Jang Tuh

This place used to be so much better. Ever since new owner took over service is terrible. When you ask for banchan (soup and pickle) they don’t even look at you. She put them into plastic bags but her gesture just makes you feel very uncomfortable. Today she even complained about how she’s not making enough profit. I guess her raising the price from $ 3 to $ 3.50 is not enough. I miss old owner, who actually cared about her customers. I think this place is not doing as well before. I wonder why!

We ordered the spam, bulgogi, and the spicy tuna, all for $ 10. The first one I had was the spam and it was not pleasant, the rice was stiff and the spam was not the spam I am used to. The bulgogi wasn’t all that great either however the perilla leaf made it OK. The spicy tuna was the best of the three.

The best spicy tuna kimbap for only $ 3 bucks! (not spicy tuna you get a Japanese sushi restaurants but cooked canned tuna kind).
In fact, I’d go so far as to say the best kimbap I’ve ever eaten in my life. Yup I went there and said it.
It’s located inside City Center korean supermarket at the food court area.

Updating my review because now the service is pretty bad. It used to be VERY GOOD when the older lady was there but now there’s another older lady who glares at you. They used to ask you if you wanted soup first but I had to ask first this time and she was rude about it. Rolled her eyes and gave me the soup that was sitting there.
Didn’t even tell me how much the total was and grabbed my cash. Also forgot my spoon (which the other lady never did).
The food also tasted bland today. The avocado in the rolls were also not fresh.
Sucks that the service is getting worse and worse here. It’s a tiny shop but I wish the other lady was back.

Uhhh…8 pieces of kimbap for 3 bucks INCLUDING soup!!!
Yes please!
Although it’s stuck in the corner of a tiny food court in Zion Supermarket at K town’s City Center, Jang Tuh is a «Duh» for anyone who wants their kimbap (available in beef, spicy tuna, spam, etc.) and slightly spicy clear broth soup for an undisputedly awesome value. Service is also very friendly here.

I’ve been coming to this little food joint inside the Zion Market ever since they opened but never knew what their name was until I finally took a look at my sushi dish sticker today…
Anyway, I go here whenever I don’t feel like going to a sit down restaurant or other food court places nearby. They have pretty good rolls for cheap. I usually get the salmon avocado roll along with the free soup for only $ 3 (tax included!). While they don’t flavor their rice with vinegar like they should, the fish is always fresh and the avocado’s good too. Their kimbab and spicy tuna rolls are pretty good too although their California roll is a little bland so I don’t usually get that. Their larger, specialty rolls like dragon, or Philly rolls are only $ 5 so you can’t beat the price. I’ve seen people order some noodle bowls before but have no idea how to order those as everything else seems to be written in Korean. There are 2 other little Korean food joints next to this place so most of the time, the 3 or 4 little tables of seats are filled, but you can always order to go and eat outside in the courtyard area. You could try eating it upstairs in the large food court area too, but they have warned my ex-​coworker before that outside foods are not allowed.
Good place to pick up cheap but fresh sushi rolls if you’re ever in this part of town.

I first discovered Jangtuh when I joined the United Korean Voice at UCLA. As members, we were entitled to a small discount at this little shop inside of the Zion Market’s food court. I nearly lost my mind after discovering how delicious the food here was. I was even more amused to find out my friend’s mother was one of the proprietors.
Two years later, I’m in grad school at USC, and I still find myself coming back here to get my fix of kimbab and sushi rolls.
This place keeps it simple. The ingredients are fresh, and the flavor profile is always balanced wonderfully. Some places oversaturate their kimbab with sesame oil, or they skimp on the ingredients. I’ve had every variety of kimbab here, and I have to say the tuna [it’s basically tunafish with mayonnaise] kimbab, and the spam kimbab are my favorites. Their classic odeng [fish cake] and gogi [korean bbq beef] kimbab varieties aren’t half bad either!
You would think that a little Korean kimbab shop wouldn’t know how to roll sushi, but they’re not bad. While the rice isn’t vinegared, the ingredients inside are so fresh that it doesn’t matter. Their spicy tuna has the perfect balance of tuna, chili, cucumber… I can’t get enough. It gives just the right bite to the tongue without overpowering the flavor of the raw tuna.
The service here is always friendly. They only accept cash, but the basic rolls are $ 3 and the larger rolls are $ 5. They give you a free soup with it, and the soup is a simple, but delicious soup consisting of a basic bonito/​soy [same kind of broth you’d use for kakeudon, oden/​odeng, etc.] base, with chopped green onion, chopped age tofu, and a perfect sprinkling of shichimi. The shichimi is added during cooking, and you can tell because the light hint of orange peel and spiciness comes through in the broth. Koreans are known for putting red pepper powder in some of their soups, especially kongnamul kook. This same concept is used with Japanese red pepper powder, and I think it was a brilliant decision. I’ve started to make my own sobayu at home with shichimi because of this place.
If you want a quick bite, and you have 3 – 6 dollars in your wallet, stop by. You won’t be disappointed. I was supposed to be making dinner and waiting for my boyfriend tonight, but I couldn’t help myself. It’ll be my delicious little secret!
Now off to the kitchen I shall go. I still have to cook — Ya’ll know for sure that I didn’t leave any kimbab/​sushi for him.