3 issues I learned ingesting Korean food in Duluth - MyAJC

For this Midwest transplant, each day in Georgia brings new food and drink surprises.

I had no concept that the Peach State is home to a bunch of ginger farms. …

might be I may still have guessed that I must wait until 12:30 p.m. on Sundays to drink a mimosa at a cafe. ….

And it wasn't until recently that I learned that the city of Duluth is the vacation spot for Korean fare. Time to head past Buford dual carriageway and consider ethnic bites off I-eighty five in Gwinnett County.

There are dozens of Korean restaurants and bakeries in Duluth. I simplest had a couple of hours to shove snacks, candy bread and bulgogi in my mouth; there are many return visits and dollops of gochujang forward of me. however, for the moment, here are my three takeaways from my first consult with to the Seoul of the South.

1. certainly one of every little thing is the foremost method to order at Tree Story Bakery and Cafe. Holy sugar high! The bread lover in me can't get sufficient Korean pastries, from custard buns to rice ball doughnuts stuffed with sweetened bean paste. I already changed into partial to the Filipino shaved ice dessert called halo-halo, so consuming Tree Story's decadent, greater-than-your-face Korean edition of patbingsu — with kiwi, strawberries, mandarin oranges, gummy bits of rice cake (mochi), azuki beans, dried cereal and ice cream piled over shaved ice and drizzled with condensed milk and chocolate sauce — become like striking out with a cousin. note to self: every shuttle to the H-Mart browsing center for foodstuffs may still end at Tree Story for this frozen treat.

2550 fulfilling Hill street, Duluth. 678-584-0000, facebook.com/treestorycafe/?fref=ts.

2. Misugaru is going to give my iced tea fix this summer season. a pitcher of this milky iced tea crafted from a mix of powdered grains is a good ruin from the tea activities. It's thirst-quenching, just sweet sufficient, and filling like a breakfast drink. Misugaru is suit; some agree with it a dieter's drink, because it's excessive in protein without being fatty or caloric. notable! I'll drink it at Tree Story to clean down all these baked goods, and stroll out feeling guilt-free.

three. Breakers Korean Grill and Barbecue left me smiling, not smelling. eating out for Korean barbecue is enjoyable. There's all that meat motion on the developed-in tabletop grills. There's the steady plucking from the banchan unfold — kimchee, marinated vegetables, bean sprouts, stir-fry glass noodles — with chopsticks that develop into more durable to handle after each and every shot of soju. It's first rate entertainment, yet you constantly stroll away smelling like whatever thing sizzled on the grill. not at Breakers BBQ, because of superior ventilation, together with electric downdraft grills. Come to find out, I'm now not the only one to be aware how Breakers sets itself apart from different Korean barbecue spots. It even currently registered on the country wide radar as a accurate KBBQ joint. That calls for another circular of soju. And all I have to do to summon the server is push this little button at my table? Gun bae!

3505 Gwinnett area pressure N.W., Duluth. 770-946-a thousand, breakersbbq.com.