NARI
Korean restaurant · Midtown West ·
Upscale Korean fare: LA galbi, bibimbap, bansang lunch specials
Upscale Korean fare: LA galbi, bibimbap, bansang lunch specials
"If you work in Midtown, consider adding Nari to your lunch rotation: the Korean spot serves bansang, which are set meals that come with a protein (prices range from $20-34) like kalbi, spicy pork, and grilled eel with rice, a soup, and three banchan. At night, the dinner menu has things like beef yukhoe with pickled pears and buckwheat noodles, and a duck breast with buchu and confit potato." - will hartman
"A Korean bistro open daily with a menu featuring bibimbap, charcoal barbecue, pot-rice sotbap, and day-time bansang options (a main, rice, and three banchan) priced around $20–$30." - Eater Staff
"Billed as the work of 'Thai food wizard' Pim Techamuanvivit, I note that Nari earned its chef a finalist nod for the James Beard Best Chef: California award." - Paolo Bicchieri
"With a bigger space than some hotel-floor neighbors, Nari has managed to stay open for takeout even as other hotel restaurants have shut their doors." - Becky Duffett
"I learned that Pim Techamuanvivit, the Michelin-starred chef behind Nari and Kin Khao, took home leftover Devil’s Gulch rabbits and makes a rabbit stew she calls "like my chicken soup": she quarters and browns the rabbits in a big pot, jams in lots of leeks, carrots, and cabbage along with tinned tomatoes and an entire bottle of white wine, simmers it for hours, and seasons it with a lot of fresh pepper — she describes the rabbit as a touch gamier, simple, and nourishing and points to an old Instagram post for the full recipe." - Becky Duffett
