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A guide to Koreatown in Garden Grove: Lim Bang Ah

Whether it’s an elaborate display of tteok for a wedding, or an order of those ovaline rice cakes for a New Year’s Day tteok manduguk celebration, Lim Bang Ah has served the Garden Grove community for decades.

GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019: A view of fresh rice cakes at (Im Bang A) Rice Cake Bakery in Garden Grove, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2019. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Fresh rice cakes, or tteok, at Lim Bang Ah, a Korean rice cake bakery in Garden Grove’s Koreatown.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Fresh tteok from Lim Bang Ah

Fresh rice cakes, or tteok, at Lim Bang Ah, a Korean bakery and deli in Garden Grove’s Koreatown.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

From behind the counter, Lim Bang An owners Yoon Here Nam, left, and Phillip Nam sell fresh tteok to Elena Hahm of Irvine.

From behind the counter, Lim Bang An owners Yoon Here Nam, left, and Phillip Nam sell fresh tteok to Elena Hahm of Irvine.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Exterior of Lim Bang Ah, a Korean rice cake bakery in Garden Grove's Koreatown

Lim Bang Ah, a Korean rice cake bakery in Garden Grove’s Koreatown.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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