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Joo Ok
Traditional Korean
A freight elevator hauls you 16 floors above 32nd Street to a dining room that feels like a traditional Korean home transplanted into the Manhattan skyline. The chef's tasting menu holds two Michelin stars and moves through courses that pull from classical Korean cooking while doing things with perilla oil and geoduck that a grandmother would find baffling but probably delicious. The warm sunchoke tea that closes the meal is a genuinely disarming touch.
The awards strongest first
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- The New York Times 2024 · Jang Mool Hoe · Hungry for the Best? Here Are Our Top New York Dishes of 2024.
- The 50 The 50 Discovery
One number, weighted & current 89
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Jang mool hoe
“The jang mool hoe is an early course at this tasting-menu restaurant imported straight from Seoul, and it’s a dish for those who delight in the tapioca pearls of bubble tea or the exuberant chew of an udon noodle.”
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Deconstructed pheasant mandu
“A deconstructed pheasant mandu with foie gras and morels is a remarkable feat”
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Spotted prawn and geoduck clam
“while spotted prawn and geoduck clam is dressed with vivid green perilla oil made in house from imported seeds”
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Squid with smoked pumpkin broth
“The tasting menu starts with three amuse-bouches built around fermented soyabean jangs, followed by a series of nuanced, imaginative plates, like the deconstructed pheasant mandu dumplings or squid with smoked pumpkin broth.”
The 50
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