Koreatown, Los Angeles ยท restaurant
Toad House has been turning out black pork belly on Beverly since 2000. Long enough that the routine feels locked in, smoke rolling out right as the doors open. Most people come for the grill, but the jokbal is the sleeper: slow-braised, sticky, and worth pivoting your order for. Finish with a bowl of hot pepper paste soup and the whole meal snaps into place.
Slow-braised pig's feet, sticky and falling-apart tender.
Hot Pepper Paste Soup. Spicy, deeply savory Korean stew.
Thick-cut black pork belly, grilled at the table. The star.