A Korean in Hong Kong on her favourite Korean restaurant in the city and places for dim sum, Sichuan and fancy French food
- If the side dishes shine at a Korean restaurant, so will the rest of the food, says Rachel Lee, who visits her favourite Korean place in Hong Kong once a week
- She loves the dim sum at a local place in Stanley, but says the best are to be had at a hotel in Admiralty. She also has her go-to place for hotpot
Korean native Rachel Eun Ju Lee is the founder/creative director of Soluna Fine Art gallery in Sheung Wan. Her upcoming exhibition, Obangsaek: Indigo, runs from January 16 to February 22.
I eat a lot of Korean food. I find it very particular. Everything has a purpose and meaning, much like Chinese cuisine. It’s not just about taste.
That’s why I go once a week to Arirang (3/F, W Square, 314-324 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, tel: 2506 3298). I would say it is one of the most authentic Korean restaurants in Hong Kong.
You know right away if a Korean restaurant is good or not just by the banchan (side dishes). If they look and taste good, everything else is fine. Many Korean restaurants change their taste for the local market – sweeter, less spicy, more oily, but not Arirang. Here, everything is fresh.
