|
|
|
H Mart food court explorations
Pho, sushi and bibimbab all in the same place? Check out the H Mart food court.
H Mart food court explorations
Pho, sushi and bibimbab all in the same place? The More Food Court in H-Mart (7320 Old York Rd.) in Philly's Koreatown is your one-stop-shop. Not all food court stalls are made equal however, but there are good (and cheap) eats to be had. Meal ticket checked out two of the H-Mart food court options.
There are five options in the second floor of the H Mart: Ming, Joa and 장터 (soup spot), all Korean, Fuze for Japanese and Pho My Tam for Vietnamese. A sixth sign advertises “ToreOre: Chicken and Joy,” but as intriguing as that sounds, that particular shop seems to have shuttered.
Between the two that we tried, the clear winner here for a hot summer day was Joa. Jjol myun, chewy noodles with spicy, lightly sweet sauce were served chilled, topped with a slow burning chile sauce. The steamed dumplings resembled Chinese pork buns, but the filling had a distinctly Korean flavor profile.
Sorry Ming, your mapo tofu was tasteless and the chopped vegetables had obviously come from the freezer.
All orders come with a light scallion soup and a ramekin of banchan (think pickled radishes or kimchi), which completed each dish.
Whichever place you go for, the portions are huge and you could easily feed 4 people for $20. Now you know what awaits above H-Mart, and it makes for the perfect pit stop for pre or post H-Mart shopping.
- barstool scientist
- Booze
- Brew Revue
- Chef Salad
- Closings
- Coffee
- Contests
- Dealage
- Dirty Dishes
- Don't Front
- Eat This Immediately
- Field Trip
- Food and Art
- Food and Holidays
- Food and Movies
- Food and Music
- Food and Politics
- Food and Sports
- Food and Web
- Food Blogs
- Food Books
- Food Events
- Food News
- Food TV
- Gifted
- Happy Hour Hopper
- How-To
- In Print
- Interview
- Meal Ticket
- Menu Time
- Not So Quickfire
- Notes from the Weekend
- On Wheels
- Openings
- Patio Drinking
- Philly Beer Week 2010
- Photos
- Private Chef POV
- Product Placement
- Recipes
- Snack Time
- Stiff Drank
- SUPPER
- Tea
- Testing
- Ticket Stubs
- Top Chef
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Video
- Weekly Candy
- Weird Regional Foods
- We're Here to Help
- Where'd We Eat?
- Drew Lazor's Ill-Advised Rant Factory
- Pregame
- Ill-Advised Ranting
- The Week Without Meat
- Philly Beer Week 2009
- Real Big
- Where'd I Eat Last Night?
- Top Chef Masters
- The Good Word
- Next Iron Chef
- Arterial Terrorism
- Food and Radio
