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)

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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.

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)

GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019: A view of fresh rice cakes on display 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 bakery and deli in Garden Grove’s Koreatown. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. -- WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2019: Phillip Nam, right, owner of Rice Cake Bakery, and wife, Yoon Here Nam, center, manager, sells fresh rice cakes to Elena Hahm, of Irvine, at (Im Bang A) Rice Cake Bakery in Garden Grove, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2019. (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. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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

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