Genesis House

Genesis Enchants with Its Latest Menu and Exhibition

"I experienced Genesis House's latest exhibition, The Forest Within, a collaboration with Gwyneth Paltrow that reimagines a Korean forest by blending nature and technology through immersive physical-meets-digital design and Jeff Leatham’s signature floral installations. The show extends into dining under executive chef Mincheol Shin, whose spring tasting and “Small + Light” menus are rooted in seasonality and the forest concept: playful, tiger-patterned open dumplings; a visually refined dessert centered on danggui (licorice) to evoke the forest floor’s earthy aroma; seasonal small plates amplified with garlic and aged gochujang; and a modern reinterpretation of hanbang baeksuk—a herbal duck where duck skin is stuffed with yakbap (fragrant sweet rice with jujubes and chestnuts) and served with a rich sauce of chestnuts, ginseng, and jujubes that preserves the dish’s warming, restorative essence in a refined form. The collaboration feels visually stunning and conceptually aligned with the food, and The Forest Within is on view at Genesis through June 29th (genesishouse.com)." - The MICHELIN Guide US Editorial Team