Korean Food in Boston
January 6, 2005 12:10 PM Subscribe
Seoul House - does anyone know where the Seoul House in Newton, MA went or what happened? Alternatively, does anyone remember the Seoul House and know equally good Korean food in the Boston area?
Koreana in Cambridge at 154 Prospect St was good when I went there a few years ago. It's since burned down and been rebuilt though, so things may have changed...
posted by soplerfo at 12:59 PM on January 6, 2005
posted by soplerfo at 12:59 PM on January 6, 2005
I went to Koreana and it wasn't cheap, but boy was it good. Mmmm.
posted by josh at 1:09 PM on January 6, 2005
posted by josh at 1:09 PM on January 6, 2005
Seoul House probably just folded like so many asian restaurants in Newton. How many different restaurants was Green Tea before it's present (very good) incarnation? And the restaurant formerly known as Pandan Leaf (I can't remember the latest name) here in Upper Falls just changed names again.
The market's so saturated here that even the strong don't always survive.
(joke answer: "It closed because jews don't like Korean food.")
posted by Mayor Curley at 1:55 PM on January 6, 2005
The market's so saturated here that even the strong don't always survive.
(joke answer: "It closed because jews don't like Korean food.")
posted by Mayor Curley at 1:55 PM on January 6, 2005
It closed because jews don't like Korean food.
So true.
I remember a fantastic Malaysian restaurant in Brookline called Pandan Leaf. It even won a "Best of Boston" award or two. But its location doomed it. Oh well.
As for recommendations: I don't know how "fancy" you're looking, but there's an OK Korean restaurant on Harvard Ave. in (gulp) Allston. I don't know if it's still there, and I don't remember the name of it, but I can tell you how to get there:
Take the green line (B) to Harvard Ave. (Allston), get off the train and head north on Harvard Ave., past the Boston Market on the corner (it might be a McDonald's now). Go down about 3 stores and it will be a VERY SMALL storefront on the right. Good luck.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:32 PM on January 6, 2005
So true.
I remember a fantastic Malaysian restaurant in Brookline called Pandan Leaf. It even won a "Best of Boston" award or two. But its location doomed it. Oh well.
As for recommendations: I don't know how "fancy" you're looking, but there's an OK Korean restaurant on Harvard Ave. in (gulp) Allston. I don't know if it's still there, and I don't remember the name of it, but I can tell you how to get there:
Take the green line (B) to Harvard Ave. (Allston), get off the train and head north on Harvard Ave., past the Boston Market on the corner (it might be a McDonald's now). Go down about 3 stores and it will be a VERY SMALL storefront on the right. Good luck.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:32 PM on January 6, 2005
Civil_Disobedient, as referenced in my previous post, Pandan Leaf actually moved to deepest, darkest Newton Upper Falls (on Oak Street near the train tracks), changed its name, and then changed names again a month ago. You can still get Pandan Leaf entrees there.
posted by Mayor Curley at 5:49 PM on January 6, 2005
posted by Mayor Curley at 5:49 PM on January 6, 2005
Wow, I completely missed that, Mayor Curley. Sorry for the stupidity, and thanks for the update.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 8:03 PM on January 6, 2005
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 8:03 PM on January 6, 2005
Civil_Disobedient, that small Korean restaurant on Harvard Ave moved to the corner to Brighton and Harvard a little while ago - follow the same directions, but keep walking to the next major intersection - it's across the street. Never been though
posted by darsh at 7:25 AM on January 7, 2005
posted by darsh at 7:25 AM on January 7, 2005
Another vote for Koreana. My Korean friends here eat at Koreana, so that's got to be worth something.
posted by whatzit at 9:16 AM on January 29, 2005
posted by whatzit at 9:16 AM on January 29, 2005
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posted by darsh at 12:32 PM on January 6, 2005