There are so many reasons to love Manhattan and one of them is the exciting and always vibrant K-town. The block on 32nd Street between Broadway and Madison Avenue has been serving excellent Korean food since the late 1970s. In recent years, however, K-town has expanded both below and above 32nd Street with great Korean…
Ddobar by Chef Jiho Kim adds another bright note to the NYC modern Korean restaurant scene. When Ddobar opened its doors late last year at Chelsea’s Olly Olly Market, a refreshingly affordable tasting menu took center stage. Korean-style fried tofu rice pockets with a variety of toppings like pork shoulders, duck pastrami, short rib, sea…
Revolutionary Artist Remembered in a Luminous Documentary Narrated by Steven Yeun Called “the Nostradamus of the video age” and the “father of digital art”, Nam June Paik was lionized for his visionary artistry decades ago. But now? His foundational contributions to digital pop culture have largely faded from collective memory, outside the art world. Amanda…
Kochi NYC is a lovely gem of Korean gastronomy that opened in Hell’s Kitchen, right before the pandemic. Since then, Kochi has received a Michelin star and has become one of the most prominent fine dining restaurants in Manhattan. The chef Sungchul Shim, who previously worked at Neta and Per Se, offers a menu that honors…
Long before LA LA LAND brought light to the wonders of the City of Angels, the likes of Jonathan Gold and Anthony Bourdain helped open mainstream eyes to the marvels of the Los Angeles Koreatown food scene. Los Angeles is home to the largest Korean population in America, and serves up some of the most…
Paulo Coelho, author of the modern classic The Alchemist, said about My Mister: “It was a masterpiece. It’s one of the best works I’ve seen recently. It shows the intricacy of human psychology and … it is a flawless description of the human condition”. This is high praise for a K Drama from a man…
We all know Koreans don’t wear shoes in our homes. This is in part because Koreans traditionally slept and sat on the floor and thus wanted the floors to be as clean as possible. Instead, Koreans often opt for house slippers. I haven’t been able to find a clear answer as to why wearing house…
If you are in the mood to visit some Korean restaurants in Las Vegas, you might be surprised to find that you have a lot of excellent options. The Korean dining scene in Las Vegas has grown so much in the last five years that you can find almost any Korean food you crave. I first…
What is makgeolli? Classified as a drink halfway between rice wine and rice beer, makgeolli is Korea’s oldest alcoholic beverage. It is an unfiltered alcoholic rice drink that is known to Koreans as a drink of the common people. It is not a drink that we expect to pair with a gourmet Korean meal but…
I’m a huge fan of essays. The personal essay at its best provides some of the most sincere, heart piercing, most illuminating reading you can experience. This is such an essay. In just a few sentences of her essay published this week in the Great Read section of the New York Times, Min Jin Lee…