If anyone in New York is responsible for making Korean food cool, it is the mother-daughter team behind this perennially popular (and hip) East Village restaurant and its Greenwich Village sister, Do Hwa. Jenny Kwak and her mother, Myung Ja, serve home cooking in the form of kalbi jim (braised short ribs), bibimbop, and other favorites that may not be as pungent as they are in Little Korea, but are satisfying nevertheless. Subway: 6 to Astor Pl.; F, V to 2nd Ave.