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Perilla L.A., or simply Perilla, is a Korean restaurant in Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] [3] Established in July 2023, the business was included in The New York Times 's 2023 list of the 50 best restaurants in the United States. [4]
SomiSomi Soft Serve & Taiyaki is an American chain of independently owned and operated franchised stores based in Los Angeles, California. [1] They primarily serve Korean Bungeo-ppang (fish-shaped pastry) paired with soft serve , known together as ah-boong.
The restaurant was founded in Los Angeles in 2011, by David Kim and Jae Chang, a pair of Korean immigrants. [3] Kim had previously been the CEO of Baja Fresh and La Salsa. [4] The first restaurant was in Tustin. It gradually expanded through Southern California until 2015, when a location in San Jose in Northern California opened. [5]
Main menu. Main menu. ... Following is a list of restaurants known for serving Korean cuisine: Atoboy, ... Los Angeles, California; Pyongyang, ...
Today L.A.-area chefs saw recognition in nearly every category, and in 2025 roughly one-third of the state’s contenders for best chef are cooking in Los Angeles.
In 2010, the creators of Kogi opened two sister restaurants serving Korean inspired food. The restaurant Chego, with a primary focus on bowls, opened on April 7, 2010. [11] Another restaurant and full bar, The A-Frame, was created from a former IHOP and modeled around the sloped architecture; it opened on November 4, 2010. [12]
In 1998, Korean investment group Meramia, under Hans Kim, purchased a majority stake in Todai. Kim, a Korean engineer and regular customer at the Santa Monica location, had previously bought a Todai location in Studio City, Los Angeles in 1995. [2] The Makino brothers reportedly sold their stake in the late 1990s to early 2000s. [6] [3]
Choi was born in Seoul, South Korea, to South Korean father Soo Myung Choi and North Korean mother Jai Nam Choi. [7] Choi's parents met in the US but after marrying moved back to Korea. The family ended up emigrating from South Korea permanently in 1972. [8] Choi was raised in Los Angeles and Southern California.