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Dak & Bop’s garlic bread is made with herb cream, mascarpone, garlic butter and grated parmesan.
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Dak & Bop’s menu is a combination of Korean, Italian and Latin avors.
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Dak & Bop owner honors father’s legacy through food Jason Cho originally planned for his Korean fusion eatery Dak & Bop to help his father retire, he said. of in Greater Houston and one of the very few dining options in the Museum District.
Dak & Bop Owner Jason Cho reopened the restaurant in its original space in early 2024.
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Cho said he decided not to renew his lease at the original Dak & Bop on Binz Street in 2021 because of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he reopened at the space earlier this year. “There’s a place in my heart for this spot because they’re the ones who gave me a chance,” Cho said. Craving Korean cuisine? Since fully reopening in February, Dak & Bop has fused Korean, Italian and Latin avors, and has added traditional Korean dishes to the menu’s mix. Aside from the double-fried full chicken wings, sig- nature items include loaded kimchi fries, and garlic bread stu ed with mascarpone cheese and herbs.
But when his father died before construction could begin on the restaurant, Cho said he began to reevaluate his motivations. He said the plan became much bigger than him and his family, and it widened his perspective to bring pride to Houston’s Korean community at-large. “I’ve always lived by this kind of mantra, which is you have to do it, because ... failure is like the audition to success,” Cho said. “I’d rather try and fail instead of having doubts about why I did not try.” The background When Dak & Bop originally opened in 2014, Cho said it was one of the rst Korean eateries he knew
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