Young Garden Korean BBQ & Cuisine

Order a deopbap and the rest of Young Garden falls into place. The rice bowl — grilled marinated beef or pork over steamed rice, assorted vegetables, and a scramble of egg through the middle — is the simplest read on a Korean kitchen that otherwise runs long. Young Garden sits in the Fallsview District, a few minutes from where the crowds gather above the Falls, and it cooks for the diner who wants something other than the tourist-district default. The menu spreads across rice bowls, stews, grilled galbi, pancakes, and noodles, with a Japanese side running alongside. Start with the bowl, then let the table decide how far to go.

The deopbap section is the easiest place to start, and it is deep: beef bulgogi, chicken karaage, chicken teriyaki, pork galbi, spicy pork, and sweet-and-spicy chicken, each built the same honest way over rice and finished with egg. Past the bowls, the Korean entrees carry the kitchen's weight. Bibimbap keeps the meal balanced — assorted vegetables over rice, sauce on the side, miso soup alongside — for anyone who wants the standard without the heft of grilled meat. Gamjatang simmers pork backbone with potatoes in a hot bowl; the kimchi stew runs spicy with Korean bacon and tofu; the soybean stews come with either beef or seafood. When the table wants the larger plate, LA Galbi brings grilled marinated short ribs with rice and miso soup, and Galbi King does the same around a premium rib.