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Great post! Soon dooboo is the perfect bubbling bowl of spicy umami goodness! I want to buy a Korean clay pot, but do I need to season it like a wok or cast iron skillet? and is there any proper way to clean it? oh and one more thing, what's your favorite stock to use for soon dooboo because i made it one time with anchovy broth and it was too bland.

I'm addicted to Mad for Chicken!! I prefer the soy to garlic (a tad too spicy). We ordered the beer tower for kicks.

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@Big B - It's kind of funny how you can see Kyochon from the window of MFC. Can't wait till it opens.

@cherry patter - Oh no, you never want to order a salad at a Korean place. It's not what they specialize in. As for it being bad, I wonder if you went during the transition period. I'd say try it again, and go later in the day. I notice the wings are better then.

i know i keep reading about great these wings are but we must have hit a bad night. we were there about a month ago, and our wings only took maybe 10 minutes to come out and they were so lackluster! very depressing. we had also gotten a salad that was terrible. given all the raves, i'm tempted to try the wings again but if there is no wait i think we'll need to leave.

Meanwhile, that Kyochon has been under construction forever, when is that opening so I can do a side by side!

I luvvv ddukbokki but I haven't found a place that's really really good, is there a place like and goto that makes it good? I liked that location of mad for chicken/bon chon, but the service was always iffy. I think it's cause we didn't drink.

You are absolutely right, there was no GOOD BANH MI place in Queens, how lucky am I that my office is right in Flushing. I will be having a #1 for lunch tomorrow. Come to think of it the there aren't many good ones in Chinatown anymore either.

Oh no, I am salivating already

Designruby: Yes, use your enameled cast iron. Whenever I am serving guests and I run out of tofu pots, I bust out my little Descowares and they do the trick. I wouldn't use a raw cast iron pot, though - that spicy broth would wear down your patina.

can this be made without a claypot? I want to make it for me and my husband, can I do it in a cast iron pot or a enamel coated cast iron dutch oven/pot? I have everything to make this at home already, just need to figure out the cooking part...

Thanks! This recipe looks yummy!

Back from lunch and it was F#$&*@ng Fantastic!! Picked up a small chunk of ib eye at he market in my building and have everything else at home. And you're right, the homemade Soondubu paste was perfect. Thank you again.

"Hanoi hoagie"? That is a genius coinage. I'm totally ganking it.

@wburg913: Didn't forget it! (In fact, we stopped by Grey Dog during our visit.) But we kept incredibly strict parameters on Sandwich Alley. Precisely one block, all with storefronts ON Bleecker (in the case of Bleecker Street Pizza, it's on the corner on the in-bounds side of the street). Once you wander outside the boundaries, there's just too much to include.