Korean taco

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Korean tacos from the "Seoul on Wheels" truck in San Francisco

Korean tacos are a Korean-Mexican fusion dish popular in a number of urban areas in the United States and Canada. Korean tacos originated in Los Angeles,[1] often as street food, consisting of Korean-style fillings, such as bulgogi and kimchi, placed on top of small traditional Mexican corn tortillas. Korean burritos are a similarly themed dish, using larger flour tortillas as a wrap.

History

Although various restaurants have occasionally served dishes they called Korean tacos,

Los Angeles, California, to announce their schedule and itinerary.[3][4][5] The idea of making Korean tacos came to owner Mark Manguera after an unsuccessful search of Los Angeles' Koreatown for carne asada tacos.[4] In its first year of operation, Kogi generated an estimated $2 million of revenue.[6]

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test market Korean tacos as a menu item in California, with plans to introduce the dish to hundreds of locations nationwide.[9][10] In 2011, David Choi founded Seoul Taco as a food truck in St. Louis, and expanded the business to nine locations in Chicago and Missouri by 2023.[11]

In April 2010, Food & Wine magazine named Roy Choi, the chef of the original Kogi's, one of its annual "Best New Chefs".[12] It was the first time a food truck chef had been nominated for the award.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jane & Michael Stern (2009-11-15). "In Search of American Food".
  2. lettuce wrap. S. Irene Virbila (1996-09-01). "New Kids on the Block". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original
    on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  3. ^ John Birdsall (2009-11-23). "Indian Taco Truck Curry Up Now Headed for San Francisco". SF Weekly.
  4. ^ a b Andrew Romano (2009-02-28). "Now 4 Restaurant 2.0: Thanks to Twitter and the Web, L.A. is obsessed with the Korean tacos of America's first viral eatery". Newsweek.
  5. ^ David Farley (February 4, 2015). "The taco that's taking the US by storm". BBC.
  6. ^ Joel Stein (2010-03-29). "Gourmet On the Go: Good Food Goes Trucking". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on March 22, 2010.
  7. ^ Matthew Amster-Burton (2009-05-28). "Korean Tacos Come in off the Street". Gourmet Magazine.
  8. ^ John Birdsall (2009-07-23). "Namu's Asian Street Foods a Big Draw at Ferry Plaza's Thursday Market". SF Weekly.
  9. ^ "Baja Fresh moves to start making Koji BBQ-style tacos". Brand X. 2009-07-20. Archived from the original on 2009-07-24. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  10. ^ Katy McLaughlin (2009-07-17). "Kogi Wars: Korean Taco Business Gets Ugly". Wall Street Journal.
  11. ^ "From Selling Tacos Out Of A Food Truck To Owning A Multimillion-Dollar Business". Yahoo Finance. 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
  12. ^ Edwin Goei (2010-04-08). "Kogi's Roy Choi: One of Food and Wine Mag's Best New Chefs". Orange County Weekly. Archived from the original on 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2010-04-09.
  13. ^ Betty Hallock (2010-04-06). "Food & Wine announces 'best new chefs'; Kogi's Roy Choi (big surprise) gets award". Los Angeles Times.
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