HanGawi

We started HanGawi so that people might learn how to eat a healthy diet and to provide those who are already vegetarians a complete vegetarians a complete vegetarian meal. Many people know that vegetarianism is a healthy way of eating but many do not know how to eat a balanced vegetarian diet.

The interesting sake list is worth a look, as are the lengthy herbal tea options.

Talk about an exotic New York experience: Slip off your shoes and step into this serene, Zen-like setting, where simply and beautifully prepared vegetarian cuisine is served. Some ingredients and recipes are based on the temple food of Buddhist monks. The prix-fixe tasting menu will lead you down a magical path. Offerings change every month, but you might encounter a platter of stuffed...

An "experience to be savored", this K-town vegetarian "revelation" offers "sublime" Korean food, "attention-to-detail" service and a "tranquil", "templelike" setting where "shoes come off at the door"; perhaps "you won't believe you spent so much for vegetables", but to most it's "worth every penny."

Providing a well-curated menu of healthy vegetarian offerings, this Koreatown haunt is a veritable shrine to vegetarian cuisine with a decidedly and not unexpected Asian milieu. Aside from ensuring that meat doesn't get past the door, Hangawi offers one of the best selections of gluten-free Asian cuisine in the city, replete with tofu-infused options, and entrees like organic, gluten-free zen...

Korean shrine to vegetarianism won't leave meat-lovers b@!%hing. Shakes up staid vegetarian routine with leek and kimchi pancakes and intense soups. Dozens of complex, eclectic variations on tofu, which suddenly seems vastly underrated. Minimal, low-slung, friendly, with even mix of Koreans and foodies. Seems far, far away from dirty mid-30's street scene. Breathe deep and zen out.

Make sure you wear your best socks when you come to this Korean restaurant, because all customers must leave their shoes at the door. But regardless of the footwear, the experience of dining at HanGawi will be ethereal. Sitting on a cushion at a low table, you can fully appreciate the uncluttered elegance of the quiet dining space. The unusual and sophisticated cuisine is full of interesting...