Restaurant: To Soc Chon, Fort Lee, New Jersey

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There's some amazing Korean food in New Jersey. Almost as amazing as the food in Korea. Some of the restaurants in New Jersey are so great that I've considered driving, from Boston, just to grab dinner. (I've only done this... once or twice over the past 5 years I've lived in Boston, haha!)

To Soc Chon is one of the restaurants that I always make a point to visit when I'm in NJ. When I took these photos, I had traveled to NY for a wedding. My friends and I ended up decided to cross the George Washington bridge and pay the super high toll just so that we could grab lunch here. Dedication, my friends! (PS: This post is long overdue--I had the photos and forgot to post.)

Pictures: H-Mart

Here are some pictures because reviewing a supermarket is kind of weird. If you want to read a review of Go! Go! Curry, click here.

Bon Chon Chicken, Allston, MA -- Delivery in loving memory of our cat

The delivery comes like this. Yum!

Korean style fried chicken is better than your fried chicken. And in Boston, Bon Chon chicken is the best.

Our order. Comes with wet naps for extra classiness

Restaurant: Buk Kyung I, Somerville, MA

Buk Kyung (Somerville) is the place to go for Korean-Chinese food in the Boston area. I'm not being casually racist here--what I mean by this is that the main draw for food here is what you would call "Chinese food" in Korea. I've heard it called Korean-style Chinese, Chinese-style Korean, or even that these flavors are what's traditionally eaten in Northern China.

I wouldn't say that Buk Kyung is the same as going to a restaurant in Korea. But it's pretty close and takes a spot as one of the better Korean restaurants in Boston. There are two Buk Kyung restaurants in the Boston area: the one in Somerville (I) and one in Allston (II). Though the Allston location is a little more convenient in terms of public transportation and parking, the food actually is slightly different in taste, and I prefer the Somerville location. The Somerville location recently remodeled, and now has a more similar interior to the Allston counterpart.