I'll reserve judgement for when things normalize again. But my wife took a friend to lunch there last week and she said it was a very different experience. Hope they bounce back soon. My whole family loves that place.

Hot tip, Myung and Pao Jao are walking distance if you want to try both while you’re in the area!

I can really tell she appreciates the culture. Thanks for sharing our culture and people 😊

You hit up all the best Korean Mandu spots. Everyone needs to try all of these

This is so awesome! Been living in la for 6 years and always on the search for the best mandus. Chd was okay but too pricey. Cant wait to try pao jao and myungin - both og spots!

Loved this video! Need to check out these places now for dumplings 🥟 😍

Pao Jao shrimp dumplings is DANK!

Mandarin Garden House (before the new owners) had some of the best pan-fried mandu. Still very good to try today!

what a great idea, get to know the town, get fit and eat awesome food while making friends.

Wild, I've been going to Pao Jao since I was a kid! 10/10 can confirm their shrimp dumplings are delicious. That and the king dumplings are my fave :)

Love Korean food, glad my wife and I went to South Korea and ate authentic Korean food 🔥🔥🔥

omg i go here ALL the time, i also suggest trying the bibimbop place, they have really good stone pot bipimbop and the seafood stew!

Thank you for educating me. I did not know what mandu are. Now I am going to search for a Korean restaurant near me so that I can try them.

The new Myung In branch near Seattle is absolutely amazing. Need to check out the OG next time I'm in LA to compare.

I've only tried Myung in. Adding the other two places to THE LIST but there is just so much amazing stuff to eat here that I'm not even sure when I'll get to it. They are all super close to me to maybe soon will clear all 3

now this is a solid episode

Been to Pao Jao last June per recommendation of a friend who lives in LA. You should definitely try the spicy shrimp dumpling. Very unique and original. Yes, it is Korean food, but there’s no such dumpling in Korea. One of a kind.

Great video!

I just found your channel! I love it!

The next time i am in LA, I will definitely do a Mandu run in Koreatown!!!!

Great video. Seems like it was shot ages ago. Mike is so knowledgeable and a funny dude.

CHD is sooo good i eat there all the time.

You mentioned Myung In has few locations in socal so I checked and it's 5 minutes from my place! Hell yea I'm trying it now.

I think there used to be an awesome southern BBQ spot in that CHD location. But I’ll take those dumplings as a consolation prize.

Love Korean cuisine....

Pao Jao hotteok has always been the truth ❤

Wow I lived in south LA all my life, I never knew Ktown had a plaza mall

lived in ktown my whole life and can confirm pao jaos without a doubt is the best mandu spot.

King Mandu looked 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

My mouth is watering 😂

Myung-in Dumplings, the best Korean-style dumplings in the US. Would be considered a top notch place even it was in Korea.

“ I made it very good.” 👌🏻

insane, random ambient music drowning out the interview around 10:30 for no apparent reason

Yo those Chinese/Korean ones look so fluffy and delicious.

I saw this guy in a bar in Koreatown! I knew I saw him on YT somewhere. He denied who he was, but he’s famous there 😂

You guys should cover pizzeria sei!

Mike Pak is an inspiration to all. Give this man a show please

Pao Jao has good jjajang to

They should have shared the dumpling so they can try other stuff lol

From the video thumbnail I thought it was David Chang

Born and raised in Virginia but lets give him the title lmaoooo. What a very different upbringing then being a native of LA as a Korean.

I got to california once a year. Skilled last year but i always cut weight before i go there. I workout and become ripped then i cut weight for a month before going to california. So my bulk is when i get home from california. about 10 months later i start to cut and i'm talking like ufc/wrestling type cut. I want shredded abs and i want to go from 180 to 150-160. In the 2 weeks that i'm in california. I stack on SO much weight. It's unreal. I'll eat everything. IGAF. I'll purposely walk more while i'm in california just so i can eat more food. When im back at home i go on a freaking 10 month strict food diet. Only water and coffee. Then i get to california and i destroy in and out and i'll drink boba and ice tea and inhale everything. I skip all the sugary stuff just so i can put more real food in my mouth. I mean the amount of culture and food out there is insane. My heart and brain is sadden by so many businesses closing down out there. My god how can we let covid-19 and the world hit businesses so harshly. Now they can't even run their operation. Eggs used to be 10 cents each now it's 25 cents each and then everything goes up but you can't charge someone 20-30 for a meal when it used to be 10-15 Like WTH but that's how much they need to charge to survive and that's AFTER they take a profit loss. my god. my god how is this even a thing. They CAN NOT survive. AT ALL. THEY ARE THE ONES producing local jobs. Oh well. Oh well. ugh. food will bounce back but it might never be the same ever again. All the people who left didnt even have time to retrain staff or waiters or whoever so they can open up their own. It wasn't passed down. It all just ended. My god why

The narrating host was great!

its cool hes still wearing a mask

MIKE PAK The Mayor of Ktown!

There were to many headshots and not enough shots of the food, in my opinion, which made it feel more like a documentary and less like a food show

Dumplings - X Mandoo - O It's actually a very different food

Dumbfounded is the mayor of KoreaTown lol

We know that’s David Chang.

homie looking like korean pre malone

My family from NK and Seoul came to Los Angeles in the late 60s ... That K-plaza food court is probably the last place I'd go to

How do you avoid not catching all the homeless people, homeless encampments and crazy people loitering around K-Town on camera? Did you digitally edit them all out post production?

it's not mon dew LMFAO

8:11 14:01

i can handle how she is pronouncing mahn-deww

was this guy on that ktown reality show?

Only real ktown residents know where these spots are at

It is remarkable to see how ethnic food changes over time and as immigrants move to other countries. Chinese folk can tell you how varied the black bean sauce noodles that Koreans call jja-jang myun are, depending on which country you are in. There are some wonderful videos of Italians eating at Italian American places and being totally perplexed (and a little snooty). The mandu that Koreans used to eat had thick dough skins. They were rolled out like pie crusts. The thin-skin wrapped mandu came about when Korean restaurants in the US discovered how much cheaper it was to buy the factory-made thin wrappers that were used for shiu-mai and gyoza. These days, you would be hard-pressed to find a thick-skin mandu in the US. I have to go to one of my favorite Chinese restaurants to get potstickers to get a thicker skin dumpling.

Ros Angheles taims pud

Love your Vlogs! Have you heard about the racist remarks made by Los Angeles city council Nury Martinez and Kevin de Leon, about Korea-town” :/. It’s all over on the news.

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hes not the mayor of koreatown.... Dumbfounded is

Fun fact: Mandu, mantu, manta, or manti are all derived from the Chinese mantou. Because most dumpling dishes originated from China.

Other than the delicious mandus that are featured, I do find it weird that you guys are masking outdoors while not masking indoors & eating. Based on studies, you're more likely to get covid indoors & eating. Just weird.

I was disappointed of CHD mandu. It’s not that yummy…I think koreantown plaza mandu is better.

i cannot tell if that girl is white , asian, or a white girl trying to be asian

What’s up the mask?

I honestly love Korean food, but strongly prefer Chinese dumplings. I especially don't like when there's tofu inside the dumplings.

You can tell the Karen who runs with the mask on.

Wow..Is LA still pretending covid is a thing? I feel the same feeling like when I see a flip phone…

Dont invite her again, "wet t-shirt dumplings""? naw...

Actually there are more ethnic Koreans living in China

I hate to be THAT guy but how are you standing OUTSIDE wearing masks (3:14) then you take off the mask inside when you're eating (4:01). No logic in that. I know you won't believe me but I'm not a covid denier, I'm vaccinated, etc. But I couldn't help it. that annoyed me. Great video otherwise. I'll be visiting that food court.

Award for most annoying reporter

"largest population of Koreans outside of Korea" If you're talking about South Korea, North Korea is probably the largest population of Koreans outside of that country If you're talking about the largest population of South Koreans outside of South Korea, the US as a whole is correct, but they definitely don't all live in Los Angeles' Koreatown.

Very aggressive interview and it’s very gross of her!! 🤮

covid aside now in OCT 2022, i can't understand the muffled speaking. please test and take the masks off

Why are you still wearing a mask?

Korean learnt all the recipes from China and then the food became Korean food. Some Koreans even claim that China is stealing Korean culture.

still wearing masks ???

shouout to david chang man. btw he has lost some weight. looking good man

Mask wearing outside lol