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Kathryn E.

Dallas, TX

There is nothing better than a hot pot of dol bab on a cold day - and they do a fantastic dol bab.  Great soups as well.  This place is generally full of students from nearby JHU, and it's easy to see why - great food, lots of it, and decent prices.  It is not uncommon to have a server with minimal English skills, but can generally work around this.  At the first sign of cold rain or slushy ice, this is the place to head for that warm comfort food feeling.

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Lynne P.

Baltimore, MD

I was hungry, angry, lonely, and tired. It was 1 am and I was on my way home from a disappointing show.

Enter Nam Kang. I had heard the name but never visited. 10 minutes and $11 later I left with a quart of beef dumpling and noodle soup, rice, and a box with generous portions of 7 different "fixins." I identified bean sprouts and green beans, maybe soft tofu? some kind of spicy pickle? a sweet cucumber and potato custard? and devoured the rest without asking questions.

Obviously I don't know the first thing about Korean food, but I thought the dumplings were delicious and delicately spiced. i will be back.

(And to qualify, I was sober: this was not one of those get-drunk-and-eat-just-about-anything experiences, although that would work fine here as well.)

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Bernie L.

Berkeley, CA

visiting from the bay area, and having spent some time in Seoul (though I'm not Korean), I think i've developed a degree of pickiness when it comes to korean food.

I grew up in Baltimore, but on my most recent visit back was my first consumption of korean food in the city. I'd heard about the many korean restaurants there, but I don't think they were there when i still lived there.

anyway, it was a refreshing change from what i remember as culinary options when i was growing up. Nam Kang is pretty good by Baltimore standards. While i hate to qualify it, it's the truth. It's just about average (or maybe even below) on the grander scheme of things.

We got this big fish pancake thing for an appetizer, which while tasty, was a bit on the oily side. I also got a seafood soup, which didn't actually have all that much seafood. The soup was a bit on the salty side. I would have liked to try their barbeque meats or a bowl of bibimbap, but i wasn't really in the mood for eating mounds of food that day.

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Josiah L.

New York, NY

the only good thing about this place is i can go there at 4 in the morning and they still serve you, or i can call in from the norabang (karaoke) from upstairs and they bring it up for ya.

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