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"Takja is a swishy steakhouse version of Korean BBQ where the staff cooks dry-aged beef for you, and diners sip skin contact wine and soju cocktails. The $135 per person Hansang tasting menu is the smart play here, starting off with a sashimi-grade chilled seafood salad with a killer pine nut sauce and a seafood pancake with creamy-sweet uni. The parade continues with three cuts of premium meat (hello, Iberico pork and wagyu) or seafood, stone-pot mushroom rice, and bottomless banchan, including an aromatic soy-sesame slaw so good you’ll be asking for thirds. Showing up like a super-sized snow cone, the seasonal bingsu closes the show with flavors like corn custard with pop sorghum, it’s like biting into a fresh cob of corn, but dessert." - Renée Suen