Star Chef
Cuisine: Asian, Modern
Price: $$
Reservations: Recommended
Suggested Items: The “Amazing” Fish, BulGalbi and Grilled Mushroom Salad, Million Won Samgyeopsal
Star chef is a chef-run bistro near Yangjae that specializes in updated Korean and pan-Asian cuisine. Chef-owner Hu-nam Kim prepares dishes with heavy Korean, Southeast Asian, Japanese, Chinese and European influences. Popular items include the BulGalbi and Grilled Mushroom Salad (organic greens from Chef Kim’s farm topped with chunks of barbecued beef), Million Won Samgyeopsal (braised pork belly in a rich Korean-style sauce with aged kimchi and cilantro), and the “Amazing” Fish (whole fried fish of your choice, deboned tableside, with a soy-based sauce and cilantro-gari salad). The menu is not cheap eats, but it won’t break the break, especially if you bring friends. It is popular with the young affluent crowd and has gotten busy in recent months. Call for reservations.
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Other Amenities: English menu
Phone: 02.529.8248 (some English spoken)
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Dogok-dong 도곡동, Gangnam-gu 강남구, Seoul
Subway: Maebong Station 매봉역 (line 3, orange), exit 4. Go west (away from the EBS building) and turn left at the first street. Turn right at the next street and left again at the next. It’s on your right.
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Tags: Asian, English menu, Gangnam-gu, Korean, Moderate, Modern, Seoul
I tried to find this place last weekend, but the only restaurant that was at that location was a Chinese place that’s definitely not Star Kitchen. Did I miss it somehow?
Maebong Station, exit 4. Then left, right, left. You turn the final left at Cafe ComeOn. It’s across from a fish restaurant and has a small sign, by Korean standards.
Thanks, I’ll definitely try again. That fish looks delicious!
I wish you luck in finding it. You’re not the first person to get lost.
whats the price range at Star, do they have a set menu as well.
All the dishes are between 12,000 to a little over 30,000 won. All a la carte. EJ and I usually spend 50,000 won there.