Kimchi grilled cheese with a sidecar of caraway napa slaw.
PLEASE NOTE THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED
Back when The Queens Kickshaw opened a couple of years ago it made a name for itself with such fancy—and frankly outlandish—grilled cheese sandwiches as gouda with black bean hummus, guava jam, and pickled jalapeños. Last week I popped in to the Astoria eatery to try one of its latest creations, a kimchi grilled cheese ($10). It’s one of the more interesting sandwiches I’ve had in a while. The combination of cheese and kimchi has reawakened my curiosity about budae jjigae, the infamous “Korean army base stew” that combines kimchi, hot dogs, and American cheese, among other things. (more…)
