Late last year, Chinese restaurant 28 Tigers said farewell to their space next to the Holy Ghost Bar on Southeast 28th Avenue. Around that time (in November), I quoted the 28 Tigers folks with, “A new exciting project will be taking over our space while we find some rest before the next project manifests.” Well, that exciting project is BBANG!, a new Korean restaurant offering sandwiches, burgers, Korean fried chicken and tofu, and tasty sides—and a love of the bread the binds them.
I spoke with one of the owners of BBANG!, Megan Kim, and here is what I learned about the new place.
BBANG!: A Love of the Challenge of Languages
Though I’ve never studied Korean, it’s things like attempting to accurately pronounce double consonants in the language that makes me want to dive into learning Korean (I experienced a similar feeling while learning to pronounce “Ы” properly in Russian). I’ve done some initial research, but I am not 100% sure how to pronounce the double consonants … yet.
I expressed my concern that I might butcher the word “bbang” right now and Megan said, “Don’t worry, that’s going to be the vibe. It’s literally like ‘bong’ with a long ‘ah’ sound.”…