Honey Pig

After a day of driving the kids around and doing chores, I jumped on Tom and P Knitty's offer for dinner. Although a month ago, they wanted to take me out for my birthday. Honey Pig is at 3400 West 8th Street LA CA 90005 213-380-0256. If you don't read Korean, it's the building with the cute pig logo. Everything is cooked in front of you. You can cook it or as in our case the staff came by to help us along. Korean style pork BBQ, tofu, and vegetables cooking on this hot iron cone like stove. The sounds and smells are festive. The meal is long and sensual. This is not fast food, it's a dialogue filled evening with friends and/or family, of laughter and stories. The staff is very cool and supportive. Once all is cooked and eaten, they bring in chili stirred rice and cook it on the stove, along with the after flavors left on the iron cone. You get to eat this stirred with leafy greens and it's amazing.