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Lee Won-il’s Gongdeok Jokbal: The Pork and Spring-Onion Kimchi Pairing

If you are choosing a restaurant in Gongdeok's jokbal alley, 마포소문난원조족발 is the shop featured by chef Lee Won-il and Hong Seok-cheon. They ordered a large plate of Korean-pork jokbal, or cooked pig's trotters, and paired it with spring-onion kimchi bought separately in the market.The crucial distinction: that kimchi was not a standard restaurant side dish. This K-Star Check follows their March 15,..

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