https://www.scmp.com/rss/512832/feed Mina Park is a Korean-American cook, restaurateur and writer based in Los Angeles, where she owns and operates the Shiku and Baroo restaurants with her husband. Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Park ran a pop-up called Sook and taught Korean cooking classes in Hong Kong. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com For decades, Chinese restaurants in Los Angeles have been haunted by preconceptions about the food they serve. And with the coronavirus pandemic bringing new challenges, many chefs have been forced to re-evaluate their vision for their restaurants. Nonetheless, some restaurateurs – such as Pearl River Deli’s chef-owner Johnny Lee; chef Ryan Wong of Needle and his wife and business partner Karen Dang; and Monarch’s Humberto Leon and family – have remained steadfast in their efforts to share their... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3215510/its-huge-risk-do-kind-food-los-angeles-cantonese-dining-scene-gets-boost-new-generation-chefs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3215510/its-huge-risk-do-kind-food-los-angeles-cantonese-dining-scene-gets-boost-new-generation-chefs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Mar 2023 23:45:16 +0000 Cooks as artists. Artists as cooks. The lines have never been more blurred than today, with a new generation of conceptual artists in Asia using cooking and restaurant installations as their medium of artistic expression. Cooking as a contemporary artistic practice – and using restaurants as a canvas of sorts – has been well established for over half a century. In spring 1971, American artist Gordon Matta-Clark roasted a whole pig on a spit under New York’s Brooklyn Bridge in a performance aptly... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3214407/food-connects-us-more-art-asian-contemporary-artists-telling-stories-through-cooking?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3214407/food-connects-us-more-art-asian-contemporary-artists-telling-stories-through-cooking?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:15:15 +0000 This summer, global sales of a beloved Korean dish – kimbap – have been soaring thanks to the new Netflix series Extraordinary Attorney Woo. The Korean drama features an endearing lawyer with autism spectrum disorder who eats only kimbap and whose father owns a kimbap restaurant. The show quickly became an international runaway hit and the dish has since been flooding social media. For the uninitiated, kimbap (also transliterated as gimbap) is a Korean dish made of rice, cooked vegetables and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3192678/netflix-k-drama-extraordinary-attorney-woo-has?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3192678/netflix-k-drama-extraordinary-attorney-woo-has?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:15:13 +0000 For many Koreans, broth is more than just a soothing soup – in its many iterations, it represents the very lifeblood of a nation. If Koreans are eating a steaming bowl of well-made soup, after the first spoonful, you will undoubtedly hear profound, guttural “aaaaaahs” that fall somewhere between exhalation and exclamation. “Aaaaaah” is the primal chorus around my dinner table, with my Korean husband starting us off, followed by my two-year-old son, who slurps broth straight from his bowl and... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3183218/korean-soup-stews-and-broths-all-you-need-know?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/food-drink/article/3183218/korean-soup-stews-and-broths-all-you-need-know?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Jun 2022 04:45:20 +0000