When it comes to the standard of classical dining, French is still and forever at the top of the list. Where everyone is sincere about the act of eating. It is also a place where even bistro, which can be dropped by lightly, cooks the sauce first and does not lose its dignity as a restaurant. Their French-style recipes have led to the development of various food cultures, and many restaurants are also affected by today’s modern restaurant.
French Fine Dining
These days, it is no longer meaningful to classify it into Korean food, French, and Italian. Chefs who have gained experience in various food cultures are based on him and are melting their philosophy and creativity into food. It’s a pleasure for a customer looking forward to the taste. However, it may be uncomfortable for customers who are considering ‘orthodox’. But don’t be sad because the noble tradition of French glitters in a bowl of food. This week, let’s dive into the charm of French dining, which goes best with wine.
Heart-warming French Dining, Cheongdam ‘강민철레스토랑’
Pierre Garnier, Alain Duccas, and Joelo Buchon. Chef Kang Min-chul’s restaurant, who has a career in a world-famous French restaurant. The space full of flexible curves, including circular tables, partitions, and the shape of the wall, is impressive. The course composition and dishes that match the word traditional and new make your heart flutter. When I tasted the main dish, I didn’t forget the performance, such as taking out the Christofle tableware. The only downside is that it is difficult to make a reservation.
▲ Location
18, Dosan-daero 68-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
▲ Business hours
Daily 12:00-22:00 (B·T 14:30-18:00), closed every Sunday and Monday.
▲Price
Lunch tasting menu 180,000 won and dinner tasting menu 340,000 won (variable)
▲ Review
(Gourmet Monster Choir): Lucky for the empty seat, get it~ Am I the only one who feels like there are several dishes for each course?It was such a perfect meal that everything from course composition to taste to service was perfect. It’s a war!
If I were to pick the hottest restaurant right now, Apgujeong’s 솔밤.
Chef Um Tae-joon’s restaurant, who graduated from the CIA Cooking School in the U.S. and gained a career in Impression. It advocates contemporary quizine based on Korean food, and the color of French is strong. It is fun to find the identity of pine chestnuts that have melted throughout property and cooking, such as burning pine needles to flavor Korean beef steak and applying sauce using pine needles strands as brushes. From paper containing your heart before a meal to food containing traces of hard work, to chopsticks and gifts that you take after a meal. Not only cooking, but all the processes from entering to leaving are dining here.
▲ Location
6, Dosan-daero 37-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
▲ Business hours
17:30-22:30 (Closed every Sunday and Monday)
▲Price
Solbam Tasting Menu 300,000 won
▲ Review
(Gourmet Haribo The Love): I expected it to be a Michelin-starred restaurant from the opening, and it’s great. I thought giving chopsticks was just an open event, but I guess they still give it to me. Make a reservation when you have a vacancy. You’ll have a very happy dining experience.
The tasting course at the bar table, Apgujeong Rodeo 이스트.
Modern Fine Dining was newly set up by Chef Cho Young-dong, who was in charge of head chef at Claro in Cheongdam-dong. European techniques are presented with dishes with Korean food touches, and the taste of chefs who like French is revealed everywhere. The indoor atmosphere is casual, so it’s good to talk about food and wine while enjoying it. The bar table, where you can see the open kitchen right away, is also fun to watch the cooking process. The dinner tasting course offers nine dishes, among which “Galbi Stone,” which was introduced from Clara, is a dish baked in bread mixed with carefully torn braised ribs and blue cheese, and it is impressive to see a pebble. The salty and soft taste of ribs blends with bread and has a good balance. There is also good news that the lunch tasting course will be introduced only on Saturday.
▲ Location
26-6 Eonju-ro 170-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 3rd floor
▲ Business hours
Every day from 18:00 to 23:00 (Saturday is 12:00~) Closed on Sunday and Monday.
▲Price
Dinner tasting course 140,000 won and lunch tasting course 80,000 won (Saturday)
▲ Review
(Mrs. Shalalatteung): I saw Galvestone and I was like, “Huh?” And it was the chef who was in Clara. The shape and taste were very impressive, but I think it will be a signature here too. It was very good that the chef kindly explained every time he served and recommended wine well.
French Restaurant for Pesco Vegitarian, Garosu-gil ‘오뇽’
Chef Heo Jin-seok’s French restaurant, which completed Le Cordon Blue and has a career as a head chef at an overseas hotel. It presents a dining that contains Chef Heo’s belief, a pesco vegetarian who excludes meat from his diet. The 10-course French dining, which consists of fresh seasonal ingredients, is not insufficient enough not to feel the absence of meat. At the bar table, you can enjoy the meal while watching the food, and there is a friendly and gentle atmosphere, such as talking with the chef. From 9 p.m., it will transform into a wine bar that provides wine and small plates.
▲ Location
13-4 Apgujeong-ro 4-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 1st floor
▲ Business hours
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays from 18:30 to 24:00 every day
▲Price
The winter course in Ony의n is 120,000 won.
▲ Review
(Bling bling yoni, the god of food): He was so kind and sweet that I felt good throughout the meal. There aren’t many kinds of wine, but they seem to have only Himsoonjjin. The price of the meal was very reasonable for this composition!
The encounter of grill food and French sauce, which can’t be tasted anywhere else, Seongsu 와일드플로어.
Wood Fire Grill Restaurant located in Seongsu-dong residential area. You can enjoy wine and grill dishes in a cozy and calm space centered on stones and trees. Although it is a restaurant that sells a single menu, there are elegant dishes using various ingredients, making it inevitable to make a course on its own. Chef Choi Young-geun’s works include “Ju,” which refers to French sauce, and French dishes such as seaweed tapnard and red pepper conpi, which have been through “Le Guttwa.” I recommend a very soft-cooked duck with blueberry forkju and mustard, and a fish dish cooked with fresh fish from the fish market every day.
▲ Location
141, Ttukseom-ro 7-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
▲ Business hours
Daily 12:00 to 22:00, B·T 15:00 to 18:00, closed on Sundays.
▲Price
Duck 30,000 won, Fish 2 25,000 won, Scallop 16,000 won.
▲ Review
(Food God Kumamon): Where I don’t want to write a review because I’m afraid it’ll become too popular, XD The dishes and the taste of the dishes that I can’t help but order wine. Once you go, it’s an instant that you become a sparrow mill sparrow.