Kim's

13 Essential Korean Restaurants in the Twin Cities

"Much ink has been spilled about Kim’s, James Beard award-winning chef Ann Kim’s Korean American restaurant, but the ink would be for naught if the food wasn’t good. The menu is grounded in Kim’s perspective and journey as a South Korean immigrant woman raised in Apple Valley: ranch is served alongside the Korean fried chicken wings; chewy rice cakes are coated in a four cheese sauce that is reminiscent of potluck sheet pans of mac and cheese, in the best way; misugaru — a Korean meal replacement drink — is added to layers of delicate ladyfingers in the tiramisu that tops the dessert menu. Make sure to start with the bubbling egg soufflé." - Julie Zhou