The Best Korean Food in Brazil
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The best Korean food in Brazil, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide has weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Komah comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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Rank 1. Komah
Contemporary Korean
A short menu of contemporary Korean cooking in São Paulo, where the kimchi bokumbap, rice sautéed with kimchi and draped in a creamy omelette, is the dish regulars tend to order without looking up. The chef moves between traditional Korean recipes and techniques borrowed from further afield, so the range swings from fiery to quietly sweet across just ten savory plates and three desserts. A Michelin Bib Gourmand.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 2. Bicol Korean Cuisine
Korean
Tables fitted with their own grills define the experience at this Korean barbecue restaurant in Liberdade, where a South Korean family has been running the room for three generations. Thin-cut meats go straight onto the fire in front of you, with banchan arriving alongside to fill the gaps. The menu stretches beyond the grill to bibimbap, soups, and Korean fried chicken. Wash it all down with soju in whatever strength you're prepared to commit to.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Bicol Korean Cuisine (this place) 68.544
- #2 Spicy Fish 68.544
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Rank 2. Spicy Fish
Japanese-Korean
Four storeys of neutral tones, soft lighting, and enough plants to make you feel vaguely virtuous about dinner. This contemporary Asian restaurant in Ipanema blends Japanese and Korean cooking, and the chef's selection takes the guesswork out of a menu long enough to cause genuine indecision. The Kagoshima wagyu finished tableside on a hot stone tends to be the move everyone around you is also making.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #2. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #2 Bicol Korean Cuisine 68.544
- #2 Spicy Fish (this place) 68.544