Daheen Wang Mandoo and Mandoo Bar Will be Neighbors
Koreatown, the buzzing stretch of bars and restaurants on 32nd between 5th & 6th, packs a lot of venues into one street. With such limited space, competition is fierce, especially among restaurants that serve similar food. For quite some time, Mandoo Bar, has served as the sole Korean dumpling specialists in K-town, but not for long. As we reported earlier, Daheen Wang Mandoo, a dumpling chain from South Korea, is scheduled to open in October. But we didn’t realize that they would be opening right next to Mandoo Bar. Sure, it could be a coincidence, but I like to think that this is a ballsy move to steal some of Mandoo Bar’s fire. Although their product isn’t perfectly fungible – Mandoo bar focuses on boiled and fried dumplings while Daheen focuses solely on steamed mandoo – given how cheap and awesome Daheen’s dumplings are, my money’s with them.
Posted by Chris H. at 2:00 pm, September 17th, 2012 under Daheen Wang Mandoo.
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MMMM jjinppang! I’m surprised they were able to open another location. I haven’t tried this place but I’ve tried the copycat one inside Han Yang (Chung Nyun Dang?) a couple of times, which is quite good and seems to have stolen most of their business away.