Review: Ktown Night Market★★ 1/2

Dude, where is the Korean Food?

I don't find this so called Ktown Night Market much influence by Korean Cuture, remind more like 626 Night Market but in a smaller scale. Majority of Food stall are Japanese and Chinese, there is very little Korean food.  Only thing I see authentic Korean food is the spicy rice cake. There were no Korean Tofu, Soup, and other thing that you know is Korean.  Here you find are mostly street food from other Asian Country, some are fusion take like the interesting bacon and green churros.

The top 3 most packed line are the Ramen Burger, Seoul Sausage, and Hotato Potato.  The line is awful long in those even if you are an early bird. They called this a night market, yet in order to get good food in decent time require you come very early, that defeat the whole purpose.

The line to getting very long around 5pm, I came here both day.  First day around 8pm, Omg the line is 2 blocks away and keep up growing!  However the second day, we arrive at 4pm the line to the gate is very short about just 30 or so peoples.  Male and female are search in the separate line in the gate.  No water and food allowed, drink price isn't bad in general $2-3 in most of the vendor.  Water cost you $2, might as well paid $1 to get boba tea, however it wasn't good especially at night.  This is when boba getting bad after more than few hours.  Anyone who drink boba a lot would know what I talking about, plus the boba lack milk, it just tea with sugar and boba.  

EZ Convenience Store (Lamb Skewers) - This is was irony that combination, convenience store that sell skewers... They lamb skewers not bad, it was best bargain $1 each, but in the second day they raise the price to $3 for 5 skewers, the line immediate disappear. 
Tokyo Curry (Boba Milk Tea) - This tasted like coffee boba, not good. Boba was nasty.

Mattou Seimen Ramen - This is one of the three ramen booth in the festival.  It claim is from japan and popular there, but I can't find anything online except they happened to be in the Japan Festival just few week ago in Santa Anita Park.  There's zero line in the second day afternoon, didn't like this ramen that much, the broth is super salty and little bit of spicy.  The chashu was replaced with ground pork, which is inferior to chashu in my opinion.  No Egg...  Only thing was stand out is the noodle, chewy and perfectly cooks.  Cost about $7, not a bad value but what it bother me if they are really 3 times ramen champion in Japan, it is hard for me to believe this.  Beside ramen, they also got Gyoza which is $5 pieces for 3.  Decent deal but I probably should try something else that is more exotic.

Whole Coconut Drink - Forgot which vendor this is from, I do remember this is the one that serve popcorn.  It cost about 2 for $9 or $5 each.  This is good alternate to most other drink in this festival.  I only wish they cut the coconut bigger and gave you better quality spoon.  Is is worth the money, they gave added a mini umbrella ha-ha.

Mama Musubi - This is one very popular Japanese rice ball vendor that I always hear about it, they are in 626-night market too. This is pricey rice ball, cost $3 to $3.50 each.  The size isn't big and the meal ratio is small, kinda overpriced but the rice is general fresh.  So if you like rice ball, it is worth to try.  The line is very long however.

Fluff Ice Food Truck - This was our last tasting in the K-Town Night Market.  I think is the only vendor that serves snowed ice, unlike 626, which got a handful of them.  I don't think is worth it unless you must get the snowed ice here, you are paying 30% more.  I am regret for not getting the macaroon ice cream instead from another vendor.

As you see, I didn't able to try any of the Korean food vendor, the fact is there's handly of them, the website said there's Moodaepoe KBBQ, I can't find them at all !  The non-food vendor is definite more dominated with Korean culture, handily any line in those.  The music is kinda small, it getting super packed at night, when some known k-pop show up.  2 PM is not perform in here, despite they were in their homepage video try to promoted the event, this definite increase the attendance.  Ironly, they and many other popular K-POP perform last week in the coliseum free, yet none of them shows up in this event....

This is their first event, it has too many flaws of other similar event like Ramen Festival and 626 Market.  The venue is too small to handle the big crowds; there was not enough supply to meet up the demand.   I am not surprise that it turn the way it is, since after all K-Town located East and West mid-point. Of course will be crowded plus the is easy access to public transportation.  I hope that they learn their mistake and select much bigger venue next time.  There is enough demand for this and please put more authentic Korean food vendor.

They should had do something with the recent South Korea Ferry Sink Tragedy, there's no mention anywhere in the event.

Super crowded and long lines during first day.

Mattou Seimen Ramen from Japan (The broth was way too salty)