Banchan, the small plates that accompany many Korean meals, complement, contrast, or accentuate the flavors of the main dish, putting out the flames of a particularly fiery spicy kimchi stew or adding a potent kick to a soothing bowl of jeonbokjuk, abalone porridge. And perhaps nowhere else in the U.S. are these side dishes better displayed than in K-Town in Los Angeles. Here are our favorites, depending on what your banchan priorities are. More