Grilled Pork Short Ribs (dweji kal bi)

by Celia Sin-Tien Cheng
June 4, 2005

YANGPYUNG
43 W 33rd St
(Broadway & 5th Ave)
New York, NY 10001
212-629-5599

Yangpyung is a nondescript restaurant in K-town, and oddly enough the only Korean restaurant on its block.

One of my mosted trusted eating buddies recommended the spicy grilled chicken at this restaurant, but it was the grilled pork short ribs that left the deepest impression on me.

Most people know that I am a beef girl, especially when it comes to Korean BBQ, but the grilled pork short ribs here were so tender and juicy I just couldn’t stop eating them, despite the five other dishes we had ordered. I had to ask several times if it really was chicken I was eating because it was so much lighter than I expected it to be.

The spicy grilled chicken was by far the most exciting spicy dish I’ve tasted in a while, the masochistic type of spice that makes you cry but beg for more. My only complaint is that they cook the chicken with the skin, which I generally don’t have any problems with. But the skin here is not crispy, a bit fatty and rubbery, so I left the skin alone but continued on my masochistic ways with the rest of the chicken.

I’m not sure if it’s fair to call Yangpyung a hole in the wall, but I certainly don’t feel as comfortable here as I do at nearby Cho Dang Gol, for example. On the other hand, this is about cravings, so if you are looking for great pork short ribs and some spicy chicken to clear those sinuses, this is the place.

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