Kalbi cravings

Sometimes, you just need a meaty meal. The next time you’re craving flavorful kalbi, check out these options:

Choi’s Kitchen

Choi’s Kitchen offers a variety of barbecue plates and combinations, including barbecue short ribs ($22.95), barbecue chicken with beef ($17.95) and barbecue spicy pork ($16.95). Regular plates come with rice and four choices of vegetables.

The kimchi fried rice with short ribs plate ($22.95) is a local favorite.

Choi’s Kitchen
1427 S. King St., Honolulu
808-200-5859
Instagram: @choiskitchen_808

Honu’s Kalbi & Sushi

This eatery recently opened for dine-in and takeout on Kapahulu Avenue. The biz offers a variety of Korean barbecue plate lunches, nigiri and sashimi.

Popular choices include kalbi barbecue ($21.95), spicy kalbi jjim ($21.95), tteokbokki ($15.95) and ahi and salmon combo ($16.95).

Honu’s Kalbi & Sushi
755 Kapahulu Ave. Ste. 6, Honolulu
808-840-3397
Instagram: @honuskalbiandsushi

O’kims Korean Kitchen

This downtown Honolulu eatery offers a variety of Korean specialties, including bibimbap stone pot ($27.95), confit pork belly brûlée ($17.95) and Korean chicken ($16.95).

Its kalbi steak ($20.95) is one of its most popular dishes.

It includes short ribs with sweet shoyu seasoning, roasted root veggies, purple rice, green salad and kimchi.

O’kims Korean Kitchen
1028 Nuuanu Ave., Honolulu
808-537-3787
okimshawaii.com
Instagram: @okims_honolulu

Soon’s Kal-Bi Drive-In

This no-fuss, no-frills establishment in the Moanalua neighborhood is known for its Korean barbecue plates, including meat jun ($18.45), bibimbap ($12.65) and fried mandoo ($10.95).

Popular selections include the kalbi mix ($16.75) — with kalbi and meat jun — and Soon’s special combination plate ($24.95), which includes kalbi, barbecue chicken, meat jun and mandoo.

Most plate lunches come with kimchi, bean sprouts, pickled cabbage and rice.

Soon’s Kal-Bi Drive-In
Salt Lake Shopping Center
898 Ala Lilikoi St., Honolulu
808-836-7665