Would assume "hip" LA Koreatown restaurants being those owned by younger folks who don't possess the experience in making great authentic Korean food but are pros at creating atmosphere, or are owned by mega-corporations back in Korea (kind of like what they're doing in NY or Hawaii, all those new restaurants popping up)

The good ones are those where the atmosphere is pretty standard for an Asian restaurant, cause the owners are older Korean folk who have that familiar mentality of "good food will be enough for business" rather than "we need a setting that's great for taking foodie pics at"

I'm at the hippest Korean restaurant in LA with a 2 hour wait

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