Resy Spotlights Mandu as DC's Bastion of Korean Homestyle Cooking

Resy's guide to Mandu highlights how the restaurant, opened in 2006 by mother-and-son duo Yesoon and Danny Lee, remains devoted to homestyle Korean cooking despite its owners launching boundary-pushing concepts elsewhere. Mandu was DC's first full-service Korean restaurant, filling a void in the local dining scene with dishes from the Lee family's kitchen traditions.

The article profiles eight signature dishes including the complimentary house kimchi, hand-folded mandu dumplings, and the seafood scallion pancake that has remained unchanged since 2006. Mandu has won "Best Korean" in the Washington City Paper annually since 2010. Danny Lee emphasizes the restaurant's community roots: "we have team members that have been with us since the beginning."