dumplings

Mandu or Mandoo (만두) are dumplings in Korean cuisine. Kimchi mandoo, fried mandoo, steamed mandoo, and shrimp dumplings are very popular varieties that can be found in Koreatown LA.

 

Pao Jao Dumpling House


Address: 928 S Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 385-1881

Chinese-inspired food stall in Koreatown Plaza’s food court that serves dumplings and affordable bowls of jajangmyeon (noodles with black-bean sauce)

Myeongdong Gyoja

Myungdong Kyoja


Address: 3630 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (213) 385-7789

Longstanding Korean restaurant known for dumplings

WaBa Grill: Now Hiring in Koreatown LA

WaBa Grill


Address: 650 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: 213-384-9900

The Waba Grill restaurant chain opened its Wiltern Theater location on the Western Avenue side, south of Wilshire Boulevard, in 2016.

Dumpling House in L.A.

Dumpling House


Address: 3525 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90020
Phone: (213) 389-3899

包子之家

Yu Chun Chic Naengmyun


Address: 3185 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 382-3815

Yoocheon is Korean restaurant whose specialty is chik naeng-myeon (cold noodles with the main ingredient being arrowroot, not the usual buckwheat).

Korean Chinese restaurant LA

Young King Restaurant


Address: 3100 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 487-6154

Young King serves classic Korean-Chinese dishes like tangsuyuk (sweet-and-sour pork) and jajangmyeon (noodles with black bean sauce).

A vegetarian jajangmyeon can be ordered if desired.

This restaurant’s name is pronounced “Yeong Gyeong” in Korean.

Somseeneh Kimchi House on Pico

Som See Neh


Address: 4100 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: (323) 373-0650

A specialty Korean food store that sells jars of kimchi and bags of frozen handmade mandu (dumplings)

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JinHeungGak (Mandarin House)


Address: 928 S Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 386-4588

This location of the Chinese restaurant chain inside Koreatown Plaza is now independent of the others. Among the notable items of the menu are the Sino-Korean dish jajangmyeon (noodles in black-bean sauce), dumplings, fried rice, shark’s fin soup, and kung pao chicken.

Wool Um Ma


Address: 124 N Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004

A small Korean eatery inside the HK Supermarket on Western Avenue for eat-in and to-go.

Kimbap, dumplings, mandoo, bulgogi over rice…