"Mmm, this gravy is delicious," my Taiwanese-Canadian friend exclaimed as she spooned up giant bites of rice swamped with a savory brown sauce. In between, she took stabs at heaps of pickled mustard greens and steamed bok choi. Indeed, she polished off the polished grain and foliage before she even appraised the formidable pair of pork chops that sprawled across her plate. When she finally got to them, the chops alternated chewy parts with tender and were way porky. She finished by sucking the marrow from the bones.
We were dining on a massive $8 platter from Bian Dang (No. 5), the only Taiwanese stall in Food Gallery 32, a gleaming one-year-old food court in Koreatown. The ground floor is devoted to seven counters—predominantly purveying Korean, Korean-Japanese, and Korean-Chinese food—plus a beverage seller and a Red Mango yogurt concession. The ground floor offers a cluster of tables, and there's mezzanine seating above, presenting dramatic views of the food seekers below.
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