continues to shape the town, determine its character. k-town exists upside its latino neighbors and i guess it s natural that both choe and choi identity very much with mexican street culture. few things embody that particularly southern california latino street culture more than low riding. esteban is a photographer, chronicler of everything iconic at the crossroads of hip-hop, design, tattooing, fashion and low-riding. the old-timers, they used to cut the coils or put sandbags in their truck to make them lower. then around the 70s is when they got popular. why these particular models of cars? it s pretty much always been late 50s all the way through the 60s and the 70s. then the 80s came, they started bringing in the cadillacs and
koreatown? el salvadorian, guatemalans, koreans all throughout. pakistani, bangladesh food. oaxaca takes over all of eighth street. why oaxaca, is that just the way it worked out? yeah, you know how it goes. one guy showed up. filipino fast food just behind us, and a bunch of riffraff in between. filipinos are proud of their food. underrepresented. i think they re going through what we went through, where the glass hasn t been broken yet, to translate it, but keep the core and soul of it, but it tastes delicious. a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain jollibee. laugh all you want but ask any filipino, they love the drive through mutations for the speciality spam thing, but it s the desserts where it gets really crazy. decisions, decisions.
main drag of k-town. another mini mall among many. karaoke, no. this is the best dumpling spot in town. my mom would just order all these dumplings and leave them on my door, because she s not allowed in my house. and then, i just said, where are you getting these? you know, my mom likes to withhold information, so i finally got it out of her. myung in dumplings, where they serve a mix between korean and chinese. each plate handmade to order, my friends. opened in 2007 on olympic boulevard, it s run by yu jin, a korean by way of shenyang province in china. been coming here for about two years now. there s no one ever in here. every time i ve ever come in. i don t understand how they re open. they re the best dumplings i ever had. maybe just people get them to go? right. they all look like butt
tandoori chicken, and fish curry with no small amount of chilies. just such aromatic, delicious food. what good food are you likely to find within the confines of koreatown? el salvadorian, guatemalans, koreans all throughout. pakistani, bangladesh food. oaxaca takes over all of eighth street. why oaxaca, is that just the way it worked out? yeah, you know how it goes. one guy showed up. filipino fast food just behind us, and a bunch of riffraff in between. filipinos are proud of their food. underrepresented. i think they re going through what we went through, where the glass hasn t been broken yet, to translate it, but keep the core and soul of it, but it tastes delicious. a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain jollibee. laugh all you want but ask any
they got popular. why these particular models of cars? it s pretty much always been late 50s all the way through the 60s and the 70s. then the 80s came, they started bringing in the cadillacs and the regals. the most classic well-known car for low riding is probably the 64 impala. how many korean low riders are there? there s a few asian ones sprinkled in. more asians? more koreans than 15 years ago? we re seeing a crossover with the food. right. for the most part, things are starting to get a lot more open. if you re asking i think there will be a lot more hispanic and asian mixed babies coming up in the future. i ain t mad at that. ideal low-riding is about getting appreciated by the people who best appreciate the traditions and techniques, the getting it right. for that, you head to east l.a.