Sun Nong Dan Galbi Jjim appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Galbi-jjim (LA-style braised short rib) · Los Angeles
Soy-braised beef short rib on the bone, served bubbling in a hot stone pot under a blanket of melted mozzarella and rice cakes. The signature Koreatown LA reinvention.
Sun Nong Dan opened on 6th Street in Koreatown in summer 2013 and built its reputation on a tableside spectacle: a black hot pot of soy-and-garlic-braised galbi-jjim, lava-bright, topped with shredded mozzarella that staff blowtorch into a brown crust at the table. The Korean-Italian fusion topping was a Koreatown LA invention; the original 6th Street room closed in November 2025 but the 24-hour Western Avenue branch and Rowland Heights and San Gabriel Valley outposts carry the canonical version.
Where to eat in Los Angeles:
- Sun Nong Dan
- Park's BBQ