Feeding kimchee to the night owls

This article in the New York Times highlights New York’s unofficial reigning title as the Best City for Late Night Dining. The interesting part is that the article highlights several late-night dining venues that are Korean-inspired. It is true that in K-town, late night dining has always been a staple, but I think it’s funny that the mainstream culture has finally caught on that there’s nothing to feed a night out on the town like some good bibimbop or soft tofu soup.

Even non-Korean Sam Talbot, who runs a pushcart that sells Korean-type items like kalbee rolls and kimchee dogs (I munched on a kimchee dog from his cart once after proclaiming it was a bastardization of my country’s cuisine, and it was delish) says that he associates Korean food with “being up all night, with drinking and everything.” Haha.

I grew up eating kimchee with everything, including hot dogs, and with bulgogi in hoagie buns, and in regular bologna sandwiches, with pizza, etc., etc. Note to Sam Talbot (who I discovered is also on season 2 of Top Chef), kimchee also tastes good with fried chicken and white rice. I’d like to see that added to the cart.