"I’ve visited a lot of amazing pop-ups in the last couple months - Dough Daddy, Metztli Taqueria, and The Bad Jew, to name a few. But no spot is anything like Perilla. Chef Jihee Kim, who runs this Korean pop-up out of a tiny kitchen on South Harvard Blvd., puts a level of thought and care into every single dish that I’ve rarely seen in a restaurant. The menu is mainly banchan, ranging from delicately balanced meat dishes, like the sweet-and-salty bulgogi and tofu skins, to fresh vegetables, like crunchy green bean muchim or tender marinated okra, and there’s not a weak spot in the bunch. When I say you should order the entire menu - it’ll run you about $100, and last at least two meals for two people - I mean you should order the entire menu." - brett keating
