Kochi - Kitchen Restaurant NYC

Chef Sung Shim, previously of Le Bernardin and Per Se, first opened Kochi in 2019. The Hell's Kitchen destination went on to earn a Michelin star and a Time Out New York Best of the City award for its Korean royal court and street food-influenced menus, among other accolades. Today, its nine-course skewer tasting is $145 for preparations featuring American Wagyu, king salmon and a few pearls of caviar. Shim also operates five-star Mari restaurant nearby.

Sometimes, when you really love a piece of music, it stings a little to hear it in a convenience store or from a passing car. The song was your thing. Its easy for Kochi to feel like your thing, but youll want to tell everyone you know to go. Go to Kochi, you will shout, it has a marvelous menu of skewers like doenjang-marinated grilled halibut, slow cooked pork tenderloin and crispy shrimp with charred eggplant sauce, all inspired by Korean royal court cuisine, you will command, and then everyone will clap. Go to Kochi.