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Don’t Let the Truck Fool You, Chego is as Good as Ever

When Kogi’s rice bowl place Chego closed a few months back to renovate their kitchen a collective sigh could be heard throughout Palms.  They moved operations to a truck parked in front of the restaurant, but how could that possibly be the same? Korean tacos are one thing, but rice bowls and sandwiches, and salads and a burger?  Figuring that something had to be sacrificed moving from a full kitchen onto a truck I didn’t rush back to eat at Chego, hoping that the renovations wouldn’t take too long.  Turns out, that was a huge mistake.  Not only are they offering practically the entire menu on the truck, from bee hive brussels sprouts to the kung pau rice bowl,  the food itself is as good as ever… possibly even better?

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Your First Look at Chego’s Newly Revamped Menu

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Did you know you can now eat in at Chego during lunchtime?

Its there anything more exciting than when your favorite neighborhood lunch spot, the one that you’ve eaten at a million times, changes up their menu?  Most places will do it gradually or with the seasons, subtly swapping out a few dishes here and there.  Of course there is nothing subtle about Roy Choi’s food, so nobody should be surprised that the new menu at Chego (which just launched yesterday) amounts to a bit of an atom bomb explosion.  Sure, we were warned weeks ago on the Kogi blog that it was coming.  But now that it’s here, it’s hard not to be excited and overwhelmed by all the changes…

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Chego Lunch Launches Today, And Here is Your First Look


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Have you ever wondered why Chego isn’t open for lunch?  I have. And by “wondered why” I mean “complained that”.  In fact Roy Choi’s Asian rice bowl restaurant in Palms not serving lunch appeared as one of my very first gripes about lunching in L.A. Well, it only took two years but today at 11:30am Chego will officially start serving lunch.  Since they still are using Chego to prep all of the Kogi trucks, lunch is only available for take out.  But most of the entire dinner menu is available (with just a few exceptions), and you can order in person or through their new online ordering system.

Check out the menu, plus a look at Day 1 (as it was twittered and instagrammed live from the scene) after the jump…

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