Majordomo
Californian restaurant · Chinatown ·
Creative Korean-Californian fusion with large-format meats
Creative Korean-Californian fusion with large-format meats
"Chinatown’s Majordomo will go all in for Thanksgiving this year with a choose-your-own-adventure slate of takeout meals that includes its classic bo ssam served with Bibb lettuce, kimchi, escabeche and ssamjang and ginger scallion sauces (available hot or cold to reheat in half or whole portions); a prime rib meal set that feeds 6 to 8 people for $625 and features grilled bok choy, crispy potatoes, candied winter squash, bing buns with honey butter, and honey pie; whole roasted duck ssam; and, for dessert, a honey pie with creme fresh and a cherry glaze ($65, available to pick-up on Thanksgiving day). Visit its Thanksgiving takeout page on OpenTable for more information on pricing and pick-up dates." - Eater Staff
"While the food at David Chang’s first LA restaurant can generally be categorized as Korean, Majordomo isn’t strictly a Korean restaurant. It’s somewhere you go to eat food you can’t get anywhere else. If there’s another restaurant in LA where you can eat bing with smoked roe, deep-fried stuffed peppers, macaroni pasta with black truffles, and a giant spicy pork shoulder that feeds six people in one sitting, we don’t know it. And that’s the difference at Majordomo—it’s not the individual plates that are going to necessarily surprise you. It’s the cumulative effect of the whole meal, where dishes that should have no business being on your table together leave you thinking it’s the only way they should ever be served." - team infatuation
"The Chinatown restaurant has named James Bailey as its new executive chef. Bailey was most recently the executive chef of Momofuku Las Vegas, and his résumé also includes positions at Bouchon Las Vegas, Carbone Las Vegas, and Noma." - Rebecca Roland
"Located on a quiet industrial stretch of northern Chinatown, this expansive Korean restaurant (from the people behind NYC’s Momofuku) is a flat-out blockbuster. The whole experience feels like a well-oiled machine, and the food blends traditional Korean dishes with some fun twists (like sausage-stuffed peppers with ranch dip). It's also a good idea to bring a crowd: The best things on the menu (like the spicy pork shoulder) are Majordomo’s large plates, which feed four to six. Get access to exclusive reservations at this spot with Chase Sapphire Reserve. New cardmembers get $300 in annual dining statement credits." - sylvio martins, brant cox, cathy park
"Sequestered inside a former warehouse on the industrial fringe of Chinatown, majordōmo pulsates with energy, especially from the open kitchen. Reservations can be a challenge to land online, but gamblers can test their luck by trying for one of the few counter seats on a walk-in basis. Is it worth the hype? You know it. Its singular take on Asian cuisine delivers hit after hit. The menu zigs and zags through numerous sections; enjoy the refreshing melon salad bobbing in a fish sauce vinaigrette from the snacks section and go for the spicy fusilli with kimchi sauce, pork jowl and parsley from the noodles menu. It's easy to make a meal from the many smaller courses, while the main dishes are designed for sharing." - Michelin Inspector