On our map. We haven't walked through the door yet — here's why it's on the list.
One of Montreal's oldest Korean restaurants, taken over in 2004 by Jun Beom Lim and Young Ui Hong. The small, roughly 30-seat room, which doesn't take reservations, centres on tabletop Korean barbecue — bulgogi, galbi and samgyeopsal grilled at the table — alongside soups like galbitang and gamjatang.
The menu extends to jokbal (pork trotter in sweet black sauce) and spicy golbaengi; the seafood pancake, haemul pajeon, is frequently singled out as a highlight.
Hwang Kum is on the Regulars map — spotted, not yet visited. Our guides are written on foot, door by door, and no one pays to appear: when we walk through the door, this note will become a portrait. No points. No coupons. Standing is earned.