Is Kinn in Koreatown the future of fine dining in Los Angeles?

What does modern Korean cooking taste like in Los Angeles? A chef with a tiny restaurant and concise tasting menu offers a compelling answer.
Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2023
When Kiyong “Ki” Kim opened his 20-seat restaurant, Kinn, in Koreatown late in 2021, he funneled all the ideas and ambitions that had been percolating in his brain for years into a 10-item menu of starters and entrees. Kim had cooked in the...
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