Comments on: ESS NOT FUSION.

By: Fusion-Inspired Dishes Create Menu Envy | AgileChef.com

Fusion-Inspired Dishes Create Menu Envy | AgileChef.com — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:22:21 +0000

[...] a huge fan following in Los Ångeles through a daily series of tweets. While Kogi’s founders reject the “Korean/Mexican fusion” label often applied to their “Angeleno”-style cuisine, the [...]

By: A.

A. — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:01:06 +0000

Never met Jae, but I will look forward to seeing him at the new restaurant. Yes, I’m a fan of YoungHo. =(

By: Takorea « Chicken Fried Everything

Takorea « Chicken Fried Everything — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:51:04 +0000

[...] the LA Korean taco truck that put this stuff on the map, really doesn’t like to be called fusion but apparently that label doesn’t bother the folks behind [...]

By: Eric Shin

Eric Shin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:30:11 +0000

@A. I understand, with his K-Pop star bone structure and boyish charm, Young ho’s been a sensation for all you Kogi fans out there. But, he has even harder shoes to follow because as much as you’ll miss Young ho, there’s even more people who are going to miss Jae once he moves out of Naranja and into our new restaurant.

But don’t worry, we’ve got Duke who’ll take over the Roja night shift. I have a feeling he’s going to be the new favorite of the LA Kogi managers.

By: JSS

JSS — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:31:34 +0000

I think its funny that there is a debate. You could call food poop, but if it tastes good we will buy it. Fusion, Angelino, who cares! I chase delicious food. And Kogi’s got that in droves!

By: A.

A. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:17:44 +0000

Is YoungHo permanently going to Naranja?? =( He’s my fav~~ And I don’t go to that area at all…..

By: Do Ugly

Do Ugly — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:46:17 +0000

I was thinking about this the other day, LA may have more culinary diversity then any other city in the world with the only true rival being New York. Don’t forget, LA is still a relatively new city in the scheme of things and tastes like Kogi’s may just be the first of many styles to be swirled together in the mixing pot of this city.

With a little luck and time “Angelino” or “L FuckenA” or whatever can develop a culinary tradition and possibly even become it’s own genre like Cuban food or Spanish food. I’d love to go to Rome some day and see a small Angelino style restaurant on a street corner. It’d be great for this city to be known for something more than just the 500 Hollywood celebrities that keep making a bad name for us. Keep it up Kogi.

By: Haley

Haley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:48:41 +0000

well said well said! you’re awesome, alice. i love the push to creating something solid instead of a duality clash. loving it. and kogi, thanks for being you.

By: Aliiiiiiiiiiiiice

Aliiiiiiiiiiiiice — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:36:43 +0000

SLyvia — ahaha. It doth fLatters my ego that you got goosebumps.

CeciLia — love you too! (( H U G ))

Senor SLeepyhead — you art such a loveabLe NUT. As aLways.

Mark from Torrance — I stand corrected. Our food is L-FUCKEN-A. Most definiteLy.

DizzLe714 — You OC kids are somethin eLse. Send my love to Jae. You know it’s his last week on Naranja??

Matt — I guess it’s what we’ve come to personaLLy define as fusion. CaLL it whatever you like, kid. I’ve taken a shine to you. You caLL it fusion, I’ll caLL it “L-fucken-A”.

Mian — the name wiLL come to you. It’s okay to make it personaL. It doesn’t have to be cute and cLever, just cuz it’s Asian.

shotgunner — What? Chino HiLLs is caLLing for us? Give us a few weeks. Let’s see if we can make it happen — permitting that our permits are good for the good city of Chino.

Trenton — de nader.

(( H U G ))

MUCH LOVE TO Y’ALL FROM LIMA!

Be good to YoungHo when he bLogs in my absence and send him lots and lots of comments! Heeeeeee.

By: Trenton Mclauglin

Trenton Mclauglin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:38:04 +0000

Thanks, Keep up the Good work