Restaurant: Hanchic
Location: 2500 W 8th St #103, Los Angeles, CA 90057. (213) 375-7095
Date: September 1, 2022
Cuisine: Korean Fusion
Rating: Delicious!
Do for “Round 2” of tonight’s Double Dinner, after Kinn, Erick picked Hanchic which is a more casual (Izakaya style) Modern/Fusion Korean eatery.
This is a hipster mini-mall installation if I ever saw one.
The theme continues inside. Very casual, oriented toward 2 and 4 tops.
The menu is short and covers sharable comfort items.
An amuse of Korean vegetable pancake with tangy sauce.
Yukhwe with rice cracker. A kind of spicy, sweet and sour beef tartare you mixed up with the egg and ate with the seaweed crusted rice cracker. Delicious.
Mixed up and enjoyed.
Raw shrimp cured in a seasoned ‘Jang’ 간장soy sauce over “purple (bean) rice.” The marinate is similar to that used in Korean raw crab.
Chamchi toast with sweet and sour gouchujang. Really delicious. Hard to even tell it was toast, just seemed like some crispy fried shrimp + sweet and sour thing.
Risotto with bulgogi and cheese. Yummy, like a comforting beef/cheese rice.
Galbi Jjim with assorted Ssam. Super tender and smokey meat with lettuce wraps and ultra-flavorful sauces of ascending spice level. The serrano based max was VERY hot.
The sauces.
Jjapaguri with pork belly and egg. You mix it all up. “Creamy” and delicious sticky noodles with a rich quality offset slightly by the spicy/sweet pickles.
Overall, a great “second dinner” at Hanchic (first dinner was at Kinn). I really enjoyed the playful and creative take on Korean “snack” items. Between the casual atmosphere, late hours, and carby/fat forward sharable foods, this is a perfect post drinking spot. Great way to finish out a great evening.